[Miss Didi]

Syesha - Song #1 sounded "theme-park performance" to me. Second song did little to make me pay attention. Did I actually hear her compare her journey on AI to the civil rights movement???

Yes, she did. I've been reading on another Idol forum and not one poster thought her civil rights/journey/tears scene was real. One pointed out the two long sit-downs they had with her, plus letting her go on again about the civil rights meaning and then keeping her on stage during the waterworks. Was it manipulated to ensure she got the needed votes to eliminate Dreads?

Speaking of, I watched his performances again today and thought that Tambourine Man was very good. The forgetting the words part (hello, David A.) didn't bother me at all...Bob D. mumbles sometimes, too.

[Wolfstar]

Yes, she did. I've been reading on another Idol forum and not one poster thought her civil rights/journey/tears scene was real. One pointed out the two long sit-downs they had with her, plus letting her go on again about the civil rights meaning and then keeping her on stage during the waterworks. Was it manipulated to ensure she got the needed votes to eliminate Dreads?

Color me weird and a cynic, but I thought the song about change, plus all the waterworks and drama over the song and civil rights, were designed to subtly support Barack Obama. His campaign theme is "change." Pretty black girl warbling about "change" and crying about civil rights on the nation's #1 show equals enormous free advertising for the Obama campaign.