THE BEST: No. 2
''Other door.'' All season long, Simon Cowell used those words like two little grains of salt, rubbing them into the wounds of rejected Idol wannabes who attempted graceful (or at least speedy) exits from the audition room, only to discover the left-hand entrance was locked. How poetic, then, that the cranky British judge got caught in his own trap at the end of the Birmingham auditions, much to the delight of wacky contestant Brandy Patterson — and a nation of Idol viewers.