Gone too soon

Could he have won? Probably not, unless he put on about six performances in a row equivalent to his performance on the first Beatles night. But Chikezie went too soon. He's far more entertaining and talented than a number of singers still left (see Malubay, Ramiele as example number one). The whole bottom three was a little odd, to be honest--Syesha had her best performance yet, but I guess many people agree with me that she's lacking something in the charisma department. And Jason Castro is thought to be one of the most popular singers in the competition, but he sung early and wasn't as good as in past weeks. But they're still around, and Chikezie is gone. Oh, well.

What is concerning is Ramiele not even making the bottom three (assuming the bottom three is legit--I heard an interview with Chris Sligh from last season the other day, and he raised doubts about whether the producers stuck people in the bottom three who they thought needed more support.) Back in the auditions, she was compared to Jasmine Trias because of her Filipino roots, and hopefully we won't be comparing her to Jasmine Trias seven weeks from now when she makes the final three beacause, like Trias, she had some kind of powerful Filipino voting bloc.

As for the rest of the show, the medley was mercifully short, the call-in segment was tolerable, the Idol Gives Back segment was perhaps the most self-congratulatory segment I've ever seen on a television show, and Kimberly Locke looked good and sung fine. The most interesting part of the show was David Archuleta's defense of his song choice, in which he wondered why everyone else was surprised by his choice. Maybe, David, because no one had ever heard it before? Even Paula and Randy had no idea what it was. Does David Archuleta live in a world where John Farnham is a big star?

Actually, I'm wrong. The most interesting part of the results show continues to be the fact that they need more than 60 minutes to fit in the announcement of one name. My DVR came on at 9:00, went off at 10:00 and still missed the beginning of the show and the last notes of Chikezie's song. Would it kill Fox to keep the show within 60 minutes, or at least tell the DVR listings they'll be starting early and ending late?
You know, we are your customers. Why are you making us miss part of the show because we're not home to tune in at 8:58 and don't remember to set the DVR to come on early? OK, that's the end of my rant. Fingerhut out.