Wow. I really liked Paris Bennett and was sad when she was voted off last season. At just 17 she seemed mature, innovative, versatile and talented. Now she just seems like a vengeful betch! She phoned into a Minneapolis radio show and said that she and some other contestants (likely other Idol “losers”) support the website VotefortheWorst.com in hopes of messing up the results. She added that they “want to see [Sanjaya] win because it’ll kind of prove that American Idol is kind of losing its taste” since “it kinda isn’t going for talent anymore and more for popularity” (wow, …read more

It’s been awhile since we’ve heard from all of our finalists. How much do we know about what they’ve been up to, other than being on tour with the American Idol Live tour.
The Detriot Free Press has an article that shares with us the goings-on and doings of each of the finalists. Most interesting to me were:
Chris Daughtry: The rocker whose early departure provided the season’s biggest shocker just bought a brand-new home in North Carolina for his family for a reported $690,000. He’s set to work with star-making music mogul Clive Davis on an upcoming album. He’s also cooking …read more

I will be blogging tonight’s American show. Be sure and check it out! I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that this may be Elliott’s last night to perform. He’s a great singer, just not sure he’s got the fan base to support him anymore compared to the others. I think one of the challenges later in the show like this is converting fans from Idols that have been voted off, to your own. I think Taylor will have picked up a significant portion of Paris’ fans.