It’s American Idol night, or awkward conversation between Ryan Seacrest and the judges. Oh, how I love this show.

Paris started the show off with a really horrible song choice. See, the thing with Paris is that she is an excellent singer. But for some reason she chooses songs that seem to hide her voice rather than show it off. She really should choose a harder song, by someone current, where she can show off her voice. Especially a song that some of the others can’t even attempt. I would love to see her sing some Alicia Keys – that is, if she makes it through to next week. I know, how could one of the best not make it through? Well, did you not hear her performance tonight?

Lisa was up next, with a similar performance to Paris. She has such a beautiful voice; she just needs some help with song selection. Maybe they don’t get help with that until the next round – someone needs to help her now.

Melissa sang next with what was a really good song for her voice. I know that Simon thinks that she booked her flight home, but she just might stick around one more week. And I hope she does, because I would really like to see if she will ever wear a shirt that doesn’t show off her belly button. We get it – you have nice abs. Now wear a better shirt.

Speaking of shirts, we have a strange mini-interview with Katharine before Kinnik sings – apparently there are rumors that she is dropping out of the show and that she’s pregnant. And I admit, I was thinking that too – the shirts that she has worn the past two weeks look like maternity tops. But she’s staying put, and thankfully someone helped her to pick out a much more flattering outfit tonight. Let’s all breathe a giant sigh of relief over that.

Anyways, now we get to hear Kinnik butcher a song by Alicia Keys. Ugh. It’s not a good sign when Simon tears into your performance and the crowd doesn’t boo. They knew how bad it was too. She really did book herself a flight home, even though Simon says that with everyone.

I love watching the reactions of the other contestants, both in the “dog pound” (which I have really had more than enough of, thank you very much) and up on the balcony. Paris and Kellie rocked out to their competitors performances. And over with the guys, the biggest reaction of the night came for Katharine’s performance. She brought the house down. She was fantastic. Definitely the best performance of the night so far.

So, it has to be rough following up Katharine. But I don’t feel to bad for Ayla. I don’t know why, but something about her bothers me. I think it’s because she’s so the “perfect” girl from the “perfect” family – I don’t think that viewers can really relate to her. And her performance was just ok. Of course, I did enjoy seeing her stand in those crazy heels next to Ryan – she looked like she could just crush him.

We ended the night with two great performances – Mandisa & Kellie. Even though they are so different, they are alike in two important ways – they have great voices and great personalities. They are both so likeable, and combining that with great vocals will get them both far in the competition.

So, who will make the top 12? Well, there’s who should be in the top 12, and there’s who will be in the top 12. A few there’s no question about – Katharine, Mandisa, and Kellie will most likely be the top 3. Lisa and Paris should also be there, and hopefully people will vote for them based on their overall talents, and not just tonight’s performances. So that leaves who I think should be the bottom three – Kinnik, Melissa, and Ayla. And I think that Melissa will squeek out one more week.