American Idol: Manic Pixie Dream Contestants

Boy Oh Boy is American Idol desperate for a girl to win this year. They open tonight’s show by reminding you, in big red letters, that the last female winner was Jordin Sparks back in 2007, back when we were still fretting over our MySpace Top 8. Back during the Bush administration. Back before the White Boys With Guitars ruled the land. You can’t blame them for wanting some variety, plus the ladies just tend to sell better. (With their collective tallies of zero, Taylor Hicksand Lee DeWyze have ruined the boys’ average.)The judges arrive in the Ford Escape Hybrids that you know they won’t even look at, much less passenge in, and Randy bellows a lie right away: “Girls, if it’s going to be your year, today must be the day.” Not really; as it was last week with with the fellas, 47 girls remain,