Article: Eye on `Idol': Bye, bye, Barba _ stay tuned for Bono.

Byline: Hunter Hauk

No time for the usual tomfoolery this week. Much "American Idol" news. Must report.

First thing's first: The four contestants who got cut Thursday night, barely missing the Top 12, are Jared Cotter, whose pretty face wasn't enough; Antonella Barba, whose pretty other things weren't enough; Sabrina Sloan, who was robbed, yo; and Sundance Head, the sacrificial lamb in the ongoing Sanjaya reign of terror. Regarding Sundance and Sabrina, not even Paula could hide her feelings about America's misjudgment. "Mind-boggling," she called it.

Now, on to this announcement that kept us all awake at night (or maybe just me). The big news ...

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