No surprise

He went first, he forgot his words--as bad as Sanjaya was, it really shouldn't have been shocking to anyone to see Brandon voted off. The most surprising thing of the night was probably right after he was told he was going home--he smiled, gave the crowd a thumbs up, and looked remarkably like the Eddie Murphy "Buckwheat" character. Kind of weird.

Other highlights tonight on what was thankfully just a half-hour (it seems like I have so much more time this week): Diana Ross with the big diva entrance, but yet she was willing actually go over to the Idols and try to get them to sing along (even if Chris Richardson was turned around and looking at something else while he was singing along); her speech about the show being an inspriation to young people probably preventing us from hearing any of Brandon's sing-off (not that I'm upset we missed that, I'm just pointing it out); and, of course, Sanjaya walking back to the group after being told he was staying and looking like he was heading to a firing squad. Poor guy. America, please put him out of his misery...