7:04 p.m. Yay! Cookie (our new name for David Cook) is singing Duran Duran’s “Hungry Like the Wolf”! We prefer Hole’s cover. He’s turned this into an amusement park song. And his voice sounds like absolute shit!

7:06 p.m. Randy: “It was an OK choice and a solid performance — that was just OK for you.” Paula: “I think ‘Hungry Like the Wolf’ has left me with a big appetite.” Simon: “I thought it was good, but it was a little bit copycat. Is it good enough for the moment to get through to next week? Yes.”

7:13 p.m. “Rolling on the River” by Tina Turner turns out to be Syesha Mercado’s first song choice. Her diva-ness is center stage, and her wild silver-studded outfit looks damn fine. Great song choice and wardrobe selection!

7:15 p.m. Randy: “This is the third week in the row that Syesha has show up in the zone!” Paula: “Not only have you shown up, you look like a star!” Simon: “Syesha, I’m sorry to put a slight damper on things. For me, I thought it was just a bad, shriek-y version — a bad impersonation of Tina Turner.”

7:22 p.m. Space cadet Jason Castro sings Bob Marley’s “I Shot the Sheriff” with a pitch-perfect voice and just not enough funk to completely convince us he even knows Bob Marley.

7:24 p.m. Randy: “For me, that was a really karaoke; dude, it was just OK. That just wasn’t good for me.” Paula: “I’ve never seen you perform more to the audience. I wasn’t crazy about the song.” Simon: “Jason, stand back! That was utterly atrocious. Sorry! That is a song you do not touch. The arrangement was atrocious; this was honestly like a first round audition massacre. I don’t know what you are thinking?”

7:25 p.m. Jason’s rebuttal: “I was thinking Bob Marely!!” Oh. Dear.

7:26 p.m. “The only similarity is the hair!” Simon roars. “My advice: Don’t do Bob Marely.”

7:28 p.m. David Archuleta knows his audience when he sings the heartthrob-maker “Stand By Me” …. and oh god, we even started to swooooon! Oh, David A. Please don’t be gay!

7:29 p.m. Randy: “He brought the hot man vocals! Dude, it was hot.” Paula: “You really delivered on this. Your seasoned already.” Simon: “The truth is, David, you could have whistled and been better than the last song. I thought you struggled a little bit at the end. In the grand scheme of things, I’m going to call that the best performance so far.”

7:31 p.m. “Their faces scare me!” David A. says breathlessly. He’s talking about the judges, people. Not the legions of 11 to 15 year olds hanging on his every note.

7:38 p.m. David C. does The Who. This should have been longer because we didn’t really get much of a feel for it. He should be glad he’s so effin sexy.

7:39 p.m. Randy: “There’s something a little different going on with you tonight.” Paula: “I just want more! I want more David Cook!” Simon: “Uh, welcome back David Cook.”

7:45 p.m. Again, Syesha’s dress is just A-mazing. At the beginning of this show, nobody could have guessed she’d make it this far. She has slowly evolved into a star right before our eyes. This is what makes American Idol still an awesome show.

7:46 p.m. Randy: “This one I did not love as much. I didn’t love the arrangement, and I didn’t even like the vocal arrangement. It felt all disconnected to me trying to be something it wasn’t.” Paula gives Syesha a standing ovation. Does anyone even listen to Paula? Syesha sheds some tears. Usually that comes after Simon’s comments. Simon: “I have to be fair, and I’m going to have to agree with Paula.”

7:48 p.m. Syesha is overwhelmed with emotions. “I feel like I’ve changed a lot,” she says through hot tears. “And I bet I look like crap!”

7:50 p.m. Jason takes on another Bob. Bob Dylan. Uh, did he just forget the words? We sure hope not! “Mr. Tambourine Man” goes over like another blah number from Mr. Castro.

7:52 p.m. Randy: “Jason is not in the zone tonight, I don’t know what’s going on.” Paula: “Obviously it didn’t blow us away, but you blow me away.” Simon: “Jason, I’d pack your suitcase.” Ouch.

7:53 p.m. So he DID forget the words! What a ‘TARD!

7:57 p.m. “Love Me Tender” is another song catering to the female voters! At least David A. knows who is voting for him.

8:00 p.m. Randy: “I liked how you were so tender, and you caressed each note. This was the hot vocals of the night!” Paula: “That was one of my favorite performances of yours.” Simon: “You didn’t beat the competition tonight, you crushed it.”

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