If there was one thing the recent finale of "America's Best Dance Crew" taught us, it's that Season 6 paled in comparison to past seasons. Watching former winning crews Poreotics, We Are Heroes, Quest Crew, Super Cr3w, and Jabbawockeez all stuninngly perform on last Sunday's finale only made this season's final two teams, I.Am.Me and especially the overrated/underaged Iconic Boyz, look like a bunch of chumps. (Although I still think Phillip Chbeeb is awesome, don't get me wrong.)

Which brings me to the just-premiered video for Jabbawockeez' new single, "Devastating Stereo," the track to which they performed at last Sunday's "ABDC6" finale. The video is an expectedly awesome showcase for the masked men's unique talents, proving once again that they really ARE America's best dance crew. Besides Fanny Pak, that is.

Jabbawockeez have completely infilitrated the mainstream at this point, with an album out, a successful show in Las Vegas...and, of course, a recent cameo on the new season of

Regular readers know my column has been dormant lately because I've been on a much-needed post-"American Idol" Australian vacation, seeing my all-time favorite band the Cure play a one-off historic show at the Sydney Opera House. (Click here to relive that epicness.) But now I'm back in the Northern Hemisphere and ready to tackle my DVR.

While I was away, the final installment of "The Voice's" Battle Rounds--the stage of the game in which the show's four celebrity coaches (Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, and Christina Aguilera) pit their own teammates against each other in duet duels--took place. Here's what went down in the sing-off ring last week:

JEFF JENKINS vs. CASEY DESMOND
Okay, this was the least climactic showdown on "The Voice" since Adam Levine placed Javier Colon against some chick whose name I can't recall right now. (Oh, wait, it was Angela Wolff. I rest my case.) Come on, the country boy with the heart of gold and a recently departed mom, whom all four judges

"No other show has talent like this," hostess Cat Deeley declared at the start of this week's Season 8 "So You Think You Can Dance" premiere. And this Cat had a very truthful tongue. The talent level on "SYTYCD" has always been obscenely high, with each season raising the barre--while the "American Idol" judges this year have been criticized for being too nice and telling everyone they're "amazing" and "beautiful," really, on "SYTYCD" many of the contestants ARE amazing and beautiful. I seriously think the only reason why this show isn't quite as big a ratings juggernaut as, say, "Idol" or "America's Got Talent" is because it has fewer horrible contestants to ridicule, so it doesn't quite appeal to viewers' mean streaks.

Judging from the crop of Atlanta and San Francisco auditioners seen on this week's "SYTYCD" premiere, Season 8 will not disappoint. Yes, there were a few "funny" bad auditions, like a booty-poppin' ex-stripper who dubbed herself "Black Barbie"; a goofy Caucasian B-boy

Scotty McCreery was just declared the 10th "American Idol" winner, but as the past two seasons' Crystal Bowersox and Adam Lambert can tell you, winning isn't everything. Both of those runners-up have sold more albums than the respective contestants who beat them, and I have a feeling this season's runner-up, Lauren Alaina, will continue that pattern when she and Scotty release their albums later this year.

Why, do you ask? Read on.

1) Lauren May Get More Airplay - "Idol" fans loved Scotty, yes, but country radio staffers don't seem to be quite as enthusiastic. Stark Radio recently reported that country radio broadcasters are already resistant to Scotty; WFRE's Jess Wright even said, "If Scotty McCreery gets signed, I'm gonna need to change my phone number," and KUZZ's Toni-Marie quipped, "I'm calling in sick the day they bring Scotty by on the radio tour." These same programmers also seemed to think Lauren has a good shot, with the right material and proper handling.

2) Lauren May Get