American Idol: The Top 12

3-4-08. Each of the guys did a video clip describing their most embarrassing moment. David Hernandez, the talented clothes-free dancer for a discerning male clientele, said his most embarrassing moment was finding out he had something hanging out of his nose during a photo shoot. I would have thought the most embarrassing moment would have been having the entire country finding out about his doing $40 lap dances. I guess we all get embarrassed by different things. Actually the nose thing kind of killed the excitement of the stripping thing. Fortunately with a lap dance I would be in a position where I wouldn't have to see what's coming out of his nose.

Luke Menard sang "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go". His voice is so thin. I agree with Simon that Luke's singing voice is weak and "girly". He can't make it to the top 12.

David Archuleta, the cute little baby gnome, sang "Another Day In Paradise". He may be able to sell more CDs than Justin Timberlake someday. He certainly sounds a lot better than JT. Again, it is clear that the contest is over. Just look at the idol forums. The "Archies" rule.

Danny Noriega sang "Tainted Love". I've always disliked that song. I don't know why anybody likes it. I loved it when Ryan Seacrest told him that he hadn't noticed Danny's purple streaks in his hair and Danny replied "uh-huh". Danny wasn't believing it.

David Hernandez started out strong with "It's All Coming Back To Me Now". He kind of got out of tune in the middle and it was really noticeable on the long notes. A Celine Dion is next to impossible for anybody to do and a man doing it is nigh on impossible. So for David to do what he did was really fantastic. He deserves to be in the top 12. Randy said, "You got that big ol - voice." Paula said, "You've got some of the best - vocals." Are these euphemisms for his zippered prize package? Don't know.

Michael Johns sang "Don't You (Forget About Me). He's like the drunk at a party who is singing with the stereo right before he pukes and passes out. Not an Idol winner. I fast forwarded through David Cook - he's creepy, as is Jason Castro. His clods remind me of what our old family dog would get in his hair that we had to cut out. Chikezie is pretty good but his style isn't in style.

3-06-08. Danny Noriega didn't deserve to be voted out. His problem was that his fans are probably the same set that would be voting for David Hernandez and David Archuleta. The fans only have so much time to call in and they spent it on the Davids. Speaking of Hernandez, he was pretty animated on Thursday. Maybe we will get to see a pole dance after all.