American Idol Surprise
Melinda Doolittle, who was easily the most polished and consistent singer on this season’s American Idol got voted off tonight, leaving Jordin Sparks and Blake Lewis to duke it out in the final.
Melinda’s got a great career ahead of her even though she didn’t win. People might have been reacting against Simon’s obvious love of her by voting for the other candidates instead. Since many people probably expected that she would be in the finale, they may have concentrated their votes on the person they wanted to compete against her. That would have given a lot of votes to Jordin and Blake and left Melinda high and dry.
In my perfect world, Melinda and Blake would have been the finalists, but this was not to be. Now I think the finale will be a bore.
The good news is that Blake’s chances of winning the contest just went up with Melinda out of the picture. And as I said before, Blake is an original and also a polished performer. I don’t think Jordin can beat him, although there are some who think that those who voted for Melinda are more likely to vote for Jordin at the finale. I can see that logic because I thought that Blake would be booted off this week because LaKisha’s voters would be more likely to vote for Melinda and Jordin this week, but that didn’t happen.
If Blake can pull off some eye-catching numbers at the finale, he will stand out and Jordin will be just another female singer with a great voice, and the field is already so crowded with them.
Paula Abdul certainly got it wrong when she said that Seattle had the “best delusional” singers. (She appeared to be under the influence of something when she said it.) Both Sanjaya and Blake are from the Seattle area and they both did well. Now, I’ll be surprised if Blake doesn’t win.
Check out the Seattle-PI article on Blake’s rise to the top. They also point out that both Jordin and Blake auditioned in Seattle.
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