In a shocking American Idol elimination show, it was actually the two strongest performers on Tuesday night that were part of the bottom two. Syesha Mercado and Carly Smithson garnered the lowest amount of votes. Syesha was pretty confident when she and Brooke White were called out that she wasn’t going to be in the bottom. Judging by the performances and what the judges and even Andrew Loyd Webber said, it should have been Brooke and Jason Castro. But then again, they don’t comprise of the whole of America. Ultimately, it was Carly who got the boot. Above being a talent show, it’s a popularity contest after all.

American Idol alum Jordin Sparks sang at Fight Night XIV which was held at the JW Marriott Resort in Phoenix on Saturday. Muhammad Ali and his wife Lonnie hosted the event which was attended by celebrities and entertainers at the 14th annual event for the fight against Parkinson’s disease. Dozens of athletes and celebrities were there, including Whitney Houston, Grant Hill, Shaquille O’Neal, Tony Hawk, Vince Young, Michael Johnson and Ray Lewis. Throughout Celebrity Fight Night’s history, over $45 million has been raised. Jordin may not be on ‘Idol Gives Back’ but she’s still doing a lot of good on her time.

A source was present at the taping of ‘Idol Tonight’ on the TV Guide Channel where American Idol wannabe David Hernandez was reportedly pumping season 1 runner up Justin Guarini for advice during commercial breaks. I hardly think that taking career advice for the star of ‘From Justin to Kelly’ is a good idea. Anyway, Justin was overheard telling the castoff that “The sky’s the limit man, just get it while it’s hot” and also encouraged him to “make decisions for himself.” In fairness, it was pretty sound advice. But if all else fails, I’m sure ‘Idol Tonight’ could always use a third Idol reject host.

Simon Cowell lashed out at someone after David Archuleta’s performance last night and if you’ve been reading the news, then I’m sure you know who I’m talking about. On Tuesday’s performance show, Simon told David that “I don’t think that is you at all and I’d be amazed if you chose the song yourself.” Sources are saying that Simon is blaming the fiasco on David’s dad Jeff. Jeff is reportedly the worst stage dad ever. If he really wants his son to win, I’d suggest he just step out of the way. It looks like he’s causing more harm than good in David’s American Idol stint.

If you have been following Lily Allen news lately, then this bit of info shouldn’t come as a surprise. Sources close to the singer are saying that her friends and family are trying to convince her to go on a “vacation” and that it could happen quite soon. After all the things that have gone on with Lily in the past couple of months, she definitely needs that so-called vacation. A therapeutic holiday would do her a lot of good and save us from whatever craziness that she may come up with – like that TV talk show of hers. Ick!

Who knows, Ellen might have enjoyed it more than you might think.

Christing Aguilera was on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today, just a month after giving birth to son Max Liron. she was seen in a lovely green dress with a deep plunging neckline. The neckline gave Ellen (and the rest of us) a nice view of the goods, which have increased dramatically in recent weeks.

Ellen asked Christina, “One question: Are you nursing?” Christina Aguilera found the question humorous, answering, “I guess it’s a little obvious.” Ellen’s quip? “He’s gonna be a healthy boy.”

I know you’ve been dying to find out who gets to sit in Barbara Walters’ hot seat on Oscar night. Well, the names have finally been released.

She’ll begin with Miley Cyrus and Oscar nominee Ellen Page (from Juno). Then she’ll move on to veteran Harrison Ford and Vanessa Williams.

Are they prepared for the questions? Who knows? Barbara has yet to reveal what she’ll ask of them.

You know, if you need help beating your addictions, why not move in with one of the most famous addicts of them all. That’s what Amy Winehouse thinks will help.

Amy is moving in with buddies Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne in their London guesthouse. Amy is close friends with rehab-buddy Kelly Osbourne.

As for Amy’s supposed Grammy performance, the U.S. Embassy in Britain refused to grant her request for a visa, so any performance she gives will have to be via satellite.

Ringo Starr chose to walk out on fans and he also chose to walk out on ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’. The 67-year old former Beatle was supposed to appear on the show on Tuesday but moments before he was scheduled to go live, he walked off the set.

Sources are chalking it up to a miscommunication when Ringo was given only 3 minutes to perform a 4-minute, 15-second song. He then chose to hightail it out of there after he wasn’t given any more time. According to his rep, “Ringo left saying, ‘God bless and goodbye. We still love Regis.’”

I swear 2008 is set to be a baby boom year – there are pregnancies absolutely everywhere at the moment. Almost every other day a new celebrity announces that they are expecting. Happy news all around of course, but weird nonetheless.

Celebrity pregnancy of the day is ex-eastender Tamzin Outhwaite. The TV beauty, who is married to actor Tom Ellis, is four months pregnant with her first child. It comes as no surprise really; the 37 year old has previously expressed her desire to become a mother, saying: “Having children is my biggest dream. I’d be happy not to work again and look after the children.”

Tamzin’s spokesman confirmed the news. A source said: “Tamzin and Tom are both over the moon.”