American Idol

Spring is in the air, Idoloonies, even in the hallowed halls of American Idol. And like most households, the castle, Kelly Clarkson has built some serious cleaning tonight, filling not one but two candidates in durable bags Hefty Cinch and putting 'em out on the curb on recycling night. [SPOILER AHEAD, West Coast viewers!]In the case of Andrew Garcia, alas, it was an overdue trip to the Idol dumpster.

His Elvis Week "Hound Dog" was limp and unhip, a final salvo of one of the more sad is disappointing for an early front-runner in recent history show. And his meandering sing-off to "You Give Me Something" was used to confirm that a nation of speed-dialer was doing the right thing. Waah Waah Waah waahhnn.

The Night of the other eviction came down to the end-of-episode Troika Tim Urban, Michael Lynch and Katie Stevens, and it might shock you to know I was actually rooting for the permanent smile with the luxuriously thick hair Texans last another week . Perhaps it is a form of reality TV-Stockholm Syndrome, where you begin to sympathize with your musical hijackers? Or, as my pal Mandi Bierly argued in a clever piece PopWatch today, it's a backlash to the backlash.