So I?m thinking maybe it?s time people got a refresher course on this whole voting thing: The point of the competition is to vote for the very good singers and send home the ones who aren?t as good.

The Heroes lost yet again, unable to compete physically or mentally with the Villains and keeping their losing streak. Then they did their best to stay losers by keeping someone who can?t walk.

Wednesday night?s ?American Idol? semifinal round was seriously one of the weirdest nights I can ever remember in the show?s nine years.

She was her usual strong self this week, nailing Tracy Chapman?s ?Give Me One Reason,? and the judges noted that her big selling point was that she knows herself and who she is as an artist.

With DeGeneres on board ? and Simon Cowell on the way out ? judges Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi seem to have decided it's time to start trying harder.

All that?s standing between him and the rest of his life are 16 contestants and a couple of more months trying to make small talk with Ryan Seacrest.

The outspoken Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver is the latest NFL star to join the ?Dancing with the Stars? fray, but while the show doesn?t start for two more weeks, he?s already got a message for the judges.

Simon Cowell opened up about his engagement to makeup artist Mezghan Hussainy during an appearance on ?The Tonight Show With Jay Leno? on Monday night.

Tom Bergeron will have his own partner when "Dancing With the Stars" returns later this month. Former series winner Brooke Burke will be his co-host.