DR Jennifer: I respect your feelings about how the producers handled last night's elmination.
That said, however, I must reiterate my pleasure that they recognize the American public's total lack of (1) taste in music and (2) the ludicrousness of a handful of people voting hundreds of times for one person because (1) they like the way she looks in a sweater or (2) she is a fantasy date for their fervid imaginations; or, (3) they like the tightness of the guy's jeans, or (4) because he's the dreamboat fantasy man in many fervid girlish minds regardless of his inability to sing a song without hitting bad notes.
"American Idol" has had many controversial, for me, "winners" based on an assortment of gushing fangirl/fanboy votes....and these people generally don't sustain the winners beyond the last show.
I think the key thing to remember is that it doesn't matter what they "say" on the show about us looking at the next Danny and Sandy -- and then bringing back two more people -- or saying that "we" will decide the winners. The fact is, they do reserve the right to make key decisions when they are certain the public is wrong. Last night, they truly made the right decisions as both those singers were the weakest links.