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The Idol message boards are full of compliments for Jason Castro tonight. One post asked everyone to list their top three of the night, and the winners appeared to be Michael Johns and our man Castro. As one person said, "Having little air time, I guess, didn't seem to matter at all."

Jason Castro was amazing. I can't stop thinking about his performance. It was such a simple, yet quirky, rendition of Daydream.
Jason's the only performance I downloaded off iTunes.
Anyone else go to iTunes to get one of tonight's performances?

Predictions on who will get the boot first? I'm going with Chikezie and Luke Menard. Besides the fact that he chose a dull song, Luke's attire really bothered me. What was up with the hooded jacket? He looked like he was running out to Kroger for Apple Jacks, not attempting the grandest career move of his life. Ridiculous.

Is it just me, or are the judges going just a teensy bit overboard with their praise of the little guy? I don't get it. He's breathy. Plus, all I can think about when he sings is "vocal paralysis." Maybe he'll get struck again, mid-song. That's my fear.

Perhaps "Moon River" wasn't the best choice for the first time we ever got to hear him sing. I worry that it won't stir people to vote, but maybe his little poofy-haired son will.

Dude needs to stop being so combative. First the lame performance in the icky orange suit, and then the bad attitude.

He's headed home this week. My humble opinion.

She told David Hernandez that he has "perfect vibrato when you need it."
I have no idea what that means. Anybody?

Ryan just said they'll eliminate the bottom two girls and the bottom two guys each week until they're left with the remaining 12. Yikes!
I worry for our local guys who are still unknowns. Then again, the message-board folks have started rallying for them, calling the four dudes with no airtime "the lost boys" and urging people to vote to keep them in. So maybe it'll work. (Of course, all of this is moot if they're horrible.)

Seems that Kristy Lee Cook, the top-24 blonde who loves horses (not to be confused with the top-24 blonde who hates R-rated movies or the top-24 blonde who does Britney imitations -- or the top-24 blonde from Oklahoma who looks exactly like Carrie Underwood) has local ties. She was once managed by the Dallas-based Marty Rendleman, whose past clients include Lee Ann Rimes. Rendleman brought Kristy Lee to Texas a few years ago, and she eventually began headlining at Cowboys in Arlington, among other gigs.
OK, so here's the six-degrees-of-separation part: Kristy Lee made a video, which was shot locally and also featured a dude acting as her love interest. The dude in question? The Bachelorette's own Lanny Lawrence. (Remember? He was the cute Dallas farm guy whose mom freaked a lot of viewers out due to her, um, strong personality.)
The video can be found at www.rendleman.net. It was allegedly shot in 2001, which, if true, means it was pre-Bachelorette. Good to know, because that means Lanny got better-looking with age. (I'm not saying he's hideous in this; he just might have wanted to keep that shirt on.)

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