When do 21.6 million viewers equate to a disappointing episode of television? When you’ve been the country’s top-rated series for years.

Indeed, American Idol earned the highest ratings on TV last night and will undoubtedly do so every evening it airs through the May finale – but its numbers were down 27% from the season 10 opener.

There are many reasons for this decline – all programs suffer viewer fatigue at some point, and the competition (The Voice, The Sing-Off, The X Factor) from similar shows has never been higher – but talent is not be among them.

There were actually a few strong acts last night, three of which we’ve posted again here:

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