Can we all agree with Simon Cowell that "Rockin' Robin" was an atrocious song choice for Sandy's favorite tattooed single mom, Megan Joy Corkrey, on last night's "American Idol"? (Why couldn't she have done "The Way You Make Me Feel," instead of Lil Rounds?)

But not everyone thought Corkrey's performance was that bad. Michael Slezak, recapping "Idol" for Entertainment Weekly, wrote that she "interpreted the fusty old number with enough swing and sass that it wouldn't have sounded all that odd sandwiched between cuts from, say, Duffy and Nellie McKay."

Corkrey has got to work on her stage moves, like actually moving around on the stage. Right now, if a hurricane swept through the "Idol" studio, Ryan Seacrest and the others should tie themselves to Corkrey - because when she sings, she's as rooted as a tree.

Tonight we find out how America voted - and we learn about the mysterious new format change, which I suspect will have the judges taking the final decision out of the voters' hands.

While you're waiting for tonight's results show, consider this excellent column by Los Angeles Times' pop music critic Ann Powers, who urges "Idol" producers get over the homophobia that forces contestants to submerge their identities. (Consider Clay Aiken, who came out five years after his "Idol" season.) Powers' commentary is a reasoned call for the overly homogenized "Idol" to be as diverse as America itself.

Labels: American Idol, Megan Joy Corkrey, Reality show