A Superman leap and THREE man-dresses? How could anyone be unsatisfied with this?

Wow, Cat just looks awesome. She's wearing a silky black halter top and her hair and makeup are kind of 1940s - just beautiful. The only bad thing I can say about Cat's outfit is that it might be a pantSUIT, like a one-piece thing. That would be icky. Plus, that would make it really hard to go to the bathroom. We find out that Mia Michaels choreographed that routine. I suspected that while I was watching it, but I didn't have the courage of my convictions, because the last time I made a guess like that, I was wrong. I should have known, really, because it seemed mime-influenced. I wonder if Mia worked her way through college as a mime or something.

Just perfect.

Cat sucks America's toes big time, praising us for our steadfastness in setting yet another voting record, with 12.5 million. We say hi to the judges. Nigel salutes - huh? Mary is wearing something really ugly, but it's not ugly enough to merit a lot of discussion. What's more disturbing is the dumb little dance she's doing in her seat. She somehow induces the other judges to join her, so that they all look like drunken fools. Mia is the happiest she's ever been. Forget the drunkenness - they're all on ecstasy. That's my official diagnosis.

Maybe they're practicing for their "Proud Mary" cruise-ship routine.

Cat reminds us that the prize of this show is not all bad, after all. Yes, you have to be in Celine Dion's show for a year, but you also get a hundred grand and a new hybrid SUV. Wow, that's almost worth it. We see last night's recap. Nothing new happens. Cat reminds us that the three girls will be on the chopping block after the commercial.

We're doing a brand-new format this week, just like we do every episode. In particular, this week, everybody is going to do a solo before we find out who's in the bottom two. Natalie goes first. She dances to a Jann Arden song that I happen to like. I think her solo is better than usual, but what's hilarious is what happens after, when Cat asks Natalie who she's blowing kisses to, and she sobs that it's Allison. We see Allison in the audience and she's bawling just like Natalie. Wow, I guess that on-stage makeout session from last week was more meaningful than I thought. I can't believe that other, more normal humans like Allison are now allowing themselves to be sucked into Natalie's Vale of Gratuitous Tears.

I warned you not to drink the Kool-Aid, Allison.

Nigel says that Natalie took a lot of shit last night from the judges for not showing enough emotion. Once again, tonight, he thought she was good but not really up to snuff. He says he thinks that when Musa was eliminated, he took a little piece of Natalie away with him, and Nigel has never rooted for her in quite the same way again. He muses about why Musa's departure might have had that effect. Ech, that is such a fat pitch. I feel I have no choice but to speculate that Natalie lost some of her mojo as a result of not getting it regular anymore once Musa was gone, even though I don't really believe that. Natalie seems to actually agree with Nigel's assessment. The crowd boos; Allison cries.