Feeling Randy

AMERICAN IDOL

For the first time in memory, Randy Jackson gave the most insightful comment on Idol tonight. He called Fantasia's performance of "Summertime" the best Idol performance ever, and it's hard to imagine how he could be wrong. If you didn't know this was a competition, you'd swear you were watching a seasoned performer belting out her signature song. La Toya was also in a league all her own.

There is such a clear divide between the talents of Fantasia, La Toya, George, and Jennifer and the blandness of Jasmine, the uninspiring performance of Diana, the flat voice of John, and the ridiculous dancing of Jon Peter that the next four weeks of the show should be irrelevant. Only when the four serious contenders have to face one another will there be any question about who really belongs at the top and who should leave.

For now, though, I'd most like to see JPL ousted. I've been on the "Dump John Stevens" bandwagon, but tonight he wasn't nearly as dreadful as that preposterous Elvis impersonation. Simon said it all--that was horrible. John Stevens is still on my list of those who have to go, but of the four of them, he was the least offensive.