The Voice Of The People

Once again, I was surprised by the American Idol vote. Ace Young lost. This in itself is not surprising, since his head has been on the chopping block for a while. But this week?

Ace was better than usual. Meanwhile, Kellie Pickler, by her own admission, butchered "Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered." I thought at first her innocence worked well with the lyric, but soon her pitch was off and, worse, she was racing the band to see who could finish first. It was the worst performance I've ever seen from an Idol finalist.

And yet, Kellie made it through. In fact, she didn't even finish in the bottom three. Instead, Chris Daughtry, whom many thought was safe, did. Consider it a wake-up call, Chris.

One interesting factor in Idol is as contestants are eliminated, voting blocs change. The question then is will Kellie's bloc grow, or eventually fall below the winning level.

Meanwhile, it looks like, along with Kellie, that Taylor and Katharine are untouchable. Expect two of them to fight it out in the finale.