*The Voice Of The People*

Thursday, April 20, 2006

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.

by LAGuy 7/6/07