American Idol: Top 8 Results Show

So, American Idol has extended its streak of "getting it right". The Bottom 3 consisted of Anoop, Scott, and Lil, with Scott MacIntyre sent packing.

While I (and I'm sure Scott as well) did not appreciate the supposed divide as to whether or not the Judges' Save would be used -- the female judges may have enjoyed Scott, but the save is only ever going to be used on a contestant who has a chance of winning, and Scott did not have a shot in hell -- I did appreciate Scott's appeal. Despite his talent being largely subpar to other contestants, he was consistently an adult contemporary artist. Unlike some of the other contestants (*cough*Lil*cough*), Scott knew who he was as a musician and he never veered off that course (if you don't count the ill-fated guitar, that is). And to top it off, he was pretty damn impressive too -- overcoming obstacles and challenges to hone his talents and shine. Bravo, Scott! And much luck.

Randoms...

• Kellie Pickler looks and sounds really good. And she's become quite adept at working the crowd. Good for her. Let's hope that she hasn't forgotten about the little people like Wolfgang Puck.
• I loved the age-related needling of Simon and the surprise appearance of Frankie Avalon as a conduit to that end, but thank god for "Grease". If not for "Grease's" massive popularity to this day, only about 1/3 of the American Idol audience would have known who he was. So sad. By the way, does Avalon age? I'm inclined to say 'no'.

Thoughts?