I know our American Idol coverage has been lacking a little as of late, but in all fairness once Kristy Lee Cook was voted off my interest was cut to a fraction. Fortunately Syesha Mercado made the ranks into the final three and on looks alone she should be the winner, but there is some singing involved and Syesha was the one voted off of American Idol tonight.

Who does that leave? Well, if you’ve been watching the show it’s obvious, but for the rest of you, we can look forward to the two David’s going head to head next week on to decide who becomes the winner and American Idol of Fox’s season 7 competition. (more…)

Whoa. I don’t think many people saw this one coming. Tonight on American Idol the Australian native Michael Johns was the one voted off out of the eight remaining contestants. This announcement comes as a surprise to many American Idol fans as Michael was not a regular in the bottom three contestants during the previous weeks.

This result is a classic example of what it means when Simon continues to say that performances are not memorable. Michael Johns is a good performer and we’re pretty comfortable with saying that he is better than at least a couple of the remaining seven contestants, but he plays it safe too often and doesn’t stand out from the crowd to get votes. Keep in mind that the performers are not actually voted off, but are just not voted on as much as the others. Michael did not necessarily do poorly, but also did nothing to warrant enough votes this week to stay in the competition this week. (more…)