We’re down to the top 5 for American Idol. Only 3 weeks away from the finale. I think at this point it could be any one’s game to win.

I have to say that I was very glad they cut out the lipsyncing for the group number this week. It was really getting old. It’s so much better to have them singing live — I wonder if previous weeks had too much choreography to allow the contestants to sing well. Who knows why they would choose to lip sync on a “live” show. Needless to say, it was much better this week when it was actually live.

Happy birthday to Danny and Allison this past week. I loved the cake and food fight — that was very fun to watch. Glad I don’t have to clean up after them. :) — Wow the bill was $6,000 to clean the mess up — I guess I would have been happy to clean it up for that much money. :)

Announcing the bottom three – GASP. Adam Lambert is in the bottom three! Along with Matt Giraud Allen (not extremely surprised about those two). WOW.

I LOVE that both Danny and Allison are safe — I like them both especially from last night. But wow, I didn’t think there was any chance Adam would be in the bottom.

I loved Taylor Hicks performance – and remember why I liked him so much on Idol. His voice is so cool and he’s so full of life and joy when he performs. He’s so unique and that’s what I like about him. Welcome back Taylor!

Down to the bottom two — Kris Allen was sent back to safety. Another shocker. With Adam in the bottom 3 I think people were very surprised that he didn’t quickly sent back to safety. It was only with the vaguest of hopes that Adam would be sent home, but alas my hopes were dashed as he was pronounced safe.

I do wonder if being in the bottom two this week will push Adam’s fans into high gear – it could prove to be a reminder to them that his place is not a given. Best wishes to Matt Giraud at the end of his American Idol journey. It is quite an accomplishment to reach the top 5 in the season.

Anyway, that’s the report from this week. Looking forward to next week and what’s coming up.

Was anyone else as shocked as I with the bottom three contestants this week?

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