Seriously, who gave this foppish, obnoxious git the right to issue judgments on the aesthetic tastes of an American audience?
If you don't like the way they voted, then eliminate the component of the show that relies on audience participation you irritating limey!
I think this guy needs a serious attitude adjustment.
I believe the three things that the wife and I are finding so funny about all of this are:
The so-called Judges. They select 32 contestants out of many thousand. They proclaim these are the best. Then the home audiance votes for who they believe the top 12 are, then the home audiance continue to vote down who they believe is best of the contestants the judges have already said deserved to be there. Yet week after week the judges tell contestants they are the best, or they don't deserve to be there, etc.
The Public Uproar: It's amazing at how tightly wound up people get over this show and become so outraged when their favorite is voted off. So we see a 15 year old boy receiving death threats and now a Hawaiian girl being called a "dog eating, flat faced yellow *itch". Why, because more people liked her then liked their favorite?
Teenie Booper Vote: Bottom line, if you look at who gets the boot and who stays, it's very apparent that teenie boopers are the biggest fans of the show. And while some people may think their opinion shouldn't matter as much as their own, those teenie boopers are going to be buying the CDs so get over it.
I'm pretty neutral over the actual talent, however, I will admit that I cannot stand Fantasia...one Macy Gray is one too many for me. I'm not into the nasal screeching.