Ryan says that the night the contestants sing songs from the years they were born is one of Idol's favorite nights.  For me, it's the night I officially feel older than dirt.  This was made worse by the announcement that Danny Gokey is the oldest contestant and he was born in 1980. 

1980, aka the year after I graduated college.  It's also the year that Bruce Springsteen released The River.  Not that Danny picked any Bruce tunes to sing, but I won't hold that against him.

Ryan said Danny was going to perform Mickey Gilley's version of Stand By Me.  He sounded more like Al Jarreau.  Don't get me wrong, he was great, but I think I've been Adamized.  Danny's just a little too vanilla in his performances for me.

Kris Allen tried to put da funk in da Eagle, Don Henley, with a jazzy arrangement of All She Wants to do is Dance.  I kept trying to find his vocals amid the horn line but they were as hidden as the bottom half of his body in the crowd.

As God as my witness, before anyone sang a single song tonight, I thought to myself, "Watch.  I bet Lil Rounds choosesTina Turner."  Too bad nobody was around to take the bet, because I would have won.  Unfortunately, Lil didn't really win either.  Her version of What's Love Got to Do With It was just . . . okay.  I also noticed that she was even walking like Tina.  You'd think that Simon and I compared notes!  I'm very afraid that she'll be in the bottom three this week.  My bonus pool points are in jeopardy!

Scott belted out the Search is Over, but he's really still trying to find that high note. 

Anoop, if the Idol gig doesn't work out, you have a future in the Broadway revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.  God knows you have the costume working already.  I'm sorry to say that your performance of True Colors was pretty good.  Why am I sorry?  Because you could be the reason that Lil gets voted off. 

Allison, if your performance of I Can't Make You Love Me isn't good enough to make America love you, then there is something seriously wrong with the ears and the texting fingers of the audience.  You were my favorite Idol tonight! 

Matt, I rank you with Allison in the "Underappreciated by America" category.  Your Nighttime Lover was hot, dude!  (Ack!  It's like I've been possessed by Randy!)

Adam, you're this season's David Cook for me.  In the beginning, you creeped me out.  Now I look forward to hearing you every week.  The only thing that threw me this week was the stage lighting.  You couldn't see your chair from the front so it looked like you were balanced on your widespread legs and feet like a weird bug-man.