Well, if you saw "Idol" tonight, I’m sure you can pick one Katharine moment, and one (if not two) Taylor moments.  Can you remember an Eliott moment?  Can you even remember what he sang?

No.  And that’s why he’s going to be out this week.

The second round of songs was the best.  I thought Katharine nailed her song ("Somewhere Over The Rainbow") which is (a) deceptively hard and (b) way overdone.  So double props to her.  There were only a couple of times when she pushed it with the runs (as only Katharine can do), but it was very good. 

Taylor’s "You Are So Beautiful To Me" was a nice change of pace for him, and a perfect song for him.  It was refreshing to see him mellow out to a ballad.  But whereas I was surprised to see Katharine do so well with "Over The Rainbow", I wasn’t surprised to see Taylor hit his mark with "You Are So Beautiful".  Taylor rocks every time, which is why he’s a shoo-in to take the competition (especially with Chris gone grumble grumble).

In the third round, Elliott, who was incredibly sharp (meaning, "pitchy", not "well-dressed") in the second round, was slightly better doing a Ray Charles number, but all I could think of was how much better Taylor would be singing it.  Katharine did a showy number, firmly confirming her status as the second female lead in a Broadway touring company.  Taylor ended the show with "Try A Little Tenderness", and while it was over-the-top, he — like always — made it work.  No fear, that guy.

He’s going all the way.

UPDATE:  Simon agrees.