Interesting, DR Jose, that you indicate Blake can "not" beat box.
Yes, he can...and when he has, he's been the weakest performer on the stage. The LAST time he did "not" beat box, he was in the bottom three. That was three weeks ago.
He has "beat-boxed" in every song since.
But then you bring up whether "America" disliked the performer or the song choice. Or both.
I don't think Blake has any delusions that he has a "killer voice". He does what he does, and he does it well. Which, alas, is the one thing that's bugged me about "Idol" from the beginning...
There is really no such thing as an "All-Around Artist". Yes, it's nice know that someone can sing a song from each of the past decades, and emulate certain artists, but there's no way a recording artist can make a career out of singing "The Great and Not-So-Great American Songbook Of the Past 50 Years."
I would love to see "AI" change gears one season and have each and every song choice chosen by the contestants, and to not have those choices pigeon-holed due some weekly theme or artist tribute. Not everyone can sing everything very well. A singer may be able to sing all types of music, but they can't sing everything with the same level of comfortability and "fit". And as the Bon Jovi and Barry Gibb weeks shown, sometimes there's really no good song to choose.
I would really like to see true individual talents show their individual talents. I would have loved to hear Lakisha rip into a Gospel song. I would have loved to hear Melinda sing something she keeps in her proverbial back pocket. Heck, I even think Chris Richardson had one or two great performances/songs in him that he never got a chance to show.
And remember when "Idol" started off, and they were concentrating more of the repertoire choices from the music of the 1950s-1980s? Even "Idol" has reinvented itself to keep with today's music scene.