I never really watched American Idol before, except the finale where they get to choose the winner... But this year, I chanced upon the auditions for season 7 and its opening, so somehow I got hooked! So week after week I watched... AND NOW, they're down to 4! They say its gonna be a battle of the DAVIDS: David Archuleta, the cute one, and David Cook, the "macho" one... I kinda prefer David Cook, if that's the case. Cook has a more flexible voice range unlike that of Archuleta's, but Archuleta really knows how to rearrange the song to his voice range and that makes him really sound good. Plus I think he has developed a big fan base which might be hard to crack...
Personally, though, I prefer Syesha Mercado to win. She really can whip up any song. She can be a Whitney Houston, a Broadway singer/actress, etc... If we just listen closely to the veterans: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Mariah Carey, Dolly Parton and Neil Diamond, plus the judges: Randy, Paula and even Simon - they have always spoken highly of her. However, she always landed at the bottom, and its really short of a miracle that she's still around after landing 5 times at the bottom 3 or bottom 2... So in this contest, looks like she is the dark horse (no pun intended!) ... Hopefully the fan base of the others will transfer to her...
For the coming round, Jason Castro should go... The top 3 should be the 2 Davids and Syesha.. Well, Abangan!
