Host Ryan Seacrest opened last night’s show by saluting Dick Clark, who died Wednesday, and alongside whom Seacrest was welcomed years ago as co-host of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. (For Dick Clark tributes from some of us at TVWW, read Ed Bark HERE, Bill Brioux HERE, and my own story HERE.) Tonight, there’s a finality of a less literal sort, as another singer is eliminated from the pack of Idol finalists. And this time, there’s no judges’ save – so last week’s histrionics, when Jennifer Lopez and company rushed the stage to save and embrace young Jessica Sanchez, cannot be repeated.

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