Votes like this only serve to have this show lose its crediblity, in my view anyway.
It is a SINGING COMPETITION so we get HULA BOY in curls????
OH well - I enjoyed hearing Carrie - hope she wins more awards at the CMA awards (think they are coming up).
Am pretty sure the winner will be either Lakisha or Melinda....unless the voting system gets Sanjaya through again. If so....that's it for me with AI.
And we got Chicken Little last year. And Mikala Gordon the year before. There's one oddball in every Top 12.
Although Haley and Sanjaya both can sing, neither belong anywhere near the other contestants. Now we have to be tortured with their vocals next week. And it should be Sabrina and Sundance still in the competition, not them. Ugh.
IMHO, the American Idol judges need to be the judges throughout the entire competion, at least up until the top 10. They also should restrict call in voting from America, and charge $.10/call or something, because America doesn't get it right and votes in the less talented singers, like Sanjaya and Haley. Not to mention, the call in voters who vote for the worst or by popularity, not by being the best singer. The votes should truly count and if you have to pay for the call, then I think more people would take it seriously.
Also, the American Idol producers and judges need to take note that the reason America gets it wrong, is also in due part because THEY allow less talented singers into the top 24 in the first place. I'm pretty sure that they had several really good singers in the auditions, much better than Sanjaya and Antonella, but for some stupid reason and desire for "drama" and "entertainment value", they chose to let through the less talented...it just doesn't make sense, when the entire time, the judges keep reiterating, "IT'S A SINGING COMPETITION". You'd never know by some of the contestants they put through to the top 24.