We'll be down to two tonight...right after we say goodbye to Syesha... I'm still picking David Archuleta to win...and for David Cook's sake, I hope he does. Do "real rockers" win American Idol? Either way, it will be a fun finale, and I'd be fine with either David taking the crown.
Loved this description I read of David Archuleta from last night, written by Ann Powers on latimes.com:
Taking on Chris Brown's languidly anthemic "With You" as his personal song selection, Archuleta wobbled his hips like a duckling learning to mate and grinned with the glee of someone surprising himself. It was his least comfortable performance in weeks, full of vocal stumbles, and he did seem silly uttering the phrase "my boo" - it's an Afro-Caribbean term, popular in hip hop songs, and our Mormon favorite's just not fly enough to pull it off. But the song's awkward movements gave us something more important than his other two spot-on ballads could offer: a glimpse at a Pinocchio letting himself become a boy, made of something other than beautifully polished wood.That quick glimpse into the heart of goofy Archie -- who actually sees the girls screaming at his feet, and wants to touch their outstretched hands, and even steal a glance at one or two -- exposed a side different than this baby trouper projects when he's playing the balladeer. Chastised by the judges, Archuleta retreated behind his grown-up mask for his next number, a rigorously sincere version of Fogelberg's wedding song, "Longer."