Is it possible that American Idol has just struck out on the guys this year? Last year, they hit it big with Chris Daughtry -- I think -- and, heck, Elliot Yamin has an incredible voice.

A dude won the thing: Taylor Hicks.

However, Blake Lewis and Chris Sligh might be the only guys this year with a shot at any commercial success, although Blake's might be in something more entertainment-oriented as opposed to "just" singing, and I know Chris is a terrific songwriter.

Tuesday night's Top 8 performances just blew me away in their collective mediocrity, I guess. I was bored stiff. Bored completely.

So bored, I'm looking for more female bodybuilder wrestling videos to add to the site. Seriously.

I like the band 311, and I thought Blake was adequate in representing "All Mixed Up."

As the bookend to Blake's opener, Sligh was terrific vocally on whatever it is he sang. Chris has managed to stump me several times over with songs with which I'm not familiar, and I am familiar with everything.

In between, Chris Richardson sounded quite commercial with Keith Urban's "Tonight I Wanna Cry." I could see Chris Richardson being a commercial success as a singer with the right producer, stylist and all that.

However, no "wow" factor at all with any of them, and I'm not sure what it is they aren't understanding about the judges' criticism. Have they never seen this show before? It really isn't merely a karaoke contest.

If it were up to me, we'd put Sanjaya Malakar and Sundance Head out of their collective misery. Sanjaya's voice is anemic, and Sundance's has no subtlety. Plus, outside of a couple of bar songs ("Stormy Monday" and "Mustang Sally"), Head has actually been terrible -- among the worst who have ever been in this competition.

However, my gut hunch says the underachieving Brandon Rogers and very odd Phil Stacey don't make it.

As long as Blake, Chris and Chris don't get cut, I could care less. Those three, I think, are the class of an incredibly weak male group this year. So weak they are that I am willing to bet Idol rethinks its 6-and-6 formula next year.