I think the elevated expectations for the Gabourey Sidibe episode of Saturday Night Live must speak to Sidibe’s innate likability; most people have only seen her in the movie Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire if at all, which makes sense because while she’s shot some episodes of an upcoming TV show since, her hosting gig was really only her second acting gig. Yet everyone I talked to seemed to be psyched for her appearance based on her charming (and very non-Precious) interview presence.

She played up those differences, of course, in a jubilant monologue, singing about being herself to the tune of “It’s in His Kiss,” and singing quite well. For the rest of the show, she stumbled over lines pretty regularly, but it made sense: her only other acting that anyone has seen didn’t require a ton of dialogue, and her actual personality is far more exuberant. Her fumbles felt like excitement more than nerves.

Okay, so I’m late with this week’s Who Won Thursday. Honestly, my tardiness can be directly related to the activities of volcano Eyjafjallajokull, but it’s not really worth explaining. And, according to me, this post isn’t officially late unless Jesse beats me with his SNL recap. I’m in more of a grace period here.

Still, we don’t have time for screwing around. This is this quick and dirty edition of Who Won Thursday. I’m just going to announce the winner.

Here goes.