I think the judges have been smoking from the same bong as Michael Phelps!! At least while they were picking the top 36. I was shocked when they told Jamar (Danny Gokey's friend) he was not going thru but others who had forgot lyrics and got up and left the stage made it thru. And they put that annoying as hell Tatiana thru. What the hell?!?!?! I am already starting to drink heavily.............................
The problem that I see with American Idol is that they "cast" the show because it's still a TV show and it still has to be entertaining. They have young teenage boy versus young teenage boy and sexy blonde girl versus sexy blonde girl and the token blacks -- both male and female -- and the quirky guy and the quirky girl. The girl they disqualified (Joanna?) who was a brunette gets replaced by another brunette. And then for the "comic relief" they have Tatiana (whack job to bring in the needed melodrama) and Nick whatshisname (the comedian/singer who isn't much of a comedian nor much of a singer). Everybody plays their role, everybody has a role because the judges put the cast together that way. Jamar was a fantastic singer but he probably didn't fit any role that they needed and maybe they figured they already had a black soul singer -- that's the way they cast the show every year. The other thing they do is they disquality the really non-mediagenic personalities -- the ones who don't look very attractive on camera. It's all TV, it's all drama ... and then there's a little singing competition thrown in there for good measure. That's my opinion and I'm stickin' to it. LOL