There are various stages of surprise experienced by most American Idol viewers. There’s the initial, visual surprise: Is Elise Testone really wearing a giant orange fruit roll-up with her Farrah-Fawcett-in-a-wind-tunnel hairdo? There’s genuine pleasant surprise: Yes, that is an actual tear streaming down my face upon hearing Jessica Sanchez sing “Dance With My Father.” And then there’s the most vexing of bizarro world surprises: Colton Dixon and Skylar Laine are gone, but Hollie Cavanagh is still in the running for the title? But that’s the beauty of the American Idol live format — you never know when someone’s going to go home, step up their game, or waltz on stage with a ponyhawk.
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