How DARE They?!?

1. How dare the producers allow a rock classic like Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" to fall prey to complete butchering by one of those cheesy group numbers? For good measure, I both muted my television's volume AND left the room, because I knew that nothing good could come of such a travesty. Producers, that song did nothing to deserve such ghastly treatment ... and neither did we, the audience, for that matter.

2. How dare Kris Allen subject us to the torture of strutting his fiiiiiiiine little self around in that pec-tacularly snug "Don't Stop The Music" T-shirt all evening? It's bad enough that he's got a gorgeous face, a beautiful voice, and a terrific body ... but do we need to be reminded of how insanely jealous we are that Mrs. Allen gets to tap that every frickin' night?!?

3. How dare the audience sound shocked and surprised that the judges declined to even consider using their save on Megan Joy Corkrey? Are they incapable of looking at her dispassionately and realizing that she's just not a great singer? She's adorable and I'd have loved to have given her another chance -- in fact, one could argue that we already did over the last couple of weeks, when she was no better than she was this week -- but off-key warbling is off-key warbling, no matter how pretty a package it comes in.

I hate to seem so harsh on poor Megan, believe me ... but I've gotta call 'em as I see 'em. When you're not "Idol" material, you're just not "Idol" material.