American Idol - The Results 5/7

Over 50 million votes were cast last night, and the bottom three were less than one million votes from each other.

Out Final Four gather on stage to sing “Reeling in the Years”. What is the reason behind that? Is Steely Dan in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Ricky Minor takes a strange center stage guitar solo, and what a wretched group song that was.

Only four left, and only two will be safe from elimination. David Archuleta is in the Final Three.

Now for an Idolmania scene in Las Vegas, with Castro being assaulted with a kiss from a fan, Castro giving a dolphin a kiss, the finalists going to the Beatles Love circus show, etc. Then we’re back with David Cook learning his fate. Cook is safe as well, and all is as it should be in the world. Syesha and Castro have earned the fewest votes. No surprises there.

Tonight’s Ford commercial is a Matador theme with a dusty Mustang chasing the finalists, who are all suited up in crazy colorful bull killing outfits.

Next we take viewers’ stupid questions over the phone, and when asked whatr he's had to overcome during the competition, Jason Castro answers with ‘the dead brain’. I am not sure you have overcome that quite yet my friend. Simon is asked why he’s not been knighted, a question he cannot answer. This is a giant waste of time.

Maroon Five is back, and they get Paula up on her feet. I don’t know why they come on the show so often but I wish they would just stop. Then Bo Bice performs a song that is a ripoff of about 50 different songs at once. Again Paula is on her feet.

Back to results, and Seacrest walks us through all the relevant commentary from the judges on last night's episode, and Jason is reminded that he was instructed by Simon Cowell to pack his suitcase. Without missing a beat, Jason responds that he did in fact pack his suitcase. This dude is ready to go, and has been more uncomfortable each week for like a month now. America has cast the fewest votes for Jason Castro, and we must say goodbye to Jason and his uneasy chuckles and dead brain and sub par treatment of Mighty Bob and Minne Bob. So with one last poor representation of "I Shot the Sheriff", we say farewell to Jason Castro.