American Idol Results-March 18th

Sorry about the lack of a post yesterday. It was St. Patrick's Day and I was celebrating it by being sick as a dog. Still am.

So, Idol time. First of all, I would just like to state how much I hate country week. I hate country week, I hate country week, I freakin' HATE country week. There has been exactly one person in eight seasons to perform well in country week, and that was Carrie Underwood. American Idol is supposed to be a pop music competition and country music is very rarely pop music. It's like watching a figure skating competition that's determined by a hockey shootout. There sorta the same...but not really.

It's still too early to determine a good rankings, but I will say that Danny Gokey (the Lenscrafters model) and Lil Rounds (Fantasia 1.5) seem to do no evil in the judges eyes. Still, a couple of pratfalls and they could end up on par with the rest of the competition. Other than that, it's a wide open race. I will say that Michael Carver (the oil rigger with a heart of gold), and Scott McEntryre (the guy who makes American Idol ADA complient) are the weakest links. Everyone else has a legitimate shot at making the top four...except for last night's elimination.

Alexis Grace, AKA the little sexpot who could, got eliminated last night in one of the more infuriating eliminations of all time. I liked Alexis. She had a solid voice, a great body and had a decent backstory. I didn't like how Kara "I write music for Ali Lohan for a living" DeoGuardi tried to slut her up on a constant basis, but I liked Alexis. She was certainly more talented then Kris "Jason Mraz without the personality or voice" Allen or Matt "Killed a Johnny Cash Song Just to See it Die"Lambert. And yet she got the boot.

Now, I'm not going to gnash my teeth over this. I'm not going to bitch and moan about how Michael Carver played up his accent to win the country vote. I'm not going to bitch and moan about how I'm convinced that Alexis was a sacrificial lamb to disprove recent reports that Idol is rigged. For better or worse, we live in a land where crying on TV gets votes and the most talented person doesn't always win. O well, at least we have Motown next week to take our minds off of it.