AI7 - 5/21/08 And The Right David was Crowned!

I am so freaking’ ecstatic I don’t even know what to say. I have never been so surprised and in a great way then tonight. It is so exciting America got it right and the right David won the competition. I guess my power voting helped put him over the top; I have to take credit after all. Yes I know laugh out loud!

For the most part this was one of the more entertaining season final shows in some time. I could have done without having to listen to or see Mikalah Gordon again along with he who should not be named but I can’t have everything.

I found it very fascinating that they gave out the percentage of the votes for the two finalists. There were 97.5 million votes cast, 23 million more than ever before. A difference of 12,000,000 between the two David’s with the winner getting 56% and the runner up getting 44%. This is unbelievable given there has been a drop in viewers this season.

I thought the Top 12’s first group number was terrible. Can we talk about cheesy choreography? I was surprised at how awkward Amanda was in trying to move. Also Amanda still hasn’t learned to enunciate, I couldn’t understand a word. Give me a break!

The duet of the two David’s actually worked. I liked the number and both David’s did a fantastic job.

The first section of this show I did not enjoy was the shameless plug for The Love Guru. The whole section was just dumb and ridiculous filler when we could have had some great singing. Give me a break, I say no, no, no to these plugs!

The Syesha and Seal duet was great. Syesha was looking hot girl! Loved it!

Jason’s solo I could have down without. It was just the same old thing and he kept his eyes closed for most of the number.

I also really liked the top 6 female number with Donna Summer. Once again Amanda couldn’t move very well, it looked like she was afraid she was going to fall and/or she didn’t show up for the rehearsals and didn’t have a clue as to where to go. Don’t even get me started about Brooke and her lack of rhythm when it comes to dancing.

I adore Donna Summer but clearly she is getting older, she had quite a bit of trouble with her breathing after her up-tempo number but a goddess she remains and the all time classic, “Last Dance”!

Carly and Michael’s duet was also brilliant. I totally adored the arrangement of the number. They sang well together.

I also could have done without the Jimmy Kimmel comedy act. There was one comment that made me laugh and it was the first one, how much should I tip he who should not be named for valet parking my car!

The Top 6 guys’ numbers were also very good and Bryan Adams was a nice touch, however, Jason was once again reacting without reason given that great big Cheshire smile which was totally annoying and I wanted to slap it off his face. Mr. Stoner just irritates me.

I loved the David Cook and ZZ Top number as well.

I also laughed with the Guitar Hero commercial with David Cook reenacting the Tom Cruise singing in my underwear bit from Risky Business. David Cook sold the number as opposed to how ridiculous David Archuleta was doing it and come on boxer shorts, it just isn’t the same!

I guess we had to keep the mosh pit girls happy with The Jonas Brothers. I actually like several of their songs but I am not sure we needed to see them on American Idol.

I totally missed Brooke’s number. I had to mute the TV because I got a phone call. I really am not that sorry about it.

I have to give credit where it is due and David Archuleta’s duet with One Republic has to be in my opinion one of his best performances. It was contemporary, he was in fine voice and they sang very well together. David though had his eyes closed way too much in this performance.

I love Jordin Sparks and the girl was hot tonight. She looked great and put on a great performance and totally showed everyone the rumors about her ruining her voice were just that, rumor!

The one filler item I thought worked extremely well was the Gladys Knight and the Pips from 1972. It was pure genius with Stiller, Black and Downey putting in a great performance. I am actually going to download that video especially since it is for charity!

Carrie Underwood was good but I thought the number was way over produced; it was hard to actually hear her. Also what was up with that stupid outfit and that way too ridiculous scarf, just dumb!

The final Top 12 performance was much better than the first except Amanda continued to mumble while she and Brooke still couldn’t move very well.

George Michael now there is a surprise but oh yes, plugging his tour. I really like George Michael’s music but I was not enamored of the performance. I realize at the beginning he was having trouble hearing with his ear piece but I thought the arrangement was plodding and he was so soft I could barely hear what he was singing.

I have to say I found Simon’s comments to David C at the end very sincere and heartfelt.

We then had the very big surprise reveal of David Cook winning the crown.

I am surprised at myself because I found the winning song to be very good and I thought David’s interpretation of “Time of My Life” to be excellent. I will buy that single. David’s winning was as exciting as when Kelly Clarkson won. It was so full of surprise and joy it was very touching. I loved his mother and brother coming up as well.

This was a great ending to Season 7 and the right David walked away the real winner.

I can’t believe it is all over and I will be suffering through withdraw again until January 2009. What will I do with my Tuesday and Wednesday nights? Next Tuesday is my birthday and I am going to see “High School Musical”, the traveling show so I am pumped for that, however, then I have a long 7 months to get through. Not really because I have tickets to the American Idol tour coming through Portland on July 11th!

Until later dear readers and all American Idol fans…

AI 7 - 5/20/08 - The Battle of the David's

Before I get to my comments about last night’s show let us first deal with my television crisis at the hotel. I made it to Nashville relatively on time and to the hotel. The clerk at the front desk was an American Idol fan as well. I was assured they had the Fox network.

Arriving at my hotel room I checked the guide and Fox was to be on channel 10. There was no signal on channel 10 on either of the television sets in the room. I immediately called the front desk who stated they would send someone up. I got a call a few minutes later indicating they had moved Fox to channel 34. I could not get channel 34 to even come up on either television.

I had to call the front desk again and finally a maintenance person came up. Apparently last week there were multiple complaints that Fox was not clear and people couldn’t watch American Idol. Someone from the cable company came and they tried to fix it but couldn’t so finally this past Sunday they switched which where the signal came into. Allegedly they had gone to all the rooms to reconfigure the television sets and the maintenance guy said the inventory list verified my room had been done but it hadn’t. He had to go get a piece of equipment and come back. Finally at 6:45 p.m. central I had my Fox channel working, lucky for them because I would have gone ballistic if I couldn’t have watched the show.

Enough about my dramas and let’s get on with my comments about American Idol last night. First of all I totally hated the whole fight theme it was stupid. Please, David “Sugar foot” Cook vs. David “Baby Face” Archuleta; give me a %$^& break!

Interesting they brought Andrew Lloyd Weber back to help with arrangements given the backlash from that episode but he is a musical genius and I thought he had some very good things to say.

David A won the coin toss and decided to go second. I bet his Dad advised him on that one.

Round 1 – Songs Selected by Clive Davis

David Cook

Clive chose “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Lookin For”. I thought David totally rocked this song. This was just a brilliant performance. He was comfortable, confident and his voice was crisp and clear. I got chills while he was performing. How can you top that ending note, WOW! It was just a great opening to the show.

Randy – DC it was a great way to start, it was a nice song choice, that sliding note at the end was hot.

Paula – You may not have found what you were looking for but we have found DC, amazing great voice

Simon – Phenomenal

David Archuleta

Clive went with “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”. It was a good choice of song and David performed it well but he was definitely having problems with keeping his eyes opened and he just cannot move gracefully on stage. When he was upfront he was doing some Fantasia like bending (at least he didn’t fall to the floor) which just turns me off. I also thought the background singers were over powering him quite a bit making it hard to hear him.

Randy – your best performance ever, flawless, molten hot

Paula – I got chills up and down my arms, the sun will never go down on you, it was a beautiful stunning performance

Simon – last week you were okay tonight was arguably the best you have done, Round 1 to David A

I totally disagree with Simon on that call. I thought David C was much better.

Round 2 – Contestant got to pick from the top 10 of the song writing competition (not the winning song which I thought was an interesting twist this year)

David Cook

David chose “Dream Big”. There have only been a couple of these songs which I have really liked because most of them are usually so sickening sweet and cheesy they are hard to take. I totally loved what David did with the song in making it is own. He made me like a song I had not heard before and somehow he made it less cheesy. David was totally able to sale the song. He kept my attention. I would actually buy this version if he recorded it.

Randy – The song was okay but you sang your face off, nice nice

Paula – your guitar and you singing, mesmerizing, congratulations

Simon – the end was okay, you made the most of what you had, didn’t feel like there was a winning moment

David Archuleta

David went with “In This Moment” and what a horrid song this was. Technically David sang it well but I think he lost some of the lyrics at the beginning (although he covered well) but he didn’t bring anything to it. I also thought the band was way too loud and drowned him out a lot.
Randy – I didn’t like the song, you were so in your zone, hot

Paula – heartfelt performance, magic

Simon – I love that egoistical lyric, better choice of song, Round 2 to David A.

Once again I totally disagree with that statement.

Round 3 – Contestant’s Choice

David Cook

David chose “The World I Know”. I totally love this song and David’s performance brought me to tears, it was so emotional and he sold this number. I thought it was a flawless performance. I actually stood up in my hotel room and gave him a standing ovation.

Randy – it is cool that you are showing different sides of yourself, this was your sensitive side, this would be a great record for you to make, very nice job

Paula – you are standing in your truth, unbelievable and original, I applaud you

Simon – you are one of the nicest most sincere contestants we have had, it was a beautiful song but it was the wrong song choice for you, you should have gone with Billie Jean or Hello. (Simon was totally wrong).

David Archuleta

David went with “Imagine”. I do not think it is a good idea to try and recreate a moment. Lightening doesn’t strike twice and it didn’t for me last night. I don’t believe this performance rise to the level of how good the first one was. He sang it well but there was nothing special about it.

Randy – I am happy and proud the two David’s are in the finals, dude you were so good, this is what this show is about, finding a great singer, you are the best singer

Paula – you left me speechless, stunning

Simon – this show is about finding a start, this will be one of the great finals, David you came out to win, this was a knockout.


I found last night’s show very irritating, the producers were doing everything they could to promote David A, and it was shameless.

I have to vent once again about the mosh pit girls, we are in the Nokia theater and they couldn’t get rid of those damn waving arms and screaming, give me a &*^% break!

There is no doubt in my mind that David A will be crowned the next American Idol which is actually better for David C who will definitely come out with the greater career.

I don’t think David A did the best job last night and all my votes when to David C. I managed to get in 5,482 votes for my favorite.

Until tomorrow…

P.S. I was chastised by several people because I did not comment last week on Fantasia’s performance so I am including it now. Fantasia gave the absolute worst performance of an Idol winner ever in the history of the show. That was a total train wreck, what was she thinking. There was no purpose or plan to the performance; it was like watching a totally drunk and stoned person clamoring for attention. I actually had to mute the sound because it was so horrible.

AI 7 - 5/14/08 And now there are 2

Oh my what a surprise, we are going to have a battle of the David's. Can you hear the sarcasm in that statement?

Next week's finale should prove interesting.

Next Tuesday I am flying to Nashville with my arrival time being 4:37 p.m. if we are on time. My window of opportunity is short because I will be on central time so the show will be on at 7:00 p.m. There is always the possibility I could miss the show.

It may be you will have to wait for my comments and assessments until after the show is over but I will see what I can do.

I will of course be taping them just in case!

Until next week…

AI 7 - 5/13/08 - The Semi-Finals

I can’t believe Season 7 is almost over, what will I do with my Tuesday and Wednesday nights until January? The interrupted television season is over, there is another potential strike on the horizon with the actors, and it will be a long summer.

We are down to the final three contestants and tonight they will be singing three songs, one choice by the judges, the contestant’s choice, and finally the producer’s choice.

It will be another fascinating evening of song choices I am sure but this is … American Idol so on with my comments.

Round 1 – Judge’s Choice

David Archuleta

Paula chose David’s first song which is “And So It Goes”. I absolutely adored the opening of the number with David just singing alone. I did notice David had trouble keeping his eyes opened during this number. I love David’s voice and this song did allow us to actually hear what great tone his voice has. I think David tries too hard and it wasn’t necessary to put in all those runs because Billy Joel can write songs and this one has a great melody which got overshadowed by David pushing too hard. Overall I really enjoyed the technically flawless vocal.

I do have to interject here that those waving hands of hell from the mosh pit is getting ever more annoying.

Randy – he’s happy that Paula chose a good song, you can sing anything and you are in the zone

Paula – it was a pure and stunning performance, you are a story teller

Simon – you sang it very well but it was a bit predictable, not outstanding which of course the mosh pit girls disagreed with and Simon reminded them they are not a judge (you tell them Simon)

Syesha Mercado

Randy chooses Syesha’s song which is “If I Ain’t Have You”. I have to say Syesha looked incredible, loved the entire ensemble. I found it an interesting song choice since they tell contestants not to be a copy cat and this performance really was. Syesha sang it very well, almost technically perfect except she broke at the end but it lacked something, it was sang well but it was joyless, it lacked emotional impact at least to me.

Randy – amazing job, you are peaking at the right time in the competition

Paula – congratulations on being the last lady standing, I applaud you, you look stunning

Simon – you sang that very well but I wish Randy would have chosen a song that didn’t make you sound like the original, you look gorgeous

David Cook

Simon picks David’s song and goes with “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” which is a song I adore but I find it a bizarre song choice. David started out a bit flat I thought but he built to a fantastic ending. That final note was perfection. I think David changed it up a bit but somehow kept the original haunting melody. David looks like a star on stage. Can I just say the director’s choice of showing David’s mother constantly was just a little unusual, I don’t want to see David singing a love song to his mother, just plain creepy!

Round 2 – Contestant’s Choice

David Archuleta

David chose “With You” which is a song currently on the charts. It was an ambitious choice but probably not the best choice. David was definitely having fun so there was some joy in the performance but he did stumble on the lyrics and there were some breathing issues but overall the vocals were okay. The performance on the other hand was terrible. David does not have any natural rhythm and really doesn’t have any true performance skills but those can be learned. Is it too soon for him to be on “Dancing with the Stars”? David needs a good dance teacher and a lot more practice because he looked incredibly foolish trying to bounce around on the stage although those hounds of hell in the mosh pit were digging him.

Randy – I applaud you for trying something new and young, not sure it was the right song choice

Paula – the song was perfect for your voice, right tone, you don’t need to extend your phrasing, work on shortening, overall great job

Simon – I applaud your choice of song but it was a little bit like a Chihuahua trying to be a tiger, the performance was awkward

Syesha Mercado

Syesha chooses “Fever”. Well she looks hot; those are killer shoes and the short dress most appropriate for vamping and boy can Syesha vamp with the best of them. She was fun and flirty. I don’t think the song really showed off her voice but the girl has great performance skills. It was good but there wasn’t any wow moment.

Randy – interesting song choice, sang it amazingly well

Paula – you look lovely, I am surprised at the choice, doesn’t show me who you are as an artist

Simon – you will regret that decision tomorrow, you had a chance to prove you are a contemporary artist but instead wound up like a “lame cabaret performer”.

David Cook

David goes with “I Dare You to Move”. I found this to be an uninspired song choice. This has got to be one of the weakest vocals David has ever given. When he started in his lower register he had severe pitch issues and I didn’t find any joy in the performance. It was like he was sleep singing. I did not enjoy this performance at all.

Randy – great song choice, the performance was okay, a little pitchy

Paula – it is hard to condense a 3 minute 50 second song to 1 minute 30, we need to have a beginning middle and end, it was like you were in the middle when you ended, I wanted more

Simon – pretty much what I expected, the song was not melodic, just an okay middle round

Round 3 – Producer’s Choice

David Archuleta

The producer’s went with “Longer”. Come on what are they thinking? This was an absolutely stupid choice of songs. I hated David’s shirt, come on, it looked like he spilled something on it before he came on stage; I was totally distracted by it. I found the arrangement to be horrid but David overcame that and there were some great vocal moments like the incredible ending note and for the first time this season he was in perfect harmony with the back up singers but my real problem is David is way too young, he doesn’t have the experience to understand this song and he really couldn’t sell it. I think overall the vocals were pretty good and he did not close his eyes once during this song it just didn’t touch me emotionally because David was too disconnected from the song.

Randy – interesting song choice, you can sing the phone book, another hot one

Paula – lovely performance

Simon – you sang it well but the song/lyrics were terrible/gooey, it was like a 90 year old song but you have done enough to get you through to the finals

Syesha Mercado

The producers went with “Hit Me Up”. First of all Syesha looked incredibly sexy, loved the hair and the shoes, the entire outfit was perfect. It was nice to hear a more contemporary song from her but she had problems with the tempo and pitch. The back ground singers upstaged her many times. It was a solid vocal but again no wow moment.

Randy – sounded Rihanna-esque but was just okay

Paula – you did sing very well but it didn’t define you as an artist

Simon – better than the second song, it was young, hip but forgettable and you didn’t give me that defining moment

David Cook

The producer’s saddled David with “I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing” come on please! It was an interesting arrangement and all those violins come on it was just stupid and totally distracting. I did not like the beginning of this song at all but I thought he rocked out the second half. It was okay but there was no wow for me either.

Randy – for me I love the song but it was just okay, very predictable

Paula – see you in the finals

Simon – David Cook wins the night


After tonight I think David A has the purest voice, Syesha has killer performance skills but David C has the entire package, he is mature, he looks like a star, and you can see him performing in concert.

I can’t say any one of the contestant’s wowed me but David C is the most consistent and I think truly deserves the American Idol crown.

I only voted for Syesha and David C because I figured those braying hounds of hell in the mosh pit and all their like minded friends around the world would be voting for David A.

Unless there is a total upset Syesha will be going home and we will have an all male final two which hasn’t happened since Season 2 when Clay and Ruben battled it out. We have had one all female finale with Fantasia and Diana while all the rest have been male/female.

My prediction is David C will walk off with the American Idol crown.

Until tomorrow…

AI7 - 5/7/08 - And there are now 3

And the journey ends for Jason Castro. Did you hear the earth move when I was jumping up and down for joy doing my happy dance.



These hour result shows drag and this one especially.



51 million votes and an alleged 1 million votes separating the top three contenders.



I wasn't particularly excited about the group number at all. It was kind of lame. Come on producers a medley of some good rock and roll would have been oh so more appropriate.



The whole clip of the Idols going to Vegas for The Beatles Love was painful to watch except for the clips of the show itself. Listening to the numbers done right should have made them all feel very small after their absymal performances of Beatle songs.



I also did not like the Ford Commercial either, it was pretty lame and those costumes, please!



The questions from the viewing audience were lame as well.



I thoroughly enjoyed the performances by both Maroon 5 and Bo Bice. Thankfully Bo just sang with his guitar and didn't use the mike stand - yeah!



I can't even tell you how excited I am that Jason is out of this competition. I will have to end to the rest rooms when he is performing during the tour.



Next week the Idols are going home to visit. We should be up to 3 songs with the judges getting top pick one.



Until next week and finally a competition!

AI 7 - 5/6/08 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

It is hard to believe the journey is almost over for Season 7 of …..American Idol. The top 4 are battling it out tonight for a chance for the coveted finals. Who will make it? I found it very fascinating when Ryan indicated that 3 of the final four had been the #1 vote getter at some point. I certainly hope that it wasn’t Jason, just plain scary.

The theme was Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This would be a catalog of at least 500 songs. Song selection will be interesting especially at this portion of the show. I am somewhat fearful of what will come but on with my comments.

David Cook

David gets the first spot this could be dangerous. Oh no did David just say he is doing “Hungry like the Wolf”. It was released the year he was born 1982. I am not sure this would be my definition of rock and roll although I do love the song.

I thought this was too simple and safe. David really didn’t do anything with the song outside of using his rock voice; it did have a nice gruffness to it. David had a few pitch problems during the song and he should have left the “doo doo” parts to the back up singers. I will give him credit his enunciation was wonderful even better than Simon LeBon. It was just a bizarre song choice and his performance was off, it was like his movements were disconnected from everything else. Vocally it was okay but nothing special and at this point I need Wow!

Randy – okay choice, it was solid, just okay but not “mad hot vocals”.

Paula – you left me with a big appetite (Paula down girl, down)

Simon – good, it was a little bit copy cat, it was good enough to get you through to next week.

Syesha Mercado

Syesha was looked amazing and blazing hot. I loved the entire outfit, the hair, everything and let us not forget the killer shoes.

Syesha went with “Proud Mary”. Overall it was an extremely fun performance to watch. She truly has a great lower register. I do have to say she was tapping the mike way too much for my taste; it was distracting me from the vocals. I think she had some trouble in the transition from her lower to upper register so there were some moments I thought she was shouting vs. singing but it was totally entertaining.

Randy – I am laughing, you were in the zone, nice choice, showing the heat, very nice

Paula – you look like a star, you are a beautiful woman, magic happened

Simon – Sorry to put a damper on things but it was a tad shrieky, it was like a bad impersonation of Tina. I did not have fun.

Jason Castro

Oh my god, I can’t believe he chose a Bob Marley song on the other hand what else would a dread-locked stoner guy chose. “I Shot the Sheriff “was just a stupid song choice.

There is Jason just standing holding his guitar. Jason’s vocals had no depth, his voice was thin and weak, he mangled the lyrics and can we deal with his horrible breathing issues. This was just down right boring. It was horrible. Once again he performed almost the entire song with his eyes closed. This is not a way to connect with your fan base. The whole performance was just terrible karaoke.

Randy – dude for me, it was karaoke, just okay, nothing special

Paula – you did a good job performing to the audience, I was crazy about the song or the performance but you are genuine.

Simon – that was utterly atrocious, the song shouldn’t be touched, and the arrangement was terrible, it was like a bad first round audition

David Archuleta

I hated David’s shirt, it was ugly. David went with “Stand by Me”, how surprising, NOT! I do have to say David surprised me because the vocal was actually excellent. I thought it was smart of him to just stand and sing since his sense of rhythm just doesn’t exist. His enunciation was perfect and his voice was crisp and clear. I liked the arrangement of the number as well. As much as he tried David still was closing his eyes and then at one point they were partially opened and closed at the same time. I can’t say it was my favorite performance but vocally I thought it was the best of the night so far.

Randy – so happy, you are trying to win, you are in the competition, it was hot man, vocally hot

Paula – we forget you are just 17 and this is a tough challenge, I admire your effort, you delivered on the promise, you are a seasoned pro

Simon – you could have whistle this song and it would have sounded better than the last number, very good choice, you struggled a bit at the end, best performance so far

David Cook

For his second number David chose “Baba O’Reilly” by the Who. This was an interesting song choice but I don’t really think this song condenses well.

David was back playing the guitar and overall the vocal was good and definitely better than the first but it still wasn’t a wow for me. I thought the first part played better for me then the second half. The transition from slow to fast worked well especially the subtle falsetto but I thought he shouted most of the up-tempo portion but David can perform and he is entertaining to watch.

Randy – the resident rocker is back, you were great

Paula – I just want more David (yes I am sure you do) I am humbled to watch you grow

Simon – Welcome back David Cook

Syesha Mercado

Wow, Syesha looks even hotter for this number. Syesha chose “A Change is Gonna Come”.
This was an absolutely beautiful vocal; she poured so much heart, soul, passion and conviction into this number. She sold this hands down. It was the right choice to just focus on her vocals and that sustained note was perfection. This was one of the best vocals of the entire season. I loved this performance.

Randy – I did not love this as much as the first song, the arrangement was off, the vocals, this was a Sam Cooke melody, there was no need to embellish, you pushed too much, it felt disconnected, it fell flat

Paula – gave her a standing ovation, you orchestrated the vocals perfectly, it was beautiful, you are a superstar, you have changed and it is magnificent

Simon – I have to be fair I agree with Paula, you sang that really really well

Jason Castro

I don’t even know why we are bothering with Jason. His second song selection is by Bob Dylan. A performer who can’t sing or now I get why he chose this artist. Jason went with “Mr. Tambourine Man”.

Now Jason is sitting trying to play the guitar. Oh there is that breathing problem front and center. Oh my god, dropped lyrics, come on you forgot the words to this song. Well I am sure being high isn’t helping you. He sang the song with his eyes closed almost the entire time. This was just a very sad meltdown. I was uncomfortable watching this performance. Please America put me out of my misery!

Randy – asks Jason how he thought it went, there is Jason inappropriately smiling and saying he lost some of the words – you were not in the zone

Paula – it is what it is, he didn’t blow them away but she still likes him, you solidified your niche

Simon – Jason, I would just pack your suitcase

David Archuleta

David was dressed better for his second song thankfully.

David chose “Love Me Tender”. I thought this was a pretty gutsy thing to do. I liked the arrangement and the choice to just have the piano. David started by sitting in a stool and while there were a couple of missed notes just as he was trying to reach the falsetto this was still an absolute brilliant vocal. He actually brought energy to his voice and I was surprised to see he could actually sell the emotion of the number as well.

Randy – another great performance, you caressed each word, and this was the hottest vocal of the night

Paula – one of my favorite performances by you this season, it was fantastic, beautiful

Simon – You didn’t just beat the competition, you crushed the competition tonight.

Once again this was a strange evening of highs and lows with Jason providing most of the lows.
The top 4 usually has some type of shocking elimination, could it mean that David Cook is heading home. I am not sure this isn’t a possibility.

There is no doubt in my mind that Jason will be and should be in the bottom two. What is difficult is choosing the other contestant for the bottom 2. It most likely will be Syesha but I am thinking the shock will come with David Cook being in the bottom 2.

I don’t believe he will be eliminated. I am hoping and praying America listened to Jason because his performance told us all he is begging to go home and I think he will get his wish tonight.

It will truly sadden me if Syesha goes home tonight. It will be a tragedy.

Syesha got the majority of my votes but I also voted for both Davids.

Until tomorrow…

AI 7 4/30/08 - And There are now 4

I can't say America got it wrong but why is Jason still here? America this is a singing contestant not who has cute blue eyes, you can't see the eyes when you are listening to your IPod.

Brooke was sent home last night and I won't cry over the choice as I did with Carly.

I do have to say though Jason totally ticks me off. The man was so high last night he couldn't even control himself. Jason had that strange look in his eye and that big ole smile all night. I can understand being relieved you were safe. When the announcement came as to who was leaving all the contestants but Jason showed some compassion. There was Jason smiling and happy as can be standing behind Brooke who was crying and trying to sing. Did Jason offer some comfort? NO, he stood on the stage with that big grin on his face. LOSER that is what he is. I wanted to reach through the screen and slap that grin off his face. He wouldn't have been smiling when I was done with him.

I realize the writer's strike forced Fox to have these hour long result shows but can we drag them out with all those clips. I don't care about that stupid Dance show, I have never watched it and that clip won't make be watch it. My reality TV is American Idol.

I absolutely love Natasha Beningfield and I loved her performance. Neil's song was interesting but I am not sure it was the greatest performance ever.

I have enjoyed the Ford commercials more this year then any of the previous years and the one last night was very creative and I liked the song.

Was I laughing my head off when Jason started singing "Cracklin' Rosie". A song about a love affair with a bottle of wine, too funny. I will give credit though the contestants were in pretty good voice for the group number.

Next week is Rock and Roll Hall of Fame theme which should put David C in his element.

Until Next Week