Friday, April 11, 2008
AI7 Eight > Seven
Well that was entirely unexpected, apparently by (nearly) everyone. Not one blog and not Dial Idol or any of the voting sites got it. One comment on one site has someone mouthing off about him. No one else even came close. Michael's out?!?? He wasn't perfect this week but he wasn't the worst by far. He wouldn't have won it, in the end, but why send him home now? Were the Miley Cyrus crowd not happy with him? No, if that was it, how come downloads, busy signals, blog comments, etc., all showed Carly or Brooke at the bottom and Michael in the middle. I think Carly actually thought it was her, judging from her face. This is one of those moments when you wonder what shenanigans the producers do to keep things unexpected. Every season there's one elimination where people swear the voting is too weird and inexplicable. Was he getting better enough that the producers wanted to be sure to get him out of the way for whichever is their anointed one (although they could just anoint whomever they want, in the end)? How could all the measures be so wrong? And why send anyone home the week of IGB, anyway? And why be so abrupt about it and as if it really didn't matter very much, as Ryan did? All very odd.

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Blogger ligneus — at 8:41 AM, April 11, 2008:
Maybe I don't pay quite enough attention but I've always thought Michael pretty bad, off key much of the time, contorted silly facial expressions and a bit of arrogance thrown in. As for the abruptness, maybe he's pissed off more than just Simon Cowell there. I wouldn't disbelieve a rigged vote but they'd be really stupid to do that, the show would be really damaged if word leaked out.
I'm beginning to agree with you on Brooke, I thought she was the grown up there but it's all looking like an act. Showing my bias, Kristi seems the most normal of the lot of them, who else has made a joke of being in the bottome three?
 

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Blogger jau — at 9:02 AM, April 11, 2008:
Good points about Michael. I was overlooking the bad singing because he seems to be a nice guy, tho' the arrogance was annoying. And I agree with you about Kristy being the one who seems most self-aware and clear-headed. Wouldn't it be a kick if she ended up in the top 2 or 3?!?
 

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