I have to say that as soon as the home town visits were shown, I knew Melinda was going home. The crazy screaming fans for both Jordin and Blake were young, teenaged, and would vote a ton of times -- whereas the fans for Melinda were more reserved and not as demonstrative.
I'm still shaking my head -- Melinda deserves to win American Idol on talent alone -- however I do think this will be a blessing for her -- to make her own record deal (probably tons better than the American Idol contract) -- and probably give her more freedom to go the direction she wants to go.
At this point, I think Jordin will win. I feel a bit bad for her if she does, simply for the fact that she is so young, and I hope she won't give in to the pressure to become the "typical" teen star -- dressing too sexy, focusing too much on fame, etc. I worry about these young stars.
I do think Blake has a chance to win -- with the young girls voting -- and I think he would do well as a winner or not. So at this point I don't really care which one wins.
But, I'll certainly miss the quality of Melinda's singing next week! Good luck to you Melinda -- I'll be looking for your album to come out!
My Tivo cut out right as Simon was going to make his comments -- I missed it! I would have loved to hear his response to Melinda going home -- if any of you saw it, let me know what he said. Thanks!
Elliott Yamin's performance was good -- I'm not sure I love the hair or the new teeth -- it kind of takes away from what I loved about him, but I guess if I saw him enough and got used to it then it might not bother me. I've always loved his voice and hope his album does well.
