totell wrote:

LOL at De-Chile unconvincingly (as usual) trying to put on a "Gosh, I'm...safe?" face.

At least Cookie was like, "Everyone including Sy know's she's going home. Can we not draw it out, for her sake? Hmm, where did I put that mace MJ sent me to keep on hand, just in case Pauler or PapaPorkchop start acting weirder than usual?"

Actually, I thought Porkchop was genuinely surprised. At final 3 "favorites" to win have been booted before. Syesha also had a better night per many message board reviews. BUT - kids are his audience. They don't post that night, I bet - they're too busy phoning up to vote, then it's off to bed. Little kids' lives are more structured than adults, so they don't get a chance to go online and yap the way we do. It's hard to gauge the numbers. But it looks like he does appeal to kids, so it's completely alien to us, really.

Let's recall that many of the top 10 can find a career in music if they really want it. Being #1 isn't a guarantee of success any more than being #8 signifies certain failure. This year it's possible that the Idol will be for the teenybopper market, for once. Pukey, but ... meh who cares?