American Idol: Judges save Big Mike

Thank God the judges had the sense to use their save & keep him in the competition for another week.

Big Mike?! ?! How does Michael Lynche, the most reliable male singer of the season, pull in fewer votes after bringing the drama on "Eleanor Rigby" than a one-trick pony like Andrew Garcia, who has not been lovely since they grabbed our lapels with that gimmicky cover of Paula Abdul?

Garcia's bringing nothing but some neck ink to the table. & that Aaron Kelly child makes every song come off like Lonestar's latest stab at another "Amazed."

I understand why some would argue that Sizable Mike's rendition of "Eleanor Rigby" was a trifle overblown (the way De Niro was a trifle overblown, for instance, in that scene in "Cape Fear" where he is hanging from the bottom of a automobile). & yes, his "I can pick you up & snap you like a twig" approach to interpersonal dynamics gets more boring with every gratuitous wrestler move.

At least those four were right there with Sizable Mike in this week's bottom five. But there is no way they ought to have gotten fewer votes than them or Katie Stevens. Someone wants to take her to the Motel 6 on prom night - a prom night Stevens came right out & promised to whoever votes for her the most this season.