Reality show joy! Danielle wins! Elliott loses!

Shut cho mouth and say it ain't so! Even though I'm entering Day Three of Hiccup Hell, I'm still in a giddy glow over last night's one-two punch of reality show joy.

First, evil arrogant psycho Jade finally got eliminated on Top Model, resulting in the greatest finalist pairing ever - (formerly) gap-toothed Arkansas underdog Danielle and (formerly) snaggle-toothed preacher's daughter stripper Joanie. For the first time, I was really rooting for both finalists, and would have been thrilled to shiny little pieces to see either of them win - but it was particularly awesome to see [younger, taller, sassier] Danielle reign supreme, while [blonder, brighter, blander] Joanie shined as the classiest, most gracious runner-up to date. I'm still amazed that my early pick Nnenna didn't even make the final four, but once again Top Model proved why it's my favorite reality show. It's fierce. (I can't wait for next season's "My Life as a Cover Girl" segments!)

And then it got even better! Over on American Idol, bizarrely bland Elliott Yamin finally got the boot, after inexplicably taking rock star Chris Daughtry's deserved spot in the top three last week. For the life of me, I still can't understand why the charisma-free, melodically mediocre Elliott lasted as long as he did and elicited such incongruous praise and support from the judges. But thankfully his eerie leer has been expunged from the show, giving us the coolest, weirdest Idol finale showdown ever next Tuesday night - gorgeous girl-next-door Katharine McPhee and "Soul Patrol" wild card Taylor Hicks. I adore Katharine, and have been rooting for her since her audition (along with Chris Daughtry, who I think should've won), but a perverse part of me wants to see Taylor win, just because that'd be so insane. Whoever resists the urge of overdoing it (which they both have a tendency to do), and just sings clean and clear will win. But both of them (and Chris) are probably the best talents to ever emerge from Idol.