All I want to know is: how in the world does Harry Connick, Jr. only have three Grammys?

Oh, um, this is American Idol, and I LOOOOOOOOVE Harry Connick Jr. He’s writing all the compositions and arrangements for this week, which is awesome. “You think Shania Twain was up in here doing this?”

So it’s Frank Sinatra night, and I’m so glad that they saved it for this late in the season, because I sure hate it when more than 5 kids destroy Sinatra tunes. Simon lurves Sinatra, and Nancy and Tina Sinatra are there to give him one of Frank Sinatra’s monogrammed handkerchiefs, and Simon is touched.

Haha. Aaron is up first, and when he comes in to rehearse, Harry calls him Big Mike. Harry actually teaches him a little about music. Aaron’s singing “Fly Me to the Moon”, and if even Harry can’t make Aaron good, there is no hope. You know, this was actually pretty mediocre, so I’d call it his best week. Randy and Ellen love it, but Ellen calls the piano pitchy (Harry’s playing piano). Kara and Simon like it ok, but Simon says if Sinatra was a lion, Aaron was a mouse.

Before Casey sings, he’s on the Tool Stool, and Harry comes over to say, “I want you to remember one thing: Don’t screw it up!” Casey sings “Blue Skies”. Ouch, second note is pitchy. But the rest is good. Ellen: “I don’t know whose idea it was, but it was a bad idea to have the piano on stage.” Haha. Randy and Ellen hate it, and Kara calls him on his goat vibrato. Simon says the band was great but Casey wasn’t fantastic and thought Casey came across as embarrassed. Ryan asks what Harry thinks. “To be honest, I thought you were better in rehearsal. You killed it two hours ago, but that won’t help you right now.”

Crystal is singing “Summer Wind”. Harry has no advice for her, because she’s awesome. She’s brilliant on stage. Randy thinks it’s okay and sleepy. Ellen wanted her to loosen up more, but she loves her. Kara liked it even though she wouldn’t have seen Crystal singing this kind of music. Simon doesn’t think it was the best song choice (indulgent) and thinks she’s had two okay weeks in a row. Crystal gives the judges a little schooling on how to sing a song.

Big Mike is singing “The Way You Look Tonight”. Once again, he doesn’t do anything for me, and once again, the judges love him. I don’t get how they didn’t like Crystal but liked this snoozefest.

Lee is singing “That’s Life”, and did I mention my love for Harry? Lee is the best of the night, easily. Randy loves it. Ellen says that at first she was distracted by Harry’s organ (ahahahahaha) and then says Lee would have won with that performance if this was the last night. Nobody cares what Kara says. Simon says Harry’s been absolutely incredible. Says that Harry brought out Lee’s personality and confidence, and it was by far the best performance of the night. Agreed on all counts.

My order: Lee, Crystal, Casey, Mike, Aaron.

I already watched the results show, so I know that Mike and Aaron were the bottom 2 (thank you, America) and that Aaron went home (YAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!). I think this bad boy’s gonna come down to Crystal and Lee. Also, in the results show, I was giddy the whole time over Harry. Best. Mentor. Ever. You know, if he took over for Simon, I’d actually watch next season. David Foster is the only other person I’ll make an allowance for.

Anyway, yippee, Aaron’s gone. Next week, Mike!