I have to say I was very underwhelmed by the knockout performances. Weird song choices, lackluster performances. And, yes, backup singers make no sense in this round especially.

Also, I found most of the pairings completely bizarre, with the result that we lost a number of "better" singers and potential audience favorites this round.

Still loving the coaches chemistry though.

When does SYTYCD come back, anyone know?

Tuesday, May 14th, 8:00 pm. Be there or be square!

The Voice: I was sad to lose the dude with the beard but I thought he did a terrible job on I Don't Wanna Be (which is a song that desperately needs to be retired from the reality TV singing competition repertoire). I understood why Usher chose Cathia if he were just judging on that performance alone, but over the long haul, beard dude had much more upside. Bad decision. I also really thought Blake should've kept Grace Askew. Her I Can't Stand the Rain was imperfect but interesting. I liked what that dude did to Katy Perry's song, but I really thought the girl he was up against was great, too. That was a toughie, as Shakira would say. I wasn't really blown away by anyone last night.

On Idol, these girls continue to be pretty great on a season almost no one is watching due to all the judge and producer shenanigans going on. Mariah and Niki have been an absolute disaster and the Dawg is just as awful as he always was. Keith is pretty great, but gets lost in all the big personalities. They should dump them all and start over. But two of the girls, Candice and Kree, are some of the best singers they've had on the show in a while. And the other two are not bad, just not my cup of tea. I'm really enjoying them, if not the show or the lame themes or the judging.

Survivor was GOOD tonight.

Nothing like a HUGE blindside, right?

oh you said it. Loved it.

I loved how well she took it, too. She was genuinely impressed with how they all pulled it off, and went out a total class act.

I'll admit, part of me wanted Eric to give her his immunity necklace, because I really have no idea how he's still around.

Erik is so clueless. Eddie, too. And yet! There they are.

Andrea did take it well -- I was a little surprised. I loved Reynold and Malcolm's reaction, too.

I'll admit, part of me wanted Eric to give her his immunity necklace,

He already gave her the idol this episode. Reynold and Malcolm (who I saw referenced elsewhere as Pornstache and Survivor Jesus) were cracking me up.

This is days late, but I still think it was so stupid of the Amazing Race Evil Newlyweds to be in this alliance of strong teams, and U-Turn the weak ones. If you're going to be strategic, it is time to try to get rid of your strongest competition, not the people you think are losers! Crikey.

Right - neither of those teams are/were going to make the final without a lot of luck, and they are both mistake prone enough that you really want them there if you can swing it.