No cheese! Well, maybe a little

What I'm mostly surprised by last night is that despite the Barry Manilow theme, there was a distinct lack of cheese. This is likely because Barry rearranged his old songs to suit the AI finalists, and because no one sang "I Made It Through the Rain." Barry stuck around to be a guest judge, and you know, the thing about being different looking to begin with is that you age really well.

( Last night, we said goodbye . . .  )

Shocked.

What were those American Idol voters smoking? ( Major spoiler here. )