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What can I say?

(What, umm, did I say earlier?)

But why go backwards? If America wants to make a mistake, America's entitled.

Lil Rounds deserved one more go-round. Anoop, one of my favorites from the minute I learned he got his masters or PhD in barbecuing, is gone too.

Here's tomorrow's wrap tonight...

"Bummer.

'Noop and Lil.

Somehow this end didn't seem right. But it was what is was, and at th is point in the game - two down, five to go - disappointment's inevitable.

But still...

Two gutsy, interesting, enjoyable underdogs, Anoop Desai and Lil Rounds, ended up in an "Idol" double elimination last night. If you listened to Simon - and we all do, don't we? - this was no surprise. Also, if you listened to the rest of the finalists Tuesday - particularly Adam Lambert and Kris Allen - then process of elimination probably made these the two most likely names to go.

But still...

Some other thoughts on the night...

Paula's night. In a first for "Idol," Paula does what Paula used to do best - choreograph. The group dance - the Jackson's "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" - was a Paula creation, and as group dances went, this one was success. Nice moves (but, umm, were all those lips moving with the sounds coming out what's called "lip-syncing?" Just asking.)

Disco night at the Bellagio. Or the Luxor. Or... "Idol." Who could tell...I mean, Harry Wayne Casey, of KC and the Sunshine Band? Thelma Houston, or Freda Payne singing the song that only Freda Payne can sing (by law), "Band of Gold." Another bunch of good "Idol" moments.

And David Archuletta. Memory fails, but was his voice that husky last year? Or was it just a little bit of tour rust? He sang "Touch My Hand," from last
fall, promoted some forthcoming tour with Demi Lovato, and gave the bottom two a pep talk. They needed one."