I know you're dying to know who the four wild cards are for American Idol, so here they are.

Randy chose Jennifer Hudson, good choice. Paula failed to resist the dark side and chose Leah (and hopefully had buyer's remorse when Leah put forth an even limper, vocally distressed version of "Let's Stay Together" - there should be a clause that the judges can change their mind at any time before the person finishes singing), and Simon came around to take George, thus ending the worst chain-yanking in show history (unless George is the first person voted off).

The American public provided further proof that democracy just doesn't work by selecting Jon Peter Lewis, the Elvis of the Shire. Susie did indeed get passed over.

The show was an hour, which was about as pointless as the usual results show lasting a half hour, though they did a better job filling the hour until the results, which brought a lot of commercial breaks. I know that's a huge surprise.