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In semi-frowny-face news, last night’s “American Idol” was almost derailed when the show’s stage manager fell from “the set second story of the set down onto the stage 14 feet below. According to witnesses, there was ‘a lot of blood.’ We later learned that Debbie had somehow cut her thigh open in the fall and required more than 50 stitches.”  The snafu kept the audience from being seated until just 15 minutes before the live show.  ZOMG!  We very nearly had a night without Idol!  For once.

Oh, and if you were looking for some more reasons to love the most popular show on television, Simon Cowell makes $36 million a season.  We pay teachers that much, right?  Just checking.

And finally, below is the video from Adam Lambert’s performance of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” on the show’s rock ‘n roll-themed night. It’s pretty good as “Idol” performances go, but the Washington Post’s TV critic actually wrote this sentence: “Just listened to the original on YouTube — Lambert’s version was better.” Quick! Somebody get my Scanners .gif! I suppose that’s why she’s a critic for TV, and not music.