Some thoughts about "American Idol" (No SPOILERS)
1.  Am I the only one who cringes each time they bring back an AI winner/finalist for a "special performance"?  Last week's Blake Lewis number was a travesty.  It's inconceivable to me, at this remove, that he ever made it into the top 12.  And last night's Katherine McPhee song -- I believe Simon would say, "predictable and boring."  Poor thing. She needs to concentrate on an acting or TV-host career and leave "singing" alone.  Perhaps a church choir needs a middling soprano somewhere.
2.  Big WOO on the "new stage".  Lots of wasted energy/green-unfriendly lighting.  
3.  What's up with all this arm waving during numbers?  I know it started at rock concerts, along with the flicking of BICs.  But must EVERY routine AI song be accompanied by camera shots of the now-obligatory arm waving?  It's simply nausea-inducing, given the lack of any "appropriate" reason for it.
4.  Do we really have to wait 10 more weeks for Carly Smithson to walk away with the title?