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And then, of course, there was Michael's dreaded falsetto, which he failed to hit during his exit performance. As Josie wrote, ''I like Michael Johns, but animal-friendly he is not. My cat, who has ignored literally thousands of hours of television, including screams, all nature of animal noises and actual bird song, jerked upright and looked around confusedly at the moment he went into his 'falsetto.''' I'm not sure how my cat reacted to Michael's vocals Tuesday night — she likely was too busy trying to find something to pee on — but the performance far from matched the magic of, say, Jason Castro's ''Somewhere Over the Rainbow.'' Let's face it, though. The dude had a good run, and provided a nice visual for the lady dialers. If I may channel Paula, we know He. Is. Michael. Johns. And he will likely enjoy a semi-successful career touring bars across America (or at least one in Paula's living room). Dream on, buddy. Dream on.
In happier news, fans of the other two bottom-three dwellers, Syesha and Carly, will be glad to see the their favorites survive another week in the competition — despite the former's uninspired take on Fantasia's ''I Believe'' and the latter's horribly off-key, angry rendition of ''The Show Must Go On.'' Eddy wrote, ''It's unfortunate about Carly...she finally looked great. Even the tattoos didn't prove a distraction this week. But she was completely overwhelmed by the arrangement of [the song] and seemed utterly lost.'' It's odd that Carly would flounder on a classic rock song; the genre has been her bread and butter throughout a good portion of the competition (''Come Together,'' ''Crazy On You,'' etc.). And though it's difficult to get behind the woman who's hailed as season 7's most gifted vocal performer for whatever reason — some of you blame the desperation and tattoos — it would be a shame if we lost a talent so early in the competition. I'm not sure how Carly can ultimately nab America's attention. (Flashing some extra smiles? Participating in a Civil War reenactment? A ponyhawk?) But it looks as though she's got to think of something soon: Two trips to the bottom three over the course of four weeks does not bode well for our Irish lass.
One contestant who should've landed in the bottom three this week, purely by the virtue of his Tuesday-night performance, was David Cook, whose bizarre and ''pompous'' delivery of ''Innocent'' nearly cost him his front-runner status (cut to: David A. maniacally laughing and rubbing his hands together backstage). OverCOOKed wrote, ''David Cook already thinks he's a celebrity doing an obnoxious public service message. Please, David, DO tell me more about global warming next!'' Personally, I felt the palm message was a nice touch — most of the performances seemed to focus on the contestants hoping to achieve their own dreams, rather than truly helping others. And if not for David C.'s palm message, we wouldn't have this brilliant comment from reader Anita: ''For a second, I thought the scrawling on David Cook's hand would say 'Not Penny's Boat.''' (Hmm...could David C. be the lost DriveShaft brother? I'll leave any crazy time-traveling, network-crossing theories to Doc Jensen for now.)
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