Ryan Seacrest walks the line past the Top 7, each sweating out this week's results in their own way. Blake fervently seeks out someone's, anyone's attention; Jordin looks gorgeous; Chris looks queasy; Melinda is afraid to move; Phil wonders if he sucked up to the audience enough; LaKisha looks mad; and Sanjaya straight-up rolls his eyes at the usual Seacrest blather. When he gets to the end of the line, Ryan wonders, "Is your favorite safe?" And it's just him and Sanjaya on screen now, just like last week, and Sanjaya reads his line as written: "We've done this before." He actually doesn't deliver it half-bad, even if his voice is wispy to the point of nonexistence. Anyway, somebody's going home tonight, and you're worried it's going to be someone good, aren't you? Lord knows I was.

No celebrities to be snubbed in the audience so far. I'm still hoping to see Courtney Love or Maria Shriver go uncaptioned. Ryan introduces the judges. I think Randy Jackson may have mugged Jimmy Jam on the way to the studio and stolen his hat. Now, who's up for some good, old-fashioned Idol Damage Control? Haven't had that in a while. Ryan says he wants to "clear something up" and that "something" is Simon rolling his eyes after Chris gave his shout-out to the people at Virginia Tech last night. Simon explains that while Chris was switching gears from snotty back-talk to sending his thoughts and prayers to the mass-shooting victims, he was still fixated on the whole "Nasally is a type of singing" thing, and when we saw him roll his eyes, it was at that. And for what it's worth, I believe him. Simon's not the type to apologize for nothing, even if FOX is breathing down his neck to do so. Furthermore, I think that if Simon was actually rolling his eyes at Chris for making a play for American tragedy sympathy votes (which I think is the other possible explanation for the eye-rolling), he wouldn't be shy about saying so. As he essentially tells us, he's never been one to be overly concerned with perceptions of his own niceness. Reaction Shot #1: the Blake/Jordin/Chris clique. Jordin's clapping with judgy eyes, Blake is looking to Chris for a reaction, and Chris? Is pissed. Still. Not sure whether he doesn't buy Simon's story or whether he's still hung up on Nasalgate, but man. That is one angry boy. Reaction Shot #2: Bucky Covington, showing his support for Simon. See? They all eventually come around to Cowell's side.