Did. Not. See. That. Coming.

Chris out, and Kat still in?

Yikes.

Not that I'm really upset, mind you -- I've been over Daughtry's scary hypnosis trick for weeks now, and last night wasn't a good one for him -- but in fairness, Katharine McPhee fared considerably worse.

And what does this do to my theory that the order of solos during the results show signifies the order of votes?

I noticed for sure that Elliott -- who's more and more looking like a contender -- got the first (and sounded the best) and I think Kat was second. Seems to me Chris was next and Taylor last, though.

(Went back after writing this and checked the tape, and though Taylor and Kat both got bonus solos, the actual order was Elliott, Taylor, Kat, Chris. Which could well have been the voting order yet again. Hmmmm....)

Taylor, moreover, got a bonus solo, by special request of Rebecca Romjin, who right after claiming to love all the wannabes equally, begged to hear "Jailhouse Rock" one more time.

May have to go back to reading entrails, though it seems like a waste of a perfectly good goat.

But I'll admit to being very, very happy for Elliott, whose week-to-week transformation is the kind of thing that keeps me coming back to "Idol."

And until today, I didn't even know the guy is nearly deaf in one ear.