Last night American Idol dispensed with the save immediately after news broke that Megan Joy was the country’s least favorite hopeful, with Simon saying that the judges had decided to not use their power of reversal even before the tattooed font designer gave her final performance. I guess it’s the judges’ prerogative, but the pre-emptive veto had to be kind of surprising to the viewers at home, even though Ryan mentioned at one point during the show that “someone might have to sing for their life.”