Frankly, again another American Icon bites the dust. American Idol was supposed to be an amateur contest. Now you have contestants that are "back up singers" with a vocal coach and a fashion coach rather than a Mom and Dad and Karaoke machine. The girls with the Karaoke machines are getting so dissed by the judges that you can almost feel the commercialism, the dollar signs swimming in their heads. I'll even bet that Melinda, who is an awesome singer, probably rode to the first audition in a limo. I'm not interested in watching professionals compete against teenagers. You have to wonder why they even let Haley and Antonella in the top 24 if they were so bad. Certainly, there must have been some other professionals among the thousands that were real singers. I smell something here. I really wish they would do away with these obnoxious judges and really let America decide.

This is a singing competition. And it's unfortunate that at this stage of the game, you have such weak singers. I remember seeing at least 5 boys that would have blown each of the current boy contestants out the water. The boys are the pits. And the one's that have potential aren't singing like it. So the million dollar question is: "How did these poor singers get through". As for the girls, there is the ability to hold a tune and then there is just talent. The history of American Idol tells us that they incredibly talented don't always make it through. Antonella can not hold a candle to the talent that we see on the stage. I don't think she should be voted through b/c she looks good. If she's so attractive, go to America's Next Top Model. But singing is not her talent. How did she get through again? Talent is color-less. So what's the comment, "Let's make this an even playing field" supposed to mean???? What they should implement is a way for the judges to have "veto" power. Unless the producers of American Idol step in make a change, let's see what talented individual gets kicked off tonight.

It has to be 6 boys and 6 girls, and here's why. Suppose that some viewers only tune in on one night and thus only votes on one night. Considering how much better the women are than the men, I don't think that's far fetched. I'd bet that in total, the women have more votes than the men, just because there probably were more voters watching that night. Because of the larger pool of voters, comparing Antonella's total to Phil's (for example) isn't exactly a sound comparison. It wouldn't be scientific. Of course, the producers can do whatever they want. I just know that if we simply knock off 4 guys,they will probably have solid grounds to make an appeal and that's not something the producers want to deal with. I figure it's going to be 6 and 6 for next week. (Incidentally, I'd actually prefer if 3 or 4 guys took a walk. Haley and Sabrina aren't doing well in the polls, and I'd really like to watch them stick around longer.)

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Actually, I am a record producer and have several acts to my credit over the past 20 years which include the likes of Creed, Evanscene, Martina Mcbride, Pearl Jam and a host of others. So, like Simon, I know what the hell I am talking about! Go vote for whatever loser you want to.... I am not saying Antonella stands a chance at the final 4 but she will likele get a record deal if she can get close. She deserves a shot as she is already someone people remember. The other contestants just blend into the woodwork... Are you getting any smarter yet?

man--antonella is so out of her league! like sanjaya, she should just ASK to be eliminated. at this point, it's embarassing.
so what's the big announcement tomorrow? not 6 and 6--that they'll include more girls than guys, or the top 12 vote getters? i heard that floating around.