American Idol Top 3 Results Show

Results show time. Anyone remember when the results show was only a half hour long? Just me, okay. Does FOX not have enough programming so they need to have American Idol on for hours every night so they can say they have something on at all times? Or does the public really crave shows that are 95% filler (see: award shows). 8:08pm and we've already had one "how they got here" montage, a group sing, and a commercial break.
Okay now to some results. Casey and Stephen are out. Not surprising. Alexis Grace is the first contestant to make it through to the next round and gets to sing again (is the sad sing-out being replaced with victory songs this year? That would be awkward at around Final 8 territory when the contestants going through perform a victory group sing while the person being voted off sits sadly off to the side). As per usual on this show, the reprise is much better than the original. Nerves, man. At least she gets to come back next week.
So far I'm 1 for 3 in my predictions.
Ryan takes Jackie and Ricky aside to ask them how they felt they did. Ricky didn't make it (again, not surprising). Jackie is also not going through to the next round, which part of me was surprised about, though not unhappy.
AnoopDog and Michael get the same double-header treatment (it's 8:30 and we still have 11 people to get through, man!). This time one of them gets through and it's Michael that gets the pass! I'm honestly shocked.
Back from the break: Do we really need an American Idol theme park/attraction? Apparently this year's contestants can't provide enough filler for this show since they've resurrected Carley Smithson and Michael Johns from last year to sing a song for us. America re-voted and Michael J is in the top 3. Just kidding.
Ann Marie, Brent, and Stevie face the music next. With Tatiana and Danny still sitting down, I doubt any of them are going through (and as it turns out, I'm correct). I had picked both of these as guaranteed to make it through (darn you Michael S, throwing off my predictions). And the winner is......Danny.
Seriously? No more Tatiana? Something tells me we're not out of the woods yet. She could totally make it through on the Wild card round.
Next Week: New nights, new people.