final six dudes?

really, who cares? here's who i think will make the next cut:

will makar - looks like john mayer, so-so performance but i'm pulling for the houstonian
chris daughtry * - next lead singer for creed
gideon mckinney - he's got like 100 teeth
elliott yamin - i wasn't as impressed as the judges were, could borrow a few teeth from gideon
ace young - three words: color me badd. i'm guessing the whole place smelled like paula after his performance
taylor hicks * - my favorite fella, very unique to the competition, a little spastic, really wish i was familiar with the song he sang

there were only two standout performances for me as noted above (*). there were a couple of las vegas lounge style performances that just didn't belong. i wasn't as stoked with jose "sway" penala's performance as paula and randy were probably because i wasn't familiar with the song. really, i thought he sounded like a cat in heat. he'd crush fools at the element asian american idol competition though. i wanted kevin covais to do well but i'm surprised the nasally lisp got him this far. the rest were just very forgettable.

two side notes: shouldn't the dog pound be called the bitch pound since it was all female dogs this time? and was anyone else fixated on the voluptuous katharine mcphee gyrating from the kitty litter? i just wanna eat her right up, interpret that any way you want.