[grania]

re: being stunned. This year, where there was no clear front-runner, I thought the resuls were only a factor of who is watching the show, and who is voting. I, too, was somewhat stunned. I thought it would be one of the country singers who was voted out, just because not everyone likes country music.

Two interesting factors. Haley tried much harder than the other two to be the singer the judges defined. The other possible factor, people just felt that the two country singers are just nice kids, living a dream beyond their belief. They've never acted like they expect to win.

Heck, maybe the people who voted are smarter than we give them credit for.

[b9]

You may be right. Maybe folks are voting for the person/character and not so much the style (which irks the :::ahem::: purists no end.)

Whatever reason, it's downright heartening to see the majority of 90+million votes actually tending conservative.

Country music is the heart and home of conservative thinking, and it's always a surprise to find out how many (i.e. Faith Hill? Toby Keith?) are actually liberals!
Crystal Bowersox' bread is buttered by Country now. Maybe there's hope for her.

But to see two dyed-in-the-wool Country finalists is enough to make me think there's hope for America.
Like you say,
Heck, maybe the people who voted are smarter than we give them credit for.

[Netizen]

The other possible factor, people just felt that the two country singers are just nice kids, living a dream beyond their belief. They've never acted like they expect to win. Heck, maybe the people who voted are smarter than we give them credit for.

I think you are right. Some people complain and call it Country Idol. Its American Idol, not Pop Idol, or Jazz Idol, or Broadway Ballad Idol. This year the winner may be a country singer, so what. It was nice this year that they didn't HAVE to sing outside their genre and could sing and be who they are.