It was Rat Pack meets the Mousekateers on American Idol this week.   Kris Allen said it all in the beginning.  "The Rat Pack.  They're all ... like... dead."  No shit -- and so was the pace of the whole program.

Does the fact that Jaime Foxx won an Oscar playing Ray Charles and acted in Dreamgirls make him a musical expert?  At least it's a step up from Quentin Tarantino.

Kris came out and performed a version of The Way She Looks Tonight so soulfully and slowly it was practically sonambulant.  I expected to see the band sleepwalk across the stage.

Now for something completely different, instead of crushing on a guy, Paula just might have a thing for Allison.  This creeps me out more than if, say, Simon looked like he might be ready to take a trip on the Lolita express.  That said, I thought Allison was fantastic when she sang Someone to Watch Over Me. 

Matt Giraud is sort of a journeyman at this point,  His rendition of My Funny Valentine was just sort of -- meh.   Either that or three ballads in a row flashed me back to the last set at a Holiday Inn Lounge after too many drinks on a date with a really boring guy.  Paula loved what he did with the song.  Did he actually do something special? 

I swear Simon says some of the things he does just to stir up trouble.  Did he really think that Matt's performance was better than the first two? 

I was out for dinner with friends tonight so I'm watching this courtesy of my DVR.   Honest to God, this is one of the most boring nights of AI ever.   Thank God I can zap through the commercials and speed it up a bit.  

Danny Gokey -- Come Rain or Come Shine.  Another ballad.  Yawn.  Does he usually squint like Mr. Magoo?  Ooh, the band kicked it up a notch.  Danny's moving, oozing soul.  Darn.  Song ended.  Brief exciting moment over.

All night Simon commented on whether the contestants had confidence and if they thought they could win.  I'm watching Adam Lambert and thinking, "No question about that guy's confidence.  It's in his walk, his eyes, his voice, his face."  Very fitting that his was the final performance.  That's where the headliner belongs.

My standings in the AI pool took a big hit last week when Lil was voted off.  I lost my bonus points since I picked her to win it all -- back when she was actually great.  Statistically speaking, an ideal scenario for me now would be o the finals.  Ideally for me, it would be an Allison/Adam final with Allison taking the title.  That could put me in a winning position.  The only way that's going to happen is if Adam is kidnapped.