Siobhan Magnus--the glass-blowing goddess with the Edward Gorey tattoos, Courtney Love prom dresses, and otherworldy wail--was my favorite contestant of "American Idol" Season 9. I'm a big Siofan, as they say in the "Idol" world. And so it gives me great pleasure to report that Miss Magnus is back with a new video, for her co-write "Black Doll," that showcases her scary style and so-good-it's-almost-scary voice, just in time for Halloween.

In the low-budget yet high-tech clip (some of it was actually shot on an iPhone), Season 9's indie it-grrrl haunts Edward Gorey's historical house in Cape Cod and runs through a Grimm-fairytale forest, all while rocking a series of vintagey Victorian-meets-grunge nighties and Miss Havisham capes. In case there was any doubt that Siobhan is one of the coolest rock chicks to ever grace the "Idol" stage, this video ought to silence all naysayers.

What do you think of Siobhan's "Black Doll" video?

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Thursday night on "The X Factor," budding Brooklyn hip-hop sensation Brian Bradley, a 14-year-old with swagger for days and dreams of one day outselling Kanye West and Jay-Z, wowed the judges and audience alike with his hilarious original rap song, "Stop Looking At My Mom," at the New Jersey auditions.

Said judge L.A. Reid, "I used to run this label called Def Jam, and all those years I was there, I was looking for YOU. And you never walked in. So I'm the luckiest guy in the world that you walked in today." And Simon Cowell proclaimed, "You are arrogant, obnoxious, argumentative...but you are one of the most talented young people I've heard in a long, long time. This is why I am in New Jersey."

Hey, being arrogant never hurt Kanye's career, right? Or Simon Cowell's, for that matter. Anyway, it turns out that Brian goes by the more suitable stage name the Astronomical Kid, and he has already made a music video for his soon-to-be smash hit. And it's kind of astronomically awesome.

Last week, The Hub TV Network's underage singing competition "Majors & Minors" premiered, and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised by the dozen talented tweens who made the show's final cut. Pint-size powerhouses Grace Jeanette and Ashley Nicole Greene caught my ear and eye, but I was especially impressed by Nashville's shy 13-year-old piano girl Kennedy Noel, who's already composing her own (good!) songs, and SoCal eighth-grader Sabrina Lentini, who auditioned with an acoustic-guitar version of Jesus Jones's "Right Here Right Now," a leftfield song that's eight whole years older than she is.

This season "Majors & Minors," developed and executive-produced by hit songwriter Evan Bogart, will follow a 12 kids competing for a recording contract with Boardwalk/RCA. Along the way, they'll mentored by such A-list adults as will.i.am, Colbie Caillat, Avril Lavigne, and Sean Kingston, and even reality veterans like Jordin Sparks, Jennifer Hudson, Leona Lewis, and Adam Lambert.

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Episode three of "The X Factor" was definitely an odd one. Maybe the wicked spell of teen ghosthunter Ashley Deckard or the full moon Marivana Viscuso spoke of last week finally took effect, as Simon Cowell and his cronies rode their giant "X Factor"-branded Mack trucks to Chicago and Seattle. For instance...

Cheryl Cole was back, without explanation, for a blip, and then poof!--she was banished back across the pond once again, in an instance of very dyslexic editing on Fox's part. 

L.A. Reid was uncharacteristically warm and fuzzy, wearing a yellow Cosby sweater for much of the episode and uttering Paula-like positive affirmations like "I like your spirit" and "I believe in you." Hey, what happened to the meanie L.A. who was barking stuff like "You made me want to slit my wrists" last week?

Simon became so desperate trying to keep one of his favorites in the competition, he started begging--yes, BEGGING!--fellow judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger to change their votes. And he