American Idol Top 4, 3, 2, 1
Job-hunting takes me away from American Idol. Therefore most of my real time comments were limited on my twitter. I will repost them here for your benefit.
AMERICAN IDOL GRAND FINALE with Crystal and Lee
Tangina!!! Crystal performing witth alanis!!!!! Swerte! %^*#@&$ this is the best finale evar
TOP 2 – PERFORMANCE NIGHT with Mamasox & Lee
I think crystals more in the zone. do i vote for her? she looks like lil pete fr pete &pete. So i get confused (& lee looks like my cuzn) 8:51 PM May 25th via Twitterrific
Oh no lee you di-int! Not U2!!! No one should touch U2!!! AI finale is almost over but feels lame & bitin. 8:40 PM May 25th via Twitterrific
TOP 3 with Lee, Casey and Crystal
looks like a crystal – lee showdown for AI next week. wooot! 8:46 PM May 18th via web
DUETS NIGHT / TOP 4 with Lee, Casey, Crystal and Big Mike
OMG! i got goosebumps from AI’s crystal and lee doing Falling Slowly from ONCE 8:51 PM May 11th via web
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How funny that both finalists Crystal and Lee auditioned in Chicago (with Crystal laughingly telling Lee on the top4 show that he was her Chicago crush).
The winner, as it turns out, is Lee Dewyze. I really would’ve loved for Crystal Bowersox to win this year. The best don’t always necessarily win, as we can attest over the last few years of AI. Lee has an extremely commercial voice, and his looking nervous and stoic makes him feel human. Crystal, who looks perennially stoned, makes us feel like she’s someone you can never relate to, someone who doesn’t really care. Her voice is very strong however (and crystal clear!). It has been a boy winner for the last 3 years and I felt it was time for a girl. Ah well. Blame it on the prepubescent girl voters and grannies.
THE APPEAL OF LEE DEWYZE
Lee is wildly popular and yet he’s the underdog. He doesn’t play guitar that well, he has a regular crappy 9-5 job back home and without AI, he is just a regular Joe. He looks nervous all the time, and seems like a simple quiet guy.
People love underdogs. And because they champion the underdog, I find myself championing the new underdog that is Crystal Bowersox. I was originally rooting for her – for any girl to reach the finals; yet Lee’s quiet charm gets to you, and week after week, he picks the songs well and owns them. It doesn’t hurt that he’s good on the eyes too. He’s got those big blue eyes that tell their own story… like a soulful puppy in a window saying “Take me home! please!” Why wouldn’t you love him?
The judges regularly criticized Lee for seeming like he can’t contain an ounce of confidence (while Crystal just looks like she’s extremely confident but doesn’t care) but he’s not gonna be brilliant outside of AI like Crystal is without being picked up by bigwig producers & arrangers. Let’s face it, even finishing at #2, Crystal will make records like Janis and Tracy Chapman and Stevie Nicks combined. She’s got it made. Her talent alone does that.
Lee needs all the help he can get.
