I wouldn't say Drew got Pia'd necessarily… I'd say it's highly possible that all the X Factor pundits just overestimated how bonkers the kids at home would go for her downer style. If what Drew said during her goodbye is true, and she really was being forced into the slow stuff (which seems to conflict with what she's…

There's only a charge for texting. Call-in votes and Facebook/Twitter votes are free. Apparently the Verizon app has something called "power voting" which allows you to get in hundreds of votes in a sitting, which seems kind of wrong, but I try not to think too hard about it because once I start worrying about the…

Oh, dammit, I had even written that down as a particularly painful moment, but it got lost in all the unintentional awful hilarity last night. I wonder how many small countries the entire Pussycat Dolls catalog has saved.

Yeah, I guess I should probably clarify: I root for Josh because I like him as a presence on the show (If I'm being honest, even his best performances aren't anything I would pay money for, not because they aren't good but because it's still not even close to my own personal taste in music,) and I root for Astro…

What he said; also, I think you're being a bit too generous about the butt.

My critical eye wasn't as fine-tuned in the late 80s given that I was 5, but the game shows I remember loving were much more about having fun than making people feel good. What are some examples?

Both his and Stacy's twitter feeds have been real bravura displays of reality show crazy these past couple days. I've been unfollowing most of the finalists as they get eliminated, but I continue to be fascinated by Ms. Francis' particular mix of myopia and self-loathing.

I'm with you on the appeal of these things - it is not at all unlike pro sports. Didn't get any mentor shit-talking, but then, I was really only fishing for it with Nicole's acts, and it turns out Josh and Leroy are far greater class acts than I am.

I did get a hint from Josh that he might be getting out the guitar in the next couple weeks, so, that's fun.

I started watching during Season 3, but caught up with prior episodes as soon as I realized how much I loved this show. I'm definitely not as much of a fan of Season 1, but 2 and 3 are probably my favorites.

I didn't mean to imply this season was any worse than seasons past, I was just trying to narrow the pool of episodes to compare this one with. That probably came off wrong. I've actually liked most of the episodes this season.

Got it (as I mention in the recap.) Just didn't think it was that funny.

Right, so I assume he was joking about Stacy looking cute.

Nope. Last season Lauren Alaina sang Miley Cyrus' "The Climb" on the grounds that it was featured in The Hannah Montana Movie.

Perhaps. But I feel like it could be a pretty multi-purpose bunker.

He was a tweaker, he admitted as much in his audition episode. Wonder where "go on a reality show" fits into the 12 Step Program.

I know why: she has no eyebrows.

Thank you for this. I read the comments on these things every week top to bottom, (yes, even that thread last week where some of you charmers debated whether you would bunker bang me,) and as interesting as it is to see how wildly different some of your opinions are from mine, I rarely feel the need to come on and…

Doy. Fixed it, should show up in a bit. Writing at 2am, there's nothin' like it!

I'll admit that song was my primary point of reference as to who LA Reid was before this show came along.