American Idols Live is coming to Tampa Thursday, and for the life of me, I can’t remember many specifics about last season (or the season before that, or the season before that, or...).

Okay, okay, I do remember Amanda Overmyer-Daly, but only because I was infatuated with the surly biker nurse with the Elsa Lanchester 'do. But My Future Third Ex-Wife didn’t even make the top 10, and that’s who’s onstage this week, warbling their way into your guilty-pleasure zones (or at least your potent blog musings).

And yes, after a brief synaptic warm-up, I remember the David vs. David finale, as hair-challenged rocker Cook trumped soulless sock puppet Archuleta. But I can summon that showdown mainly because Eric Deggans and I had picked it all wrong and were forced to do some fast snarking on deadline.

And sure, fine, for various reasons, I do recall Season 7's persistent bare-feet motif, as overly earnest hippie Brooke White and incandescent third-placer Syesha Mercado were often unshorn.

But despite the fact that I apparently picked her to win the whole shebang, Carly Smithson long ago packed her bags and ditched my brain. Same goes for Chikezie and Ramiele Malubay. Jason Castro left behind a few ratty dreads in my cerebellum, but that’s about it for him, too.

The most disturbing thing about all of this is that I spend great chunks of my life writing about Idol. And yet, it's almost all gone. Poof! Has my time been misspent? Would I be better off hunting for unicorns or studying the mating habits of Twinkies? Perhaps I'm the problem. Perhaps it's me.....

In related news, only 150 days until Season 8. I'll bring the dip.

American Idols Live, featuring the top 10 finishers from last season’s show, starts at 7 p.m. Thursday St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa. $36.75-$65.75. (813) 301-2500.