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Well.. The general reaction at our American Idol party was casual disappointment. No one was heavily upset - Carrie is no Ruben. (Sad part is I had to look up his name..)

But this was a popularity contest and it was close up to this week between Bo and Carrie; the only voters who were really up for grabs were those who voted for Vonzell. That they broke more for Carrie than Bo is hardly shocking. That makes it a clean win in my mind.

And Carrie's song early in the show made the news much easier to take - she sang the song of her life. She's going to have a fair career and I hope it is much better than I suspect. Bo's likely will never reach the same peak as Carrie's, but likely will last a lot longer.

And it was great that there was a secondary message in all of this, a moral of the story - had Bo not gotten into trouble with drugs, he might have gained more votes, which might have made the difference. Them drugs can drastically affect your life.

So, long and short of it, there were a lot of winners tonight.