[ Edit: David Cook has won ]

Well, after weeks of auditions, trials and voting it has finally come down to the final two contestants. David Cook and David Archuleta have both come a long way since the start and are both extraordinary singers.

• Cook sang: “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” “Dream Big” and “The World I know”
• Archuleta sang: “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me,” “In This Moment” and “Imagine”

This is a very tough call and one very close matchup. They are both very deserving in their own rights to win the competition. Both of them have been strong from day one and never truly failed to impress on any songs they sang.

If I did however have to choose a winner, I’m going to have to say David Archuleta. Not because he is a better singer (however he did seem to have a stronger showing on the final night of singing), but it seems to me he has a bigger fanbase than Cook. He always seems to get the loudest cheers and most little girls screaming. I could be way off base though, but the impression I get is that Archuleta is going to win.

Either way I couldn’t be happier with the final two, whoever wins it doesn’t even matter; they’re both going to get picked up by record labels without a doubt.

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They’ve come a long way haven’t they. Here are David Archuleta’s and David Cook’s audition for American Idol. It’s fun to watch these knowing where they are now.

David A.

David C.

As much as I like David A. I still hope Cook wins. I’m glad those 2 are the last standing though. It’s going to be a good show next week.

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[ Edit: Syesha Mercado was eliminated ]

Well the top three sang tonight, it’s going to be weird doing the reviews because I don’t have anything negative to say about the remaining people. Now that everyone I didn’t like is gone I’m at a loss for harsh words. So before I critique, here is a recap of what they all sang.

• David Archuleta: “And So It Goes”, “With You” and “Longer”
• Syesha Mercado: “If I Ain’t Got You”, “Fever” and “Hit Me Up”
• David Cook: “First Time I Ever Saw Your Face”, “Dare You to Move” and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”

David Archuleta had a strong showing again tonight. I think all three of his performances were top quality yet again. I don’t understand why the judges didn’t like him singing that pop-style song genre though. He did it well and is flexible with what he can sing. He isn’t restricted to just ballads.

Archuleta is also coming along well with the whole shyness thing. He was really getting into the first song and worked the audience into it. So that brings me back to not understanding why the judges complained about it.

Syesha Mercado got a lot of unnecessary heat tonight from the judges. I dunno why Randy was constantly saying it wasn’t right for her. The song choices seemed to fit her vocals perfectly and she really got me into each song. So it was just weird to see some of the judges complaining. She has that foxy woman thing going for her that works well for songs such as “Fever.”

David Cook had the best song of the night with his last one, “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.” That was the highlight of the night for me. The other two songs were also strong performances as usual. I only wish he got some slightly more rock styled songs, he really comes to life with those.

The judges were really confusing me though, especially Randy. He just seemed to have nothing good to say at all. I found myself (strangely) agreeing with Paula a lot instead of Simon this time.

This is a tough one to call though, but I’m leaning towards Syesha being the one that goes home. The “Fever” song just seemed a bit out there, and not very in tune with the theme of Idol. The “working the chair” bit seemed a bit risky to do, maybe if the audience was a bunch of men it could of worked better. So in light of that, and all the criticism she got from the judges (them being able to influence votes), I think she’s going to be the one leaving.

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Well, I think I speak for a lot of people when I say, THANK GOD JASON IS GONE. That was seriously getting annoying that he was still in the competition up to this point. He really should of gone long before Michael Johns or Carly. Brooke and Jason shouldn’t of made it as far as they should of. He really had to go. His last performance was atrocious, especially when he forget his lines and just sang “la la la” and hummed along with the music. How do you mess up that bad this far into the competition?

I think he also knew it was his time to go. The way he talked it sounded like he realized he didn’t deserve to be above Syesha or the Davids. He even mentioned his inexperience coming in to haunt him.

The Jason fans are quite the rabid bunch as well. One girl claims to have voted over a thousand times the other night.

Now I’m pretty sure that’s an exaggeration, but still. 95% of the people that voted for him were blindly voting for him because of his looks. This isn’t a friggen popularity contest…

So now we’re left with three very talented people, I’m pretty happy with this top three. They’re all great singers and deserve to win. Personally I want one of the Davids to win, leaning towards Archuleta but he needs more experience. On the other hand however, Archuleta winning would give him the experience he needs.

It will be interesting the next couple shows. It’s gonna be close now unless someone really starts messing up.

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[ Edit: Jason Castro was eliminated ]

I just caught Fox News and they showed results for viewer call-ins. They asked people to vote on who they thought should go home tomorrow night and 74% voted for Jason Castro.

Here is what everyone sang:

• Jason Castro: “I Shot the Sherriff” by Bob Marley and “Mr. Tambourine Man” by Bod Dylan
• Syesha Mercado: “Proud Mary” by Tina Turner and “A Change is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke
• David Archuleta: “Stand by Me” by Ben E King and “Love Me Tender” by Elvis
• David Cook: “Hungry Like The Wolf” by Duran Duran and “Baby O’Riley” by Duran Duran

Hopefully Jason will be going home. Even Simon told him (during his critique) to “pack your bags“. He really did awful tonight. More than usual I mean. He forgot the lyrics (for the second song) and looked so out of place for “Rock and Roll” night. Jason is more of a mellow kinda guy and he did not look comfortable. When he was up there performing he was moving his arms around, kinda bouncing, and trying to act like a rocker (first song), but it looked more like he was a puppet and someone was working the strings (but doing it wrong). I almost had to leave the room I was so embarrassed for him.

[ edit: Jason supposedly mouthed the words "Don't Vote" after he sang. I need to watch the video again and see it. But it mentions it in this article. If he did say it then He Sucks (well, sucks more now. I thought he sucked before.). ]

Syesha was sexay. (lol) I feel funny saying that because I’m a woman, but it was obvious even to me. Randy was drooling and gave her a great critique. I even called in and voted for her several times. I really hope she doesn’t get booted off before Jason. THAT would be so wrong.

David A. and David C. did good, as usual. Although the judges did praise David A. the most (even Simon).

I really hope David C. wins this thing. Not only is he a great singer but he has stage presence. David A. sings great but he’s still young and needs some work. David C. has that advantage over him, I think.

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