Top ten Idol moments

With American Idol done with a mostly-mediocore year, the moments that stick with me from Season Six:

-When Simon told the contestant with the big eyes, Kenneth Briggs, he looked like a'bush baby'. And then asked his rotund sidekick, Jonathan Jayne, 'Did you borrow Randy's trousers?'



-Sherman Pore, the 64-year-old who got a special exemption from Idol's age limit so he could sing 'You Belong to Me' for his deceased "lady love".



- Martik Manoukian, the panther guy from LA who told the judges "I'm the most exciting entertainer on planet earth" as he prowled around on the floor and flung his clothes off.



-Sarah Burgess, the teen from Ohio who secretly traveled to New York and couldn't stop crying as she told her dad not only wasn't she at her friend's house--she was on her way to Hollywood.



-When Jersey girl/Antonella buddy Amanda Coluccio said she made it past day one in Hollywood cause God likes good people. She got cut the next day. Maybe God was watching PBS that night?



-Sanjaya's sobbing 'fan'… who then repeated the same emotion for everyone else.




-Haley Scarnato's weekly battle to trade clothing for votes; and Antonella and her vibrant sundress.





-Sanjaya's consistent good humor and high entertainment value, intended and not. I still contend he's a great singer, when not nervous.



-Jordin Sparks, who rescued what could've been a disasterous season with her startling voice and impish humor. She's what Idol's all about--an unknown discovering in front of our eyes just how good she can be.