'American Idol' recap: Sunshine Spate

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Speaking of head-to-head battles, sisters Bernadette and Amanda Desimone lucked out when Kara convinced Randy to give 'em both the thumbs-up. Simon, after all, was planning to vote no on the latter after her adequate (but hardly revelatory) rendition of the cursed-on-Idol ''I Wanna Dance With Somebody'' (once sung by season 3's Tiara Purifoy... wonder if she's any relation to Jermaine?). Indeed, I agreed with the Brit that Bernadette's ''Hit the Road Jack'' was perhaps a little stronger, but if we're gonna hand out trips to Hollywood for dudes who split their pants, then I guess we shouldn't set up roadblocks for mildly amusing Jersey girls with serviceable voices and slightly hoochie fashion sense. Especially when one of 'em (Bernadette) emoted in the most ridiculous/hilarious fashion, standing on the sidelines while her sister sang for her life, and garnered this classic quip from Simon: ''You were crazy nodding when you were listening to your sister — like Whitney's been reborn. She hasn't!''

What did you think of the Orlando episode? Were you happy to see a greater emphasis on successful auditions rather than ''I'm wearing a bridal gown!'' shenanigans? Who was your favorite on the night? And did you find it as weird as me that the producers booked Kristin Chenoweth as a guest judge but didn't insist on a full two-day engagement? Sound off in the comments below, and to get alerted to all my Idol musings, follow me on Twitter @EWMichaelSlezak.