episode six...

Rice-a-Roni, the San Francisco treat...

Problem is the last audition installment of American Idol was as much a treat as castor oil.  What was that?  Were there really that few decent and/or hysterically bad auditions that the producers had to fill the hour with mediocrity?  Or have the producers burned out already this early in the season, and just didn't care.

Whatever the reason, at least the idiot-fest is complete and we can now spend the next couple weeks watching semi-talented and mega-talented young people crumble under the pressure of the Hollywood cuts.  How fun.

There were just not that many highlights from this show.  So I'll do my best to remember what I can.

The John Stevens slot has been filled with Jamie Koeller and Ross Williams.  Williams, hat and all, was probably the most talented of the two, but my heart will be with Jamie, considering how he lost his in San Francisco.  But, it doesn't worry me to predict that neither will see the final 12.

Nadia Turner, though will see the final 12.  She'll see the final 10.  Maybe final four.  That girl can sang.  And the hair!  So reminiscent of Stacy J., the "crazy" girl from last season's The Apprentice.  Great voice.  Great package.

Unlike Elizabeth Pha, who apparently forgot to dress and then got caught in a fish net on her way to the audition, and then breaks Jennifer's Golden Rule #417.  She sang a Whitney song, and her name isn't Whitney.  Why Simon let this child through is a mystery, but, if the previews are any indication, Miss Lookie-At-Me is gonna be fish bait by the end of the first Hollywood round.

And who was that guy channeling Freddy Mercury?

This just in:   J.P. Molfetta, the lesser half of twins Molfetta, was last seen pouting on the Golden Gate Bridge.  Hundreds of American Idol fans were heard shouting "jump!!"

We left J.P..........in San Francisco.........