‘American Idol’ Recap: Casey at Bat

There was a sentence when Casey Abrams was naught but a charming creature with bushy hair and atrusty melodica. Blessed with serious skills, he was the form of brilliant goof everyone automatically had a space for in their hearts. But by Wednesday of this week, he’d been reborn.

One of the first things Randy Jackson told the contestants of ‘American Idol’ (Thu. 8PM ET on FOX) was to absolutely never, ever, ever leave their lyrics. So of course that’s exactly what some of them did. There are two avenues available to you when you’re standing on that point and the lyrics vanish from your mind. You can stop completely and get an emotional wreck, as Ashley Sullivan did, or you can simply forge ahead, making up your own language as you go along. 


