Come on…”Careless Whisper”? Really? Urgh. Dude…what were you thinking? You know, the lack of shoes wouldn’t have been so bad had he at least bought a new shirt and pair of pants for his live TV debut.

Other guys who need to leave American Idol in the very near future…

AJ Tabaldo, if only because the whole AJ/RJ/EJ name thing went out in season one.

Sanjaya Malakar, because he’s running with a group of big dawgs who are like, on average, thirty years older than him. And his hair is just too flowy.

Chris Sligh performed about as I expected, but it was Chris Richardson who actually had the balls to take a risk and sing an Edwin McCain Gavin DeGraw song. It’s kind of like The Amazing Race…after a few seasons, competitors should be able to figure out what strategies help and which hinder.

  1. Singing a song which doesn’t fall under the heading, “saccharine & safe” >> help
  2. Knowing how to drive a stick-shift >> help
  3. Cracking jokes about Simon, Il Divo and Teletubbies: help
  4. Singing “Careless Whisper” >> hinder