Here’s what they sang tonight:

• A.J. Tabaldo: “Never Too Much”
• Blake Lewis: “Somewhere Only We Know”
• Brandon Rogers: “Rock With You”
• Chris Richardson: “I Don’t Want to Be”
• Chris Sligh: “Typical”
• Jared Cotter: “Back at One”
• Nicholas Pedro: “Now and Forever”
• Paul Kim: “Careless Whisper”
• Phil Stacey: “I Could Not Ask For More”
• Rudy Cardenas: “Free Ride”
• Sanjaya Malakar: “Knocks Me Off My Feet”
• Sundance Head: “Nights in White Satin”

I wasn’t very impressed with the performances tonight, and was especially disappointed by Paul Kim, Sanjaya Malakar and Nicholas Pedro- three of my favorites I expected much, much more from.

But Chris Sligh was good. Please vote for him!

Carrie Underwood won Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards. She thanked God and Simon Fuller, saying “I owe everything to American Idol”. Take that, Kelly Clarkson.

Apparently, our favorite American Idol judge Simon Cowell is “seriously considering” launching his own line of fragrance and other products.

According to Simon’s publicist, Max Clifford: “Yes, it’s true that he is in talks at the moment. The deal is under serious consideration. As I understand, the products would be very distinctive - earthy, in black packaging. Anything Simon puts his name to is bound to generate huge interest.”

No word yet as to which company Simon is in talks with- although it’s supposedly an “American cosmetics giant”.

Yay! They’ve finally announced the when and wheres of the American Idol Auditions, Season 6.

AMERICAN IDOL begins its search for the next singing superstar and will host auditions in 7 cities across the country starting this August!

The quest to become the next American Idol starts now. Auditions for the sixth edition of AMERICAN IDOL begin in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at The Forum.

Men and women 16 to 28 years old on Aug. 6, 2006, and eligible to work in the United States are welcome to audition.

Here they are:

Los Angeles
The Forum
Tues. Aug. 8, 2006

San Antonio
Alamodome
Fri. Aug. 11, 2006

New York
Continental Air. Arena
Mon. Aug. 14, 2006

Birmingham
BJCC
Mon. Aug. 21, 2006

Memphis
FedExForum
Sun. Sep. 3, 2006

Minneapolis
Target Center
Fri. Sep. 8, 2006

Seattle
KeyArena
Tue. Sep. 19, 200