There is only one person going home from American Idol tonight that I think deserved to leave. The other three…I’m just speechless. Finally Antonella Barba was booted off…it’s been a long time coming and at least America was right with that but choosing to keep Haley Scarnato over Sabrina Sloan? Give me a break…Sabrina blew Haley out of the water last night singing wise so I’m not really sure what happened there other than the obvious - America just did not vote correctly.

I was truly expecting Phil Stacey to go home tonight and am surprised that they kicked Jared Cotter off. His rendition of a LeeAnn Rimes song I thought would send him packing but once again, America must have thought that it was good enough for him to be in the Top 12. Hmmmph.

And now for the travesty. Sanjaya makes the Top 12 and Sundance does not…I suppose I’m not surprised only because there is so much buzz about Sanjaya through all the teenyboppers. He has such a following online and even my 9 year old and all of her little friends are just goo goo over this kid. So…obviously that’s where all the votes came from because clearly his votes were not garnered for him because of his singing. Oy!!

Probably the bright light of the night was Carrie Underwood’s performance. She’s still cute as ever and I’m happy to see that she has been so successful after winning the American Idol competition in 2005. Ummmm hello…Ruben? Where ya at buddy? I see more of Clay than I do of you. Get back in the game….

That’s my recap for the night… Here’s the Top 12:

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