I think the only way American Idol can keep the ratings up over these last few weeks is to eliminate David Archueleta

I love ya Mattsie, but I beg to differ . . . DAVID COOK should win this thing, I feel it.  American Idol needs a male winner that appeals to the masses - even my 74-yr. old mother digs him and wants him to win.  I started out strong on the David Archie bandwagon, but started getting bored with him because he's too much of an inspirational singing ballader aka a Josh Grobin Jr.  David Cook is very versatile and already looks comfortable and like a pro on stage.  He also can sing ballads and do them justice, I downloaded his "Music of the Night," and it gave me chills, boy can that man sing!!  He's also getting a lot more attractive and sexier as the competition goes on!

If we don't get Hillary for the Democratic nominee, please, please, please America pick the right winner of AI Season 7 - DAVID COOK!!

P.S.  This season I've really flip-flopped on my favorites.  So many of the contestants have stepped up to the plate and blossomed, this season.  Syesha and David Cook just keep getting better and better.   Syesha's second performance was quite moving, last night, and full of passion. 

DC should win, I agree. But then the tweenies won't probably let us have DC, they want DA. I'm merely laying it down that DA is the strongest contender that DC has, and it would be a matter of popularity in the end, you know. It would also make me happier, in a sense that at least there's one Cook left in the kitchen, now that KLC is gone (LOL). God bless your mom for loving David Cook. I luv her too. Anyway, of course, it's becoming clearer now the possibility of a DAVID-DAVID finale, unless, the "Daughtry/Tamyra" syndrome happens tonight, and either one of these 2 leaves---what a shocker it would be indeed. Somebody would pass out, I hope not. Season 5 highest ratings for any previous season would be beat by this season if that happens.

Mattsie, let's hope the Tamyra/Daughtry syndrome is a thing of the past. It has to be an All David finale and Archuleta will probabnly win although IMO Cook shouild take the title. At least, I learned this from season 6 and my obsession for Melinda. I think Archie is overrated, but as a young girl back in the day, I understand the general attraction. I think Cook could do a Daughtryesque album with the same success. He brings it every week, but a lot of people don't notice because he makes it look so easy. His diversity is natural for him. I hope American Idol picks the right winner this year, they are overdue. Eliminate Jason tonight, Syesha next week.

ITA, Hillary should win the nomination and the presidency, but this, too, is a popularity contest.  Sad.

Sorry Maddie and Mattsie, I just can't get excited by this boy no matter what he sings. Yes, his pitch is always perfect. He's got a great voice, and a ton of talent. But for some reason he continues to bore me to tears. If he does win this thing as expected, I really can't imagine what kind of album he would make, and who his primary demographic would be. Mainstream pop is not in the cards IMHO. Will all those tweenie votes materialize into album sales?

My prefered finale would be Mr Cook and Syesha. That would be entertaining!

But not very likely...

and that's ok bc, you don't have to agree with me, i'm just not a fan of DC, i can't get into this guys music or him.there is just something about him that looks almost close to i don't want to say arrogance, but he just doesn't seem all that humble and almost knows he's going to be crowned, but then i wasn't a fan of Chris Daughtry and for me he reminds me alot of him, JMO. i would rather see Syesha crowned the Idol than Cook....i can at least relate to liking her music. just an opinion mind you.

idol has just come on now in my state and i'm sure hoping it's Castro's last night, he's been there 4 wks too long...

night all

He's gone?  Really?  He's not coming back?  This might not be fair but for the last two weeks Jason has taken on a serious Sanjaya vibe for me and I was really fearing we'd be subjected to three songs from him next week.  Thankfully, he's gone.  And nice job by Ryan trying to sell everyone early in the show that next week is "anyone's game" with the Top 3 only 1 million votes apart this week!

Anyway...here's your new standings.  The cream has risen to the top.  A clear Top 5 has emerged with all of them having a much better feel for the greatness of Castro than I ever did.  Although as you'll see in the next post, one of our Top 5 is going to fall down the ladder in the next two weeks when Mr. Cook & Miss Mercado win and/or go home in 2nd or 3rd place.

TW	LW	Player	Prev	T12 Ballot	S6 Ballot	Elim	Total
1	1	Vadia	38	9	5	0	52
2	2	Misty	36	8	5	1	50
2	2	uplink2	36	8	5	1	50
4	4	kate4chris&kat	34	9	5	1	49
5	4	DJ CoBaby	34	9	4	1	48
6	9	BigShady	31	8	4	0	43
6	10	pakatfan00	30	8	4	1	43
8	6	Gregoriancant	33	4	5	0	42
8	13	KatPack1198	28	9	4	1	42
8	11	Maddie	29	9	3	1	42
11	6	Mattsie	33	3	4	1	41
11	8	sjwolves	32	5	3	1	41
13	14	Collette_leyton	27	6	4	1	38
14	11	bcollan	29	4	3	0	36
15	17	bian	23	7	4	1	35
16	16	Barlo	24	5	3	1	33
17	15	shinamarih	25	5	0	0	30
18	18	trsf	20	2	5	1	28
19	19	je_suis_jess	13	6	0	0	19

Mattsie & I have taken a similar path from the top of the board to middle of the pack mediocrity.  So sad.

With the national nightmare scenario of Jason Castro having to learn three songs out of the way we can get along with saying so long to Syesha next week.  I really like her so I hope she goes out with some great performances.  She’ll have three chances to shine on her way out.  I would be stunned if we have anything but an all-David finale but…who knows?  Stranger things have happened on this show!  Some old guy beat an outstanding, gorgeous young lady only two years ago so…and with that here’s what everyone had for 3^rd place on their ballots!

Bcollan – Brooke (out) / Brooke (out)

Maddie – Michael (out) / Brooke (out)

Gregoriancant – Michael (out) / Carly (out)

Uplink – David Hernandez (out) / Carly (out)

Collette – David Cook / Carly (out)

Bian – David Archuleta / Carly (out)

Misty – David Cook / Carly (out)

KatPack1198 – Carly (out) / Brooke (out)

Pakatfan – Jason (out) / Jason (out)

Barlo – Michael (out) / Carly (out)

Vadia – David Cook / Brooke (out)

Mattsie – Michael (out) / Carly (out)

Sjwolves – Brooke (out) / David Archuleta

Trsf – David Cook / David Cook

DJ CoBaby – Brooke (out) / Carly (out)

BigShady – Jason (out) / Carly (out)

Jesuisjess – Carly (out) / None

Shinamarih – Michael (out) / None

Kate4Chris&Kat – Carly (out) / Carly (out)

David Hernandez!  Wow, Bill had DH that high?  And he’s tied for second place?  Might have to look into some flaws in the scoring system with that development!  As everyone can see this is a mess BUT…if trsf wants to be gutsy and predict a Syesha / Archuleta finale…MAXIMUM POINTS POTENTIAL!  Do it!  Do it!  Do it!

Here’s how the Top 5 contestants in our pool have the Top 3 shaking out…let’s see if anybody can catch Vadia.  Obviously, we’re down to only 5 contenders looking at the standings:

Top 12 Ballots

Vadia:  #1 Archuleta, #3 Cook, #7 Syesha

Misty:  #1 Archuleta, #3 Cook, #10 Syesha (ooh, that’ll make it tough)

Uplink:  #1 Archuleta, #9 Syesha, #10 Cook (I think someone is in trouble!)

Kate4Chris&Kat:  #1 Archuleta, #2 Cook, #10 Syesha (losing the Syesha points are going to be rough…but lots of credit for being the only one with the likely top two correct)

DJ CoBaby:  #1 Archuleta, #5 Cook, #7 Syesha (likely to move up…will gain 2-3 points on the 3 people in front on Syesha…although will lose points on Cook to her other female competitors…definitely will pass Uplink Bill)

Super Six Ballots

Vadia:  #1 Archuleta, #2 Cook, #5 Syesha

Misty:  #1 Cook, #2 Archuleta, #5 Syesha (potential for 2-point gain there if Cook wins)

Uplink:  #1 Archuleta, #2 Cook, #5 Syesha (no chance to gain on V)

Kate4Chris&Kat:  #1 Cook, #2 Archuleta, #6 Syesha (will lose a point on Syesha to the rest)

DJCoBaby:  #1 Cook, #2 Archuleta, #6 Syesha

Unless my math is wrong I believe the only two people with a chance to win are actually Vadia & Misty.  And actually…Vadia is guaranteed at least a share of the title.  The best Misty can do is tie by getting all three elimination/champion picks right the next two weeks & Vadia missing them all.  If Syesha goes as I think we all think she will…well, I guess the only way for Misty to get this done is to pick someone different from Vadia next week!  Otherwise, the best possible finish will be finishing 1 point behind with a David Cook victory.  Now of course my math could be wrong but I don’t believe it is.

Anyway, I’m sure everyone will keep fighting it out to finish as high as possible!  Good luck with figuring out your Davids a week from now after the classy Miss Mercado goes home. 

This kind of reminds me of Season 2 with Clay, Ruben and Kim Locke.  Kim kind of came on as the competition went along just like Syesha has but I think everyone realized that nobody was cracking the Clay/Ruben finale for quite awhile just like we’ve all been seeing the all-David clash coming for at least a month (if not longer).

One quick thought about Castro.  It really bothers me that he got the chance to perform the last two weeks when if you read last week's Entertainment Weekly, he wasn't prepared at all with his songs when he met Neil Diamond and this week he certainly didn't seem all that in tune with what he was doing.  He seems like a nice kid and he's got a decent voice but that he was still around while Carly & Michael weren't...it was almost depressing to see Carly sitting behind the judges instead of being on that stage in Jason's place.  At least she got to sing with Michael on Ellen's show this week.  That was cool.