Archuleta has a girlfriend? Really?
American Idol Pool Members,
In this, our last Viewer's Guide of the year, I want to celebrate you, the reason why we at AI Headquarters work around the clock to bring you joy, bring you standings, and bring you a reason to live. Thank you for all of your comments, your participation, and of course your money. On behalf of myself, Debbie the Intern, and JoJo Conroy, we wish you much luck in this momentous week of the American Idol Finals.
But the season isn't over. We are highly anticipating the climax of what Ryan Seacrest has called "the best season of American Idol yet." Clearly, this season is the strongest season in American Idol's seven year history with record breaking voting and the largest turn out for the American Idol Pool (some of you still owe JoJo money).
When thinking of my final post, it would be so, so easy to pit these two finalists against each other. Age-old battles of the young whippersnapper vs. the seasoned professional, the velvety-toned wunderkind vs. the gravely rocker, or the fresh-faced teen-idol vs. the "kind-of-look-like-I've-eaten-too-many-chipotle-burritos-but-I'm-still-kind-of-sexy" twenty-something, are the stuff of legend and lore; to pit one of these finalists against the other would be the easy way out.
I have also considered endorsing one candidate over the other. As Idol Pool Master, I feel I have my finger on the pulse of the membership, and I feel confident that I could put our membership (78 multi-generational, multi-city, multi-sexually oriented voices strong) solidly behind one candidate. But it isn't that easy. To be honest, I love both of these candidates (when I don't hate them.) Sure, if David Archuleta makes that hand-motion one more time (you know, the one where he clenches his right fist and pushes it down when he hits a big note), I might throw up. And the open palm "give back" of David Cook is a moment that is seared into my worst of nightmares. But, let's be frank, these two men (kind-of) can SING! They both have huge potential to join the ranks of Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Hicks (?) as pop-phenoms.
But we here at Idol Pool HQ believe there is not an Archuleta America or a Cook America -- there is a United States of America. We like rock in the Archuleta States and appreciate pitch in the Cook States. We like "aw shucks" in the Cook States and pretense in the Archuleta States. Our hope that is that on Wednesday, the sky will open, the light will come down, celestial choirs will be singing, and our new American Idol will appear:
2 comments:
Brilliant write-up! Love the David/David morphed picture!
I don't know if it was a strategic move of Simon's part, but his comments about David Cook mad me so angry (maybe it's the Mama Bear part of me) that I voted for DC over 50 times.
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