Thank you so much everyone for not spoiling it for me, this means alot to me!

That having been said, I'm assuming (hopefully correctly) that now that it's aired on the west coast, it's ok to discuss the outcome...?

All I can say is OMG, I can't believe it, I'm floored! I've been a loyal and devoted fan of this show, but this is complete and utter bullshit! LaToya's smugness last night bothered me, but this is BULLSHIT... and I don't believe it's how "America voted". :moon:

tell me tell me!

LaToya went home tonight.

:D OK, FL, how do you really feel?

Some say potato...some say potahto...

I didn't take LaToya's reaction as smug. I think she was in shock and being as gracious as possible under the circumstances. But, that's just my take on it.

Damn! I had her pegged for the winner!

It seems to me like America is doing all it can to show Simon who is running the show! If Simon were as truthful as he pretends to be...he'd admit that too! He might try using a bit of reverse psycology from here on in if he doesn't want to ruin the outcome. There is still a glimmer or two of hope for a "real" idol when all is said and done. If Jasmine wins it all...I'll NEVER watch the show again!

Here is my take on it.... I think that the voters figured that she already made it. The judges have repeatedly said that she is a "star" and has a "great career" ahead of her. So I am assuming that the voting public figured why not give someone else a shot. Especially after her comment Tuesday night. Which btw, didn't bother me in the least, but I am sure alot of people took her confidence and words as if she didn't care if she won or lost.


Lixy, I am with you on the Jasmine thing! I am shocked that she has made it as far as she has. I think she was downright awful on Tuesday. :rolleyes:

It ceased being a talent competition quite a while back.

Guess this kinda hands the winning slot to Fantasia. Ugh. Welcome another Diva into the world.

What is American Idol?

After all these years I thought that was me!!!

I can happily & honestly say that i haven't seen a single show...

Coaster- AI takes roughly 70,000 people who think they can sing, and wittle it down to 5 groups of 12 people. Each of the first 4 groups gets wittled down to 2 more people, based on call-in votes done by the viewers. The 5th group is call backs. They are people who didn't make the cut, but that the judges feel have excellent voices. They gow through the same process again, except votes only pick 1 person, then each of the 3 judges pick someone, and that gives us the final 12.

Each week, they sing 1 song, and again, people call in votes. The next day, they hold another show where they eliminate someone, based on votes. The person who goes is the person with the least amount of votes.

Right now, we just got whittled to the top 3- Diana DeGarmo, Jasmine Trias, and Fantasia Barrino. La Toya London was cut last night, and Fantasia was just barely above her in votes.

What's rather upsetting right now, is that Jasmine bombed her songs on Tuesday, and still managed to not get cut. She garnered a lot of pity votes, I think. That, and I'm willing to bet that most the voters felt that both Fantasia and La Toya had plenty of votes to keep them in. They were the two who were being hailed as the top 2 singers in the group.

So, now it's down to Diana, Jasmine, and Fantasia, and the contest is pretty much over, because Fantasia is a favorite, though Diana is my favorite. Jasmine just won't hold up another week.

The way I got hooked was the audition stage, where they show some GOD AWFUL singers trying to act like they are good. It's hilarious at that stage, then you get hooked into watching it to see how far it goes.

I wasn't pleased by LaToya's comment on Tuesday night. She didn't sound excited or one bit "hungry". I don't know if that's why she got cut or not, but it might have cost her some votes. I do know that this isn't the first time that the person sent home was so obviously the wrong person. Why Fantasia was also in the bottom two is a mystery to me. Clearly it should be Fantasia and LaToya duking it out on the last night.

Sad to say, I'm not going to be watching the show any longer. At least last year, it made SOME sense.

My guess is just that so many people figured others would be voting for those two. I'd be interested in knowing the actual number of votes each person gets from week to week, though.

It makes me sad that it's come down to these three... but after reading all of your posts, it seems that the same fate has befallen LaToya as did Jennifer. I can't say that I'm sad to see LaToya go, as I was not a fan of hers, but she was talented. Of the three that are left... I hope that Fantasia wins, as much as it pains me to say that. :) Neither Diana nor Jasmine deserve to win, if you ask me.

If Jasmine makes it to the last round, I think they pretty much have to give up on half their veiwing audience.

Diana is good, R4T, she has an amazing talent, one that is natural born. She would blossom rather nicely under the teachings of a regular vioce coach, though, so she can get a bit more control.

I don't really think it's a contest anymore. Fantasia will sweep the votes hands down.

Not sure who will win now...and I better not hope for any particular contestant. It all goes kaplooey when I do. I'm hoping it's Diana and Fantasia in the final two. With the way America is voting...the winner will prolly be Jasmine, though!

That wouldn't surprise me one bit, Lixy :rolleyes:

-grins- I signed up for an american idol yahoo group tuesday night as they were playing the show, and a big theme in the past few days has been: Yeah, but would America actually buy Jasmine's cd's?

My thought is, Hell, if they buy William Hungs shit, of course they'd buy her music.

Overall, she's not a bad singer. She just needs some coaching, and a break to recuperate. She's showing her stress in her voice, and cracking under the pressure. I can't imagine her holding up well on concert tours, and what not, if she can't handle this.

Simon's big gripe has been that Diana is too young, but I think in terms of how well prepared the girls are, it's Jasmine who's just touch too young yet.

who is jasmine paying off?

I think another thing that won Jasmine votes was her water works display. I felt bad when she cried..but damn that dosn't mean people should vote for someone who dosn't deserve to win. I've been a Fantasia supporter from the beginning. I like her....I know a lot of you don't. I like her spunk. And I love her voice.

I like Fantasia too. LaToya is my favorite, and in a FAIR world, she and Fantasia would have been the last two standing.

That's the problem, she's not comically bad like William Hung, just not that good.

*sits waiting for it to be safe to post :D:D:D *

It's a really good show tonight, flutelady! Enjoy!!

SS... you're a sweetie for sure and I thank you ((((hugsss)))). I was shopping for a wedding dress for my daughter and missed the show. NOT that I tried to hurry back for it. I'm still stunned about last week.

I am too, really. But I missed last Tuesday so I didn't see the performances.

I really think this is Jasmine's week to go...she could have done so much better than she did.

I liked Diana's last song alot. Jasmine hit some nasty notes on her first song. Fantasia did the same as always.

Oh damn! I wasn't feeling well last night, and went to bed before the show was over. Was hoping it would be posted this morning as to who the final two are.

Diana and Fantasia?

Oh geezzz...it just has to be...right?

Yep!

I'm rather glad by last night's results.

I really liked Jasmine, but being totally objective, it was way past her time to go. I know she knew it too. She was extremely gracious, as have I'm hoping for Diana right now, but not holding my breath. The only way Fantasia loses is if she really screws up royally next week.

But besides the actual results, why the hell did they have to stretch the show out to a full hour last night? Every other results show was only half an hour. But the one with only 3 contestants left they feel the need to drag it out with useless bullshit to a whole hour. Sure as hell irritated me.

Because there was 2 1/2 hour episodes of the season finale of That 70's Show airing as opposed to the usual 1/2 hour.

They've had it an hour long show for a few weeks now for the results. I think it's over played, but eh, it gets them the ratings, I suppose.

I can't wait to hear next weeks show.

Well guys...who's it going to be? Personally I was floored by Fantasia tonight. (well...except for her first one....??) Her last song had me in tears.

I cried too damn it.....

Her first one belonged at the bottom of the ocean. She was repeating the same thing over and over, filled in the spaces with the gaps, and left the actual singing to the backup singers.

Her second two were great.

Diana's were all pretty good, all around. A few mess ups here and there, but not nearly the calamity of Fantasia's first song.

I think the voting will be fairly tight.

Oh I think Diana completely fucked herself with a huge mistake in that last song. Just as she sang, she "almost had it all."

I heard the last two songs by Fantasia, and the last song by Diana. Yowsa, she did fuck it up royally in the middle. I think Fantasia is the winner regardless. That girl can sing!

It's gotta be Fantasia!

Diana will still be heard from though. She needs to be seasoned and get a few singing/dancing lessons. Randy was right about her register on the lower notes. She can belt out the high ones but I think she has to learn some breathing techniques to pull off the low notes.

Fantasia is just fantastic!

It was interesting last night, when they showed the audience and the members of the top 12...a few other top 12 members were missing, but I thought it was notable that LaToya wasn't there.

I didn't see either Latoya or Leah, but it may have just been the camera angles we got, as well.

I'm kind of hoping that they'll all do a number together tonight. I heard that several of the top 12 parents sat in on the rehersals this past week, so my fingers are crossed.

I didn't like Amy's hair. It was too dark for her. A brown would have looked nicer.