ai7: halfway through

our last post was all about the ongoing season of american idol. it’s been over a month since we last blogged (we’ve been so, so busy… 😦) and we thought it would be interesting to look what has happened to ai season 7 since.

this season is kinda frustrating with the majority of those who have already been eliminated are really, really good singers… better than some who still remain on the competition. the last 3 eliminations were shockers starting with ramielle followed by mj and just this week, klc. all three still deserves to be in the competition.

of the 3 favorites we picked, only 2 remain. meanwhile, both our dark horse picks are gone. ai is supposed to be a singing contest but this season, more than the previous 6, it obviously has turned into a popularity contest hence the results halfway through the final round.

having said that, how do we think the rest of the season will pan out? brooke white and jason castro will definitely not reach the final 2 since they’ve been just surviving due to their popularity and not their talent. that would only get them far but not too far into the contest (although, we felt that they should’ve been eliminated by now). syesha mercado is a technically good singer. the problem with her is that she can’t seem to connect with the audience. add to the fact that she’d been in the bottom 3 multiple times already so she’ll probably go as far as top 4 the farthest. carly smithson is extremely talented (and one of our earlier favorites… but things have changed since then) but she’s so tensed and strained when performing thereby limiting her potential. unless that changes, she can go as early as next week to as far as top 3.

then we have david cook… our favorite this season. 🙂 we just love this guy. and ever since he performed his version of the lionel richie pop classic, hello, we’ve been anticipating something special from him on a weekly basis.


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his latest concoction? a rocked-out version of mariah carey’s always be my baby. man, that was doped!


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and with all the potential threats gone, david cook is easily the most worthy to win ai 7.


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most worthy? yes. definite winner? most probably not. simply because of david archuleta and his hordes and hordes of teenage fans. argggh…

hopefully, we’re wrong. hopefully, america will get it right and vote for the rocker/musician. because, as simon cowell said, “if this is solely a talent contest, you (david cook) will easily win this.”

in any case, we’ll still be watching ai because we’re music lovers. 🙂 whatever the result will be, we just know that david cook will be a star. we’re hoping ramiele, kristy lee and michael johns will be stars too. 🙂