Obviously America has no taste, and I’m referring to tonight’s American Idol results show. How on earth is Melinda not in the final two? I’m figuring it one of two ways:

1. People got too confident that since she is obviously the best singer on the show she would be secured a place in the top two (I figured she’d win the competition, too), so they didn’t bother to vote for her;
2. Vote for the Worst has a huge influence.

I think Jordin should’ve left. Yes, she’s good and has been great in past weeks, but last night she didn’t stand out. As Simon put it, her songs were all old-fashioned, and I didn’t think she had much energy behind her singing. I thought her performances were bland. Melinda was awesome and Blake had me tapping along with his songs. Blake makes the kind of music I would gladly pay money for, and Melinda is so much like a young Tina Turner that it tickles me.