American Idol: Semi-Final Destination

I don't do results' show recaps because, by and large, they're a gigantic waste of time.

If they're half an hour, the results show will waste 26 minutes, when all I really want is to see the final four where the loser is announced, we see the montage of their stay there, and they sing about 37 seconds of their farewell song before they're cut off. Apparently, "Idol" result shows will be one hour long this season — in the words of Natashia Blach (who got sent home with incredible dignity last night because she was looking forward to spending time with her family) during Tuesday's performance, "kill me now!"

Anyway, since I don't do recaps on results shows, I'll just throw some quick thoughts out there about the 24 contestants who made it to the semifinals:

-Pretty much everyone I thought was going to make it through, made it through which made for a completely drama-free evening. Thank you again, producers, for showing us who you want us to like. The only possible exception was Kyle Ensley not making the final cut over Colton Berry, who my girl Erica pointed out looks like he's just been born — ouch. I was already bracing myself for some substandard singing from and sympathy votes for Ensley (because he wears a tie), but now I'm merely bracing myself for substandard singing from Berry.

-All of the people who were locks to make it to the semifinals, made it through, so who's your favorite. I'm liking Asia'h Epperson more everytime I see her, and Syesha Mercado made another good impression last night. As far as the guys, I like me some David Archuleta and David Hernandez, though I'm not sure that the former can win the whole thing since he's so young, and Simon was right to point out that the latter has to "work extremely hard to even have a remote chance" — he'll can start by establishing himself more as a personality.

-So, who the hell is the white guy with the dreadlocks? Seriously, who IS that?! Have we ever seen him before or heard him sing?

-I think we should put Brooke White and Josiah Leming (pictured, right) on suicide watch. Wait, Brooke actually made it through? Then what the hell was all the pre-crying about?! I'm putting her on Meltdown Watch. As for Josiah, I think he'll be safer in a padded room (or he could pad the car he lives in), especially after the producers decided to painfully prolong his justified elimination last night.

So who do you like in the final 24? Were you surprised to see someone not make it? (I wasn't). What would your end-of-the-episode dance to celebrate your semi-final berth look like? Finally, where the hell did the guy with the dreadlocks come from? I think I saw him selling drugs on the corner somewhere, but I don't think that's right.