'American Idol': Casey leaves the sunshine band

First off, I want to make a public apology. When Ryan Seacrest announced we were about to be treated to a performance by last year's runner-up, and then the camera shifted to the fat bearded guy playing harmonica, my first thought was, "Wow, Crystal Bowersox has really let herself go." Sorry about that, Crystal; you look just fine, Earth Mama.

Could you make any sense of the results last night? Seacrest stated that the order was totally random. Does that mean that Scotty and Jacob weren't really in the bottom three, and that "safe" in Haley's case is a relative term? Why chuck the traditional format at this point? Was Ryan trying to give us a heart attack?

Randy Jackson looked pretty close to an embolism when it was announced that Casey was eliminated (note his reaction in the video below). Take a deep breath, Dawg. The guy was an oddity, no more, no less. Casey (or as Steven Tyler referred to him: "Weird Beard") had less chance of winning this thing as Blake "Beatbox" Lewis did season six.

We Idol voters tried quirky once with Taylor Hicks. Never again.

Thanks goodness Casey explained during his farewell speech that he would continue to dedicate himself to popularizing jazz. So that's what he was doing all this time. I thought he was trying to bring back Screamin' Jay Hawkins.

I was so proud to be an American when the kids represented at the wedding party at the British Consulate. So cool that the guys spent the whole time at the party talking in silly English accents. The diplomatic corps must have found that the height of cleverness, eh, guv?

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