So Mandisa is gone and according to articles like this one it's not because she performed badly but because the gay community didn't support her due to her profile on the official American Idol website where she Mandisa states that her American Idol is anti-gay author Beth Moore.

So what's wrong with the assumption that it was the gay community that saw the end of Mandisa? A number of things. Firstly, the voting process isn't "the most votes sends you home" it's the least number of votes so the only way the 'gay community' could play their card would be to power vote the other eight contestants but there is a problem with that. The gay community is estimated at 10% of the vote which means there would need to be an enormous amount of voting by a small minority to effect such an upset. I just can't see that happening.

So what could really be behind Mandisa going home? My take is that it was simply country night. How many African American's are fans of country music? I wouldn't be surprised if both Mandisa and Paris' fan base just didn't watch the show because of the night's theme and simply didn't vote. Strangely enough Paris and Mandisa were both in the bottom three, as was Elliott Yamin.

If the gay vote really was the cause behind Mandisa's dismissal then what do they have against Elliott and Paris to put them in the bottom as well?