I thought Kendra was the best of the female wild card contestants. The girl in the colorful dress, Naima (sp?) also did well in her wild card performance. But I think you’re right about the other black wild card girl. I believe she was probably chosen over Kendra because she’s black.
Actually, I’m more annoyed by the Hispanic girl who sang in Spanish and keeps crowing and gloating about “Latino” this and “Latino” that, “I’m going to be the first Latina Idol,” etc. Her mom was shown in the audience holding a Mexican flag. The fine print on the credits says that American Idol reserves the right to pick the winner if the vote is close. I have a hunch the vote was close between the Latina girl and someone else, and the producers chose her for her race. Must be PC, you know, and get every race represented! It’s really getting silly, all this bean counting, but everybody knows it’s happening.
Kendra bored me... but i do think she should have been chosen over the guy...
Nea, I like the way you think. Naima’s performance last night was off the charts! But then, Donny Hathaway is dear to my heart. Naima chose a special song and I understand and agree with Steven picking her. We’d like to see what else she can do.
I don’t understand Randy picking Ashton. She has very little to offer. It may have been a race thing. It looked like none of the black girls were going to make it. LOL.
IMO, Lauren Turner should have been in the Top 10. Hello, America? Strong, bluesy voice, good performer. They are all fearless on stage.
I liked Karen Rodriguez until she started the “latino power” thing. She has a great voice but making it about ethnic identity completely ruins it. This is AMERICAN idol.
My favorite of the ladies is Haley...:)