YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE TO MAKE A FIRST IMPRESSION: If you watch no other aspect of tonight's Idol elimination show, watch the group number at the beginning -- Crystal Bowersox and these Silver Platters numbers are an uneasy fit, so enjoy moments like this until her personality is assimilated into the 19 Entertainment Borg.
I'll go to one of my standby tropes of Idol analysis: do I think they eliminated someone tonight who could have won the competition? No. Do I think they eliminated the right four people? Hell no. Spoilers, after the break.
I'm more upset about Tim Urban's surviving this week than about any of the four people who were eliminated -- Ashley Rodriguez and Joe Munoz were utterly unmemorable, and weren't going to win. Lost Sweathog Tyler Grady had a nice look and shtick, but he sang a mediocre song boringly. So, yeah, Alex Lambert was worse, but Tyler wasn't actively good. And Janell Wheeler's "What About Love" just completely sucked, so no big loss. America may have gotten it wrong, but not too wrong.
