Tonight, So You Think You Can Dance hostess Cat Deeley made a most crushing announcement: After this week, when the finalists are whittled down to the top 10, the existing couples will be split up and everyone will dance with brand-new partners. I knew this switchup was coming, having watched every past season of SYTYCD, but I didn't realize it was happening so soon.

So yes, sadly, this will mean no more Kaypono. No more Branette, Evandi, Philline, Adissa, or Jaislin. I made up all those compound names for nothing! Such wasted mental effort is reason alone for me to feel dejected, but I've honestly enjoyed witnessing the strengthening bonds between all this season's couples as they danced together week after week. It'll be weird to see them dance in new configurations after tonight--almost like watching them "cheat" on their original partners.

But then again, if America is to accurately judge the individual dancers on their real merits, it's probably best to see them outside their

Today's historical Michael Jackson memorial at the Staples Center in Los Angeles was a stunningly special celebration fit for a King Of Pop, featuring moving tribute performances by such musical luminaries as Mariah Carey, Lionel Richie, Usher, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, and--perhaps most tearjerkingly--Michael's noticeably verklempt older brother, Jermaine.

But impressively holding his own among these showbiz veterans was little 12-year-old Shaheen Jafargholi, the Welsh Britain's Got Talent sensation who wowed international audiences with his audition of the Jackson 5's "Who's Loving You." Today he reprised that performance in honor of Michael, and it was quite a moment for him and for the memorial in general:

If there was ever evidence of Michael Jackson's reach across generations and oceans, it was this.

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Today marks the final day of my rollout of Idols Live rehearsal interviews, as a sort of countdown to the big tour that kicks of this weekend (Sunday, July 5, in Portland). Up last: third-place finalist Danny Gokey.

A former frontrunner, Danny was perhaps one of the most popular--and most polarizing--contestants of American Idol season 8. And much of the controversy surrounding Danny, particularly since the finale, has been cultural/political in nature, focused on rumors regarding the fervently religious Milwaukee church music director's supposed "feud" with openly gay castmate Adam Lambert. But I must point out that my own observations during my visit to the tour rehearsals indicated there was NO beef between any of the Idols. In fact, more than once that day, I witnessed Adam and Danny chatting, joking, laughing, and sitting comfortably together.

Still, while I avoided most cultural issues during my sit-downs with contestants 10 through 4, when it came to my interviews with the top

American Idol's Chris Daughtry is a scruffy, soul-patched, denim-clad, boy-next-door type who traffics in heartland-friendly, somewhat Nickelbackian arena rock. Lady Gaga is an artsy, avant-garde, Brooklynite electro-goddess with a penchant for neon leotards, zippered eyepatches, hairbows fashioned out of actual hair, and divalicious dance-a-teria beats.

Nope, it doesn't seem like these two would have anything in common, musically or culturally. It's pretty difficult to imagine Chris Daughtry ever uttering the line "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick," for instance, or Lady Gaga ever covering a Fuel tune.

But the bottom line is, a good song is a good song is a good song. And there's no denying that Gaga's "Poker Face" is a great song. Even Chris can't deny it. So recently when he performed acoustic and solo on a German radio station, he put on his best poker face and played this dead-serious, surprisingly solid version of Lady Gaga's big crossover pop hit:

Wow!

While it's