The mother of American Idol finalist Elliot Yamin died overnight. Rest in peace, Claudette.

Just when we thought we'd never have to hear from the bumblebee hooker of melisma ever again after she was dropped from her record label, Randy Jackson has decided to resurrect Katharine McPhee's singing career by giving her a track on his upcoming album. The track is a duet with the misguided Elliott Yamin, who should be focusing on releasing another hit song and not doing crap like this. But here is the terrible song "Real Love". After listening to it, what's your comment? Thanks to MJ's Big Blog for the song leak.

Grading The Idols’ Albums - Elliot Yamin

Howdy Class,
Welcome back to our Thursday article that I like to call “Testing My Pain Threshold.” Today we go strolling into the woods with everybody’s favorite Hobbit, Elliott Yamin and his eponymous debut album. Elliott came in third place last year and has a large fan base who enjoy his jazz-inflected vocal stylings. I am not a fan, but I will try not to hold that against him (and trust me, there are greater crimes on this album than not being liked by Chan).

We’re trying a new experiment this week. Because it’s not enough to punish myself, my brother and my best friend listening to these albums I decided to rope in a couple more friends and my mom so that I could fully unleash the Wrath of AI Mediocrity upon them.