The group sing to "School's Out" was just awful. Nobody sounded good, Allison in particular sounded really terrible. Sorry! It's just the truth.

Because we were down to four, they had to stretch this mother even more than usual. So we had three musical guests. That seems excessive even for this show.

Up first: Paula Abdul! Performing! OMG! Admission: the first album I ever bought (actually, a cassette tape) was one of Paula's. She will always have a place in my heart. Paula looked fantastic, and that bitch can still move. I mean, she was clearly lip-synching, but given the really ambitious choreography, I can't fault her. The dancing was fantastic. And the truth is, in terms of the vocal effects over her singing...Paula always sounded like that. She kind of pioneered the auto-tune as popular vocal option. So Paula was a trendsetter. Who knew? (I will say that the song she performed last night, "Here for the Music," wasn't great. Not terrible, but not nearly as good as "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow," which I enjoyed in spite of myself.)

Up next: No Doubt with "Just a Girl." Wow, hey there, senior year of high school. Gwen's delivery was so staccato and largely tuneless that I couldn't figure out what she was doing. It almost sounded like she was having a stroke. I mean, Gwen has never had a great voice. But this was particularly atrocious. It was certainly ska-sounding, which is the group's origin point. But it's a little weird to see a 30something mother of two running around the stage and then doing push-ups and... I don't know. I mean, the point of the song is that girls can do anything guys can do. And props to that. But man, that was awful. My friend and I totally checked out midway through the song and started talking about a coworker of his whose bicep muscle snapped, leaving him unable to lift his arm and the damaged muscle all balled up near his shoulder. That's how off-putting No Doubt's performance was.

Results: Kris is safe! That is a shocker right there. Most people I talked to figured he was going home tonight. That very well may be why he's still in the game.

Last performance: Daughtry. I'm so glad they showed that clip of Chris's S5 elim - the Kat McPhee reaction shot is ABSOLUTELY priceless. I'm surprised he did the show, since he's worked very hard to distance himself from "Idol." But it's smart; people will eat this new album up. The song he sang was new, and really high in his range, which is not where he sounds the best. The song sounded pretty generic to me - there was no great hook. Not bad by any stretch, but it just didn't do much for me. Kind of background music. Sorry Chris! Really like you! Think you're very talented! But this was just middle of the road.

More results: Adam is safe. I don't think the moms of America could handle two Bottom 2 appearances in a row for their Chosen One. Danny is safe, meaning that 1) Allison is gone, and 2) we have a sausage fest of a Final 3.

I'm sad. Seriously. I really came to love that young woman. When I think of how much she's grown on this show - I picked her to go home FIRST in the Top 12 - it's particularly depressing. I think she's just fabulous. For her age, what she is capable of, it's really remarkable. And she just got her hair did! SADNESS! And she ripped up her encore. Ripped it up! Kudos to you, Allison Iraheta! I would buy your album! You have bewitched me!