'Idol:' Mohawk Nation

I'll leave the spoilers 'till after the jump, but I'll note, with more pride than I probably deserve, that I predicted it right in today's "Idol" chat. Not just the loser, but the bottom three. Which is probably a scary statement about the amount of mental energy I've been spending on "American Idol."

I have to confess, I wasn't sad to see Chris Sligh go. He had squandered all of the goodwill he'd built up during the audition episodes, when he came across as a goofy, sarcastic, nerdy type with a nice tone to his voice. Turns out, he's not goofy, he's arrogant. And a nice tone doesn't matter if you can't keep the beat.

As for Sanjaya's continued staying power, I'm not surprised a bit. The judges even seem to have given up; all Paula and Randy could say this week was, "Come on," and Simon flat-out admitted that what he says doesn't matter. I think from now on they'll let him do his thing, dismiss him with a perfunctory comment or two, and move on. Unless, as he threatened to do last week, he actually steps up.