I'm going to guess that Syesha gets zero text votes on a regular basis and that she has picked up Carly's votes. That would account for her still being there *and* her getting randomly high and low scores on Dial Idol when it doesn't seem to make much of a difference where she is on the predicted scale. So, she looks high right now and will probably be safe (Brooke or Jason are out the door), but she's not as safe as she looks. There's no way that once the votes are counted, she's ahead of David Cook, in real life or in the land of make believe. From the EW 'on the scene' blog: Well, that was useless. Yeah, keep digging Paula Whether you believe her or not, whether I believe her or not or whether she's doing morning after damage control all on her own, I have absolutely zero problem believing that Nigel sprung this on them at the last minute or that Ryan didn't know until just before showtime. Ryan doesn't fuck up on a regular basis and rarely does he look like he's completely off his game and he looked lost last night. I also tend to believe at least a portion of Paula's comments because she didn't hem and haw, she was absolute about Simon's actions and reactions and I don't see her flat out lying about Simon.

Was she actually supposed to sabotage Cookie? I highly doubt that. They want Jason out and they want him out fast. For some reason they hate him, especially Randy. You can see by the expression on his face how Jason did. Last week with Memory, Randy was having this stupid shit eating grin on his face. I don't think Jason will win the thing, I don't think he should win the whole thing, but if I were him, I'd given them all the big FU. I wish he wasn't so nice and told Paula after song 2 something like 'Gee, I can't wait what you have to say about this'. I know it was rigged, I knew it was this rigged, I didn't know they were stupid enough to let Paula off her meds and actually show the world that it's rigged. I wonder if they cut it out of the West Coast's show.

No, they didn't cut anything out of the west coast show.

At the ad break, the judges were all whisked out of the studio, Syesha Mercado, David Cook, David Archuleta and Brooke White left waving to the audience, and Jason Castro was left on a stool, stage center, contemplating what, exactly, had just happened. Tis part is the one that hurts the most for Jason fans. They dropped Paula's shit on him, and them they all go and leave him alone on the stage, in front of all those people, barely any time to get himself together to perform after that and he must have felt absolutely horrible. It's like Clay's Vincident all over again. Syesha was #1 on DialIdol, but Zabasearch says she's going home. I think everyone is confused. edited again to add: 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. If this is the list they use, next week might not be so bad and completely made for Cook. edited again, because I don't like to double post They need to stop fucking with my head. Seriously, I wanted to throw up when Archie and Jason were safe. I think I have issues, I've gone completely over the deep end.

Geeg-I know your pain, but Archie's going to be safe right up until the last announcement on the season finale. Brace yourself for that-I'd be willing to bet the last theme of the season is "Songs Little David sings better than Big David" because the fix is just that big. Now, what I really want to see is Syesha go home next week. She's stayed too long at the fair. Did I mention how happy I was to see Brooke exit? I was very happy.

I'm starting to think that there are no songs little d sings better than big D. I'm also starting to jump on the bandwagon that this has been indeed fixed, just not in the way we all thought from the start.

You think it's fixed for the good David and that Archie spin was a smokescreen?

Yup. I need a cold shower now

Oh my my-that picture really says: "Hey baby, you look hot. Are you hot? I bet you'd feel a lot cooler if you took your panties off. Come on-I'm just thinking about you, baby."

Yeah, something like that. No wonder the tweenies are jumping onto the other David train. Cute little boy vs a fucking hot man. They are all going, what's that weird feeling in my tummy. I like this one too. Oh What the hell, I like this one as well. And this one makes me run for a cold shower again. I'm highly unamused I'm not allowed to take May 9th off from work to go to his Blue Springs(only a bit over 3 hours away) home coming AI thingy(If he makes the top 3 of course). Damn boss thinks I need to be working the Friday before Mother's Day :glare:

Your boss is a silly person. Doesn't he know what the important things are? Mother's Day comes around every year. David Cook's homecoming comes 'round but once!

He obviously doesn't have his priorities straight :hammer:

Song spoilers: Syesha Mercado :: Proud Mary & A Change is Gonna Come David Cook :: Baba ORiley & Hungry Like The Wolf Jason Castro :: I Shot The Sheriff & Mr. Tambourine Man David Archuleta :: Stand By Me & Love Me Tender <----

Ugh. David's 2nd choice is kind of cheesey. ETA: 500 songs and David picked that? I hope his fans vote in droves tonight because that song sucks to start with and he didn't improve it much.

Did they watch a different Little David performance than I did? That was 8th grade talent show stuff right there.