The Best Part Of Last Night's Idol...

...was the completely dumbfounded look on Simon's face during Fantasia's strange, shrieky, but oddly compelling and damn funky performance of her single, Bore Me. From the Boston Globe:

I want to say: Fantasia. Whoo. Watching her tonight felt a little like attending a 23rd-century intergalactic circus, but it was also kind of mesmerizing -- almost as fascinating as the look on Simon's face while she did her thing. I know it's easier to perform when you aren't being judged, but nobody this season has put it out there quite like that.

The Fantasia clip is here. And I had to snort when Ryan Seacrest said that David Cook had performed "Chaka Khan's First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". Way to go, Idol fact-checkers.