Jason Castro Overthrown on “American Idol”

There will be no more easy-going, dreadlocked vibes on American Idol this season, as Jason Castro was shown the door on last night’s show. He was the most jubilant Idol reject in history, smiling like a goofball and shrugging as if to say, “I’ve been phoning it in for weeks and deeply miss my gravity bong.” He also had a tremendous exit line: When asked how he felt about being eliminated, Castro quipped, “Three songs next week — I don’t know what I would have done.” Castro’s stonery weirdness seemed to permeate the entire elimination episode. The Ford commercial had everybody dressing up as matadors, the phone-in segment featured a lunatic suggesting Simon become the next James Bond and Maroon 5’s Adam Levine admitted he never knows what city he’s in just before telling the Idols they were going to get jaded pretty soon. The show closed with Castro’s exit montage (featuring the “I didn’t know this song from Cats was sung by a cat” line, the finest moment in television this year) followed by a reprise of a twitchy reprise of “I Shot the Sheriff.” With one show before the finale, it seems like it will be a battle between the two Davids. Will America side with syrupy moppet Archuleta or agrro-loverboy Cook? Or will Syesha Mercado pull off the upset? SOURCE: ROCK AND ROLL DAILY