Yes, Jacob Lusk is finally shown the door. And about time too. Week after week, he’d survived the elimination round while we watch helplessly as one by one of our “favorites” exit the Idol stage. Of course I’m using the term “favorites” quite loosely here as my No. 1 “favorite” American Idol contender James Durbin is still on board. But I’d lost my favorite gal Thia Megia many weeks back and of course my 2nd level favorites like Casey Abrams and Paul McDonald had already been eliminated due to the “incompetence” of the “voting Americans”.

Yes, I say “incompetence” because they are probably not equipped to judge a singing contest and are obviously unable to see real “talent” even when it’s right in front of them. Well, that’s “democracy” for you. I think it’s foolhardy to have a system whereby any “talent” be it singing, dancing or any other “creative” acts are judged by the public as we all know that more often than not, favoritism, popularity and the likes usually play a big part in determining the winners. Professional judges should always be in place as the deciding instrument of separating the “good” ones from the “bad”.

It’s not like in politics where you have to live with your decision. After all, if you vote for someone to hold office, you obviously have to live with the consequences of your choice as it
will affect you one way or another. But in the case of music for example, you really don’t have to burden yourself with buying the eventual winner’s cd or attend any of his/her concerts. I’m just making a point that’s all. So hopefully, the American voters in this season’s “American Idol” will use their power wisely because the future of someone is obviously in their hands.

Back to the moment when Ryan Seacrest was about to announce which of the remaining 2 contestants will be the one eliminated. At this point in time, we’d already witnessed 3 of the contenders being sent back by Ryan to the safety of their seats, leaving Jacob Lusk and (surprise, surprise!!) Lauren Alaina to their fate. Now, it’s certainly no surprise to me as I was expecting her to be in the “Bottom 3” or even “Bottom 2” way, way back on those nights when she was oh-so “non-connecting” in her performance. But unfortunately, her fan base kept her afloat all this while. But her time has run out and probably her lack-lustre take on those themed nights have finally taken the toil out of her die-hard followers. So… need I say more??

Anyhow, Lauren started “tearing” and even when Jacob was being announced as the one going, she was still in tears which made me think that this year’s youngsters were ill-prepared for the pressures of a contest of this mega proportions. Perhaps the “powers-that-be” should revert to the previous minimum age criteria. We wouldn’t want any of these sweet young things to be scarred forever, do we??