Top 3 Results - Kill Your Television!

I'll be upfront with y'all - I did not watch tonight's American Idol. There are lots of reasons for this: 1) Allergies are kicking my butt and the medication is making me very sleepy. 2) Natasha on America's Next Top Model did NOT win and she really should have! I swear, ever since Anthony Fedorov on AI, I've had a soft spot for Russians on television competitions. 3) I checked the program guide and was annoyed to see that the results were going to be dragged for a whole hour AGAIN! and finally.....4) I spoiled myself early and read that Melinda was voted off and I am very sad about that.

Melinda is BY FAR the best singer on American Idol EVER in my opinion (Carrie being a very very close second) and that could be the very reason why she didn't make it to the Final Two. I think that my fear about her came true - people like to see improvement, growth, struggle, etc etc and Melinda was just consistently and technically GOOD every single week. There was no drama there, no Sanjaya underdog factor that Americans love. Even the judges couldn't critique her much ("as usual Melinda, that was perfect" etc etc) and some might have found that boring and by extension, maybe found Melinda herself to be boring.

Or maybe its just that more people like Jordin.

*sigh* I so wanted a Melinda/Blake Final 2, but I guess it wasn't meant to be. Although I like Jordin and have even LOVED many of her performances, I want Blake to win. There are lots of reasons why that I will probably post about next week. Right now in my sleepy state, the main reason I really want a Blake win is because there will be a plethora of CAKE stories, gossip, and "OMG are they really secret lovers and how will Blake's AI Fame affect his relationship with Chris" angst and fanwanking.

I can't wait.