For keeping an eye on who the Worsters back, how well it's working (or isn't), and factoring in their overall voting influence on the competition.

Right now, with the opening round format -- 24 (sort of) sing, 10 get voted through, and 2 move on as wild cards -- their votes could have some real impact. This is the stage where ballots tend to majorly scatter: a few extra percentage points here and someone who wouldn't have had an encore night gets to send their clothes to the laundry. If they want to say they have power, tonight was their first chance of the season to prove it.

However, they went with Brett.

Yes, he was bad. He was majorly bad. He was two notes from being horrible, which would have been two notes more than he actually hit. But I think the show is so desperate to have him advance that if he didn't get voted through, they'd choose him as a wild card -- and I'm pretty sure he's going to be voted through. So for now, the Worsters may just blend into the pack. (I personally would have taken Jordan based on the sheer stupidity of his song choice. And the shoulder pops.) It does give the caricature artist a lot (of hair) to work with.

We'll see who they take from the females tomorrow. But right now, the real battle of the season may be to see who can land in the absolute bottom...

Remember: with the immediate cutdown in place, they'll have to go to a single pick next week.