mariah's on fire

Here we go! Ryan begins by reminding us of Michael's departure. No apology for being unneccessarily cruel, though.

Anyway, we get a brief bio of Mariah Carey. I'll emphasize again how random her mentorship is, especially since the judges spend 90 percent of the season telling contestants NOT to sound like her.

Conveniently...Ryan just addressed that point. Through Randy, who only used the opportunity to drop some names.

OK, show time.