This is tough, but I'll guess David A. will be the next AI.
If David C. had sung more songs the way he did Music of the Night, I would strongly insist that he win this. That may have been my favorite AI performance in all 7 seasons!
LOS ANGELES — Even after seven seasons, with ratings down about 10 percent from last year and some of the teenage fans who helped build the franchise in its early years shunning the show for its un-hip ubiquity, “American Idol” demonstrated on Wednesday that it still has the capacity to surprise.