American Idol shows why plastic surgery is NOT a good thing...

What happened to Kenny Rogers? He’s performing tonight on American Idol, and it looks more like an advertisement for background checks for plastic surgeons than his new CD. Seriously…what happened to him? It sounds like him, but it looks like someone totally different. If you don’t believe me, go to www.donandmikewebsite.com, and click on the link for Daily Log for April 5…they have side-by-side pictures…it’s quite frightening.

Quick side note -- what do you think is going through their heads as they’re filming those Ford commercials? Do you think that they’re wondering if a music career is worth this?

Anyways, in tonight’s version of naked-cruelty, Ryan split the contestants into three groups of three. One is the bottom three. It’s just so mean to these kids…and most of them really are kids. I can’t imagine how many therapists they have in that “Idol house” of theirs. So one group is Mandisa, Elliott, and Paris, the second is Chris, Kellie, and Taylor, the third is Ace, Katharine, and Bucky. And with a really strong singer in each group, it’s hard to tell.

The first group is sent back to the couch – after all, we did know that the group with Chris and Taylor wasn’t going home, even if it did include Kellie (and I wonder if that votefortheworst.com site is really having an impact…) Then Bucky, Katharine, and Ace get sent back. What people see in Bucky is beyond me…perhaps there are more rednecks who vote than I thought.

So, one more commercial, and we’ll finally find out who is going home. The bottom three, Mandisa, Paris, & Elliott, are actually good singers. And it’s a shame that one will be going home tonight. And after Paris gets “sent back to safety,” Ryan reveals that it’s Mandisa who’s going home. And after she blesses us in the name of Jesus, maybe that’s a good thing. But the best part would have to be the look they caught on Taylor’s face. Please tell me you saw it. As Ryan announces that Elliott is safe, they show Taylor just about to clap when he realizes that clapping when someone is going home isn’t the best choice. Fantastic.

Next week…the songs of Queen. Set your tivos now.