AMERICAN IDOL: The Final Two!!!

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Fantasia has no class, unwed "Christian" mother, too ghetto

Diana at sixteen is more talented because she is more musically versatile

Fantasia screams a lot, reminds me of Whitney Houston

American Idol really is a fraud. Macy Grey wannabe Fantasia was the hand chosen winner from the start. Your conspiracy theory isn't too far off, I heard a radio interview weeks ago that stated the phone calls were only a percentage of the performer's overall score. It seems the shows producers get to vote/score on who they want to win. The interview didn't explain how the two were tallied together, but it seem pretty fishy!

American Idol is a racist fraud to boot. Rueben won because they knew Clay could make it without being the American Idol, Rueben couldn't. Rueben's personality is like that of a dead carp compared to Clay's. I believe Clay leads all the current Idols in sales up to this point. Fantasia was selected for the same reason, she has poor skills at English and portraying herself in public, much like Rueben also did. Clay was a natural master, just like Diana, at presenting themselves.

I wouldn't worry about Diana losing, she'll be a star, although I would like to see her finish high school normally if possible before she goes into her career. I would really hate to see her miss all of her childhood. Fantasia on the other hand was a drop out due to the out of wedlock child, that should have exempted her from being an American Idol. Fantasia just makes for a horrible example, especially for fellow black women who have no chance of making it like she did. American Idol should be as much about personal character as talent and personality.

Fantasia's voice was irritating to my ears, I would never buy music of hers. Diana was better, but I really wasn't that excited by any of the singers this year for some reason. I do believe the judges have a big part of the judging over the phone poll. I believe that when Simon says this is the end, it's the end, otherwise Jasmine might have been in the final two. Jasmine really couldn't sing, but the Hawaii Island folks loved her.

Yes, I thought of that afterwards.
In all fairness, that's quite true.
Very judgemental of me, probably coming from personal choices , and some regrets, regarding career choices and the impact on children.

Jackie Kennedy once said something pretty harsh but thought provoking. She said it doesn't much matter what a woman accomplishes in her career if her kids don't turn out right.

Trina Schart Hyman, a famous and fabulous illustrator of childrens' books, once said in a seminar, that she's known many women artists with children. She said, quite rightly, that it's impossible to do both WELL without help. Many try to do it all, and end up sacrificing both.

It's much easier to bask in the glow of celebrity than to celebrate the daily joys and challenges of parenting.

All I know is that no amount of recognition or success is as sweet as raising a grateful child.

You are absolutely right! I do have a good job and I am lucky that my boss is very understanding. I worked the entire day from home the other day (the kids are all in school now). I wish I could have stayed home with them when they were younger, but I was a single mother at the time. Jackie Kennedy was right on too. But sometimes it might not matter what you do; that something could happen no matter how hard you try.

Have a good day.

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