Back to the Bayou: 'Idol' Voters Send Lindsey Packing
(Wednesday, March 16 09:35 PM)
By Daniel Fienberg

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) The only television show in America not to feature Mario Vazquez this week is "American Idol," which might be ironic if that word hadn't lost all meaning years ago. As it is, it's nice to turn to "Idol" as a Quitter-Free Zone.

Judge Simon Cowell looks at the Bottom Three and announces that America is listening to him.

Jessica Sierra is the first of the Bottom Three sent back to safety. Expect her to raise the raunch quotient next week to recapture out attention.

Ryan tells Mikalah Gordon that he has bad news... he has to let FOX milk some more expensive advertising time. She has a conniption fit and mock-strangles Ryan with genuine enthusiasm.

As predicted in this space last night, Lindsey Cardinale is the first person voted out of the Final 12. A broken clock is right twice-a-day and even a crackpot recapper gets it correct occasionally, particularly on the no-brainers.