If you are paying attention, Idol seems to scraping the bottom of the barrel on all fronts. Here, take a look…

To garner viewer interest as ratings dip below the Mendoza line, Thursday night no one was eliminated after the high drama of announcing that Candice and Amber were
in the Bottom 2 and Kree and Angie in the Top 2 of the voting. The voting will be retained and then added to next week’s votes to determine a final Top 3 (presumably). Where are they keeping the votes safe? I know, I bet they are putting them under Jimmy Iovine’s baseball cap…

The returning talent on Thursday consisted of Stefano Langone and Lee DeWyze.
Stefano is the perfect actor to play some guy in a pickup bar; Lee has morphed (maybe in a good way) into one of the Mumford & Sons. He is married and no longer selling latex paint. Of all the past 11 winners, Mr. DeWyze still seems like “every man.”  He was and is just the guy off the street who happened, for no good reason, to win the whole thing.

And even the Ford Fiesta spots. Oh, Lord. This one centered around Ryan Seacrest’s busy schedule. Maybe next week we’ll watch as Randy Jackson picks out a new pair of
glasses. Surely, someone thought pimping Mr. Seacrest’s successful professional life was a mistake. Guess not.

Stay tuned…