Last night's "AI": I find it most peculiar, odd and exceedingly strange that any records might have been set in the voting when viewership is down.
And I find it very hard to comprehend that Cook beat Archuleta by 12 milliion votes!
I read an interesting story online yesterday afternoon about how the Idol producers "wanted" Cook to win because he would be an easier talent to manage than would be Archuleta. David A. was, to them, someone who would come with some unmanageable baggage (i.e., his father) and that David C. would be a more comfortable fit.
I hope they do better by David C. than they did by any of the previous winners, none of whom had great success with the Idol-management-produced CD debuts.
Did anyone else think Carrie Underwood looked a bit like street trash? She's taken on a "hard" look. I barely recognized her voice, either.
I only saw Underwood and part of Gladys Knight's number with the stupid trio backups. Very unfunny stuff, IMO. Knight was, as always, superb.
Simon's "seemed-like-an" apology to David C. was a bit much. The damage was done. There are times when the producers ought to take the judges "out" of the competition and keep them silent. That included last night, too, I feel.
