HEY,HEY

It's 5:45 a.m. and Junior's in bed, and Patrick crawled in with him, and Stephen's downstairs asleep on a couch.

so, what?

Well , all seven Idol contestants did GREAT last night, with the possible exception of our favorite, Kellie, who was just so-so. The judges were gushing about everybody's performance, except hers.

Paris, tho, was a standout.

And then came KAT. She was absolutely fantastic!

Simon said she made the others look like good amateurs--that she was in a different league--and this on a night when the judges liked all the performances.

And he's right. Last night may have been the defining night of the competition. It's down to seven decent singers now, and you can't afford even one little slip up.

And that's what our darling Kellie did. She blinked.

So now KAT has emerged as the clear favorite talent-wise, and our favorite now too. Kellie has disapointed just one too many times with less than steller performances.

Katharine, it's now yours to lose! Congratulations!

Local sherrif's spokesman on TV:

"Once the body is identified, then we'll be able to tell you whose body it is."

Uh, OK, thanks for clearing that up...

-tr-