By Alex Gonzalez

And the person leaving this week on American Idol is... drum roll please...

Nobody!

That's 100% correct!  Nobody was eliminated this week on American Idol as Matt Giraud was spared from having to walk the proverbial Idol plank.  Matt received the lowest amount of votes after butchering Bryan Adams' "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" but was able to sing for his Idol life and sway the judges' minds, or most of them at least.

Simon Cowell was brutally honest about Matt's performance this week and his outlook for the rest of the competition.  Simon went so far as to say, "I don't see that you have really any chance of winning the competition," and that his performance the night before was better than the performance he had that he needed to stick around.  Cowell shocked everyone except for myself I guess when he said, "Matt, we've made a decision.  Matt, it's good news."  It was reminiscent about how Anoop Desai almost didn't even make the final cast before Simon surprised everyone legitimately by adding another roster spot for Anoop. 

The Idol judges' use of the pass was pretty predictable as next week they will be down to five contestants.  Since the judges couldn't use their one time only save past next week, now was as good a time as ever to apply it.  They would have used it no matter what.  Besides, nobody who is there right now is comically bad anymore so it gives Matt Giraud, Lil Rounds, and Anoop Desai who were in the bottom three a chance to redeem themselves.

Now I know everyone wants Desi favorite Anoop Desai to win this competition.  I'm here to say, while I'm rooting for him just like you are at home, he practically lives in the bottom three now even though he didn't deserve to be there this week.  If I had to go with my gut on this one, I'd say the odds of Anoop surviving not one but two eliminations this week are very slim.  It's out of the judges' hands now so whatever decision America makes is final, but with Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta, and Adam Lambert looking like the three favorites to win the competition, I wouldn't bet the farm on Anoop Desai much longer.

On the star power side of things, Miley Cyrus, or "Hannah Montana" to your younger siblings, performed her big hit "The Climb."  The star of the show however was Jennifer Hudson, who was a former Idol contestant herself.  She was eliminated prematurely, which was the inspiration for the one time only save for Matt Giraud, so Matt, thank your lucky stars.  She sang her latest single, "If This Isn't Love," showing just how far the now Academy Award and Grammy Award winning singer has come since her Idol audition days.

Simon Cowell made sure to warn the contestants to not get too comfy just because Matt Giraud got saved.  He said, "I wouldn't be so quick to congratulate him. Number one, two people are going home next week now. Second piece of bad news, next week is disco week."  Yes, disco week is next week so this might be a good episode for you to watch with your parents who were probably into that music.  Also performing next week will be last year's runner-up, David Archuleta, who has had success with his debut album since Idol ended.

So who do you guys think will be on the chopping block next week?  Can Anoop defy the odds and make it into the top 5 or will he have only a small consolation that he didn't get to go home alone?  Let us know who you have winning the competition.