Talk about a step up

After being too sick to perform during his mentor week, Tony Bennett comes out and performs "For Once In My Life." Now Tony Bennett is not really my cup of tea, but I have respect for his talent and how much people adore him. So, his performance isn't entirely entertaining for me, but I'm certain that there are millions out there who are loving every second of this.

Back to the awards - next one up is the Best Buddies award and it goes to Jonathan Jayne and Kenneth Briggs, one of whom Simon called a bush baby during auditions. Apparently they;ve been pretty busy - they've been on Jimmy Kimmell, the Grammys red carpet and some other stuff I can't remember. The bush baby guy forgive Simon for the comment because he says that if he hadn't said it, then he wouldn't be where he is now. I suppose that's true.

OK.... so they flash a picture of a real bush baby on the big screen. Is it really mean for me to say that he does kind of look like one? I feel terrible about it, I really do, but there is a similarity - his eyes are really, really big.

Next up, Melinda Doolittle gets to sing along with Bebe and Cece Winans, after having sung backup for them. I'm actually kind of emotional watching it - just because it's so clear that she deserved to win this competition. She's so much bigger, so much better than everyone else. It's really unbelievable that America got it so wrong this year.