Siobhan Goes "Through the Fire"

So they tried something different with the intro this week, but apparently Simon didn’t get his directions. Apparently he was supposed to be kissing Ellen when Ryan walked by, but instead he just said “We’re making out.” Okay…

From the way they just walked out onto the stage, I’m thinking Kara would have rather been making out with Simon. Space, kids. Space…

I like Usher and everything but this is not the Ryan Seacrest Interview Show. THIS is “American Idol.” Let’s get to some singing…

Siobhan Magnus, “Through the Fire”: 15
This was a bad choice and she never got the pitch quite right. It was totally in the wrong key for her.

I know that we have to stall a lot to fill up these two hours. But did we need to take all that time for Ellen, Kara, Randy AND Ryan to pimp Siobhan? Didn’t they do that enough during the judges’ comments? Why couldn’t they just say it didn’t work out and move on? Thank goodness Simon told the truth. Man, am I going to miss him.

And where was that pimping for Lilly Scott or Katelyn Epperly or Alex Lambert? Maybe if there had been some we wouldn’t be reading headlines like “The New Idols: Why Can’t They Sing?” (on the cover of this week’s “Entertainment Weekly”)…