Clay, I was a BIG fan of yours …even shelled out money to go to only one of your concerts and you know how public your blog is even its for “members” only. people will find out.

and second, better not to have a public blog and keep your opinions to yourselves and how you address them because you just lost a fan.

“I think many voters got sick of being “told who to vote for”. I think many were turned off by the blatant favoritism shown towards one contestant. Therefore, on that last night, they used their votes against a contestant that they were tired of hearing about and for the contestant who had been written off. And, at the same time, I think they voted AGAINST an American Idol that has, for four years now, been more about the slick productions and polished contestants than it has been about finding the raw talent that it did in its first three seasons.

Those votes for Kris were also votes to return the show to its roots of finding “real” contestants with undiscovered talent and giving them the chance to grow and shine. They were votes that said “we’re tired of seeing contestants who already seem to know it all”.

But as justgroovy wrote, it’s ridiculous for Clay Aiken to judge two performers who sang lots of songs on a popular live TV show based on one performance by one of them.

If Clay Aiken was busy on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, then he could have used iTunes to listen to more before posting an opinion on which performer is better.