Seeya Syesha

Well, no surprise, it's David vs. David, Wonder Boy vs. Rocker Dude for the American Idol Season 7 title. Archuleta was the favorite almost from the auditions, while Cook has slowly distinguished himself as the best of the rockers. I also find it admirable that one of the amateurs, the afore mentioned Mr. Cook, actually made it to the finale in a season when over half of the final 12 either had recording contracts or previous reality show experience and 4 of the 5 without either were the first four eliminated.

Syesha had a big voice and was in my opinion the best looking chick amongst the final 6 girls, but her achievement is indicative of how weak this year's chick contestant pool was. It seems to be going in cycles. Last year the chicks were dominant. Two years ago the dudes were king. So look for another chick to win next season's show unless the Idol producers try and change that too.

Fantasia Barrino's performance was as interesting as her bright red hair. Captain Jack had his jaw on the floor. I guess he couldn't believe that this was the same chick who sang the knockout ballads to win Season 4. I hope Syseha was paying attention, because that is likely her future. Speaking of futures, I found it interesting that the music accompanying Rocker Dude's farewell song (don't panic, all three had farewell songs) was Chris Daughtry's "What About Now." Not to leave him out, there were a couple of demonstrations tonight of Wonder Boy's apprehension towards girls. He looked decidedly scared when girls were reaching for him at his hometown ceremonies, and he just stood there looking goofy while Rocker Dude gave Yes In Her Name a big hug after her departure was announced.

We also learned tonight that among Ryan's myriad of talents is being able to impersonate William Shatner, that Syesha really did go to her hometown and didn't film her song choice spot in the studio parking lot, that Syesha's Dad is still clean and sober, that David Cook went to the Omaha auditions not intending to actually audition but was told to do so by the producers, that Rocker Dude was inspired to sing by his elementary school music teacher, that oh my gosh the Murray High School cheerleaders turned out for Wonder Boy's appearance, that Simon thinks next week's finale will be a "humdinger", that all 3 contestants were driven to tears by all of the fans that turned out in their hometowns, that whenever Trained Seal is wrong it's the researcher's fault, and that the morning news crew at the Fox affiliate in Kansas City is craaaazzzzy!

One more week to go, and then I need to decide what I want to do with this blog for the rest of this year. I hope you don't expect me to watch and recap those dumb dance shows or the even dumber talent show that serves as Captain Jack's summer job. At least I'll get to go back to my regular routine.