Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Judges "save" no contestant on American Idol

American Idol through a new twist and two contestants went home last night. Goodbye to Jorge and Jasmine. Anoop and Megan should be breathing a sigh of relief. The Top 11 return next week.

So the American Idol judges are going to over rule America once before we get to the final 5.
In an effort to save a deserving contestant, the judges will be allowed one time only to over rule America's vote and save an American Idol contestant. If this rule had been in effect, there is speculation that Jennifer Hudson, Chris Daughtry, and Michael Johns would have lived to see another day. In the case of Chris Daughtry, he could have gone on and won Idol and kept Taylor Hicks away from the crown. Daughtry has proven to be one of the most successful Idol contestants ever, with lots of his music played on radio stations like WARM 103.3. His second album is due out this spring. I expect we'll see him on a future episode. But I'm really not in favor of the rule change. America should decide. If it makes a mistake, too bad. Life isn't perfect.
The judges did not invoke the save last night which was the right thing to do.

Speaking of former Idols, it was great to see Kelly Clarkson perform last night. All our lives would really "suck" if we didn't have Kelly's music to enjoy.

Have a great weekend. Please comment any time.

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