American Idol 3 Results Show. May 12, 2004

Another surprising one.

Published on May 12, 2004 By Jamie Burnside In Entertainment

Tonight's results' show pared the final four ladies down to the final three. Since they had 1 hour and 5 minutes to fill, we had to expect more filler than the usual results' show. (In a pre-Idol note: That extended trailer for "The Day After Tomorrow" looked pretty compelling. I might want to go see that this summer.)

For filler, I was pretty happy. The group songs were good (with Donna Summer and Clay Aiken.) The photo shoot and Clay Aiken interview weren't bad either. Donna Summer also got a second shot at singing solo. The long show seemed to flow as nicely as the results' shows usually do. Of course, I still prefer a half-hour results' show.

Diana was able to have a nice, restful show. The way that they paced this evening's show, she was able to learn her fate within the first fifteen minutes. It was probably a bit rougher for Fantasia, who learned that she was in the bottom-two early on in the show. Jasmine and Latoya were left to stew for the first 55 minutes of the show. ...Rough for them.

In the end, the bottom two were Fantasia and Latoya. That was a bit of a surprise. (Look at my last blog entry, the judges moving Jasmine to tears earned her A LOT of sympathy votes. That said: Jasmine isn't out-of-place in the final three. Imagine if John Stevens would have made it this far!) I had also been suggesting that Latoya hasn't been showing enough personality, and it may be hard to relate to "Fantasia's world." Of the four, Jasmine and Diana have presented images that America can "fall in love with."

The contestant who was eliminated was Latoya. What a shock! Once I saw that Fantasia and Latoya were in the bottom-two, I was sure that Fantasia was going to go. There goes my prediction of Latoya and Diana in the finals (with Latoya winning.) I will have to amend my prediction to Diana vs. Fantasia in the finals (with Diana winning.)

Jasmine has enough support however that I wouldn't be surprised if she snuck into the final-two. That would be okay. She's not so bad.

Comments

BlueDev

on May 12, 2004

I think Jasmine, while certainly with some well earned fans, also picked up a lot of pity votes due to Simon's verbal lashing and the shots of her crying. Could be wrong, but I don't think there is any way she deserved to be in the top two. I could have even seen her in the bottom two and staying, but in the top two? Shame to lose Latoya, as I think she definately has the best voice out of the four. Diana will be getting my vote from now on for sure.

on May 12, 2004

I knew it!!! Diana is most definately going to win this "American Idol". Jasmine has a lot of support out there,, I can't believe that she was on the top two!!! but I guess crying will get you anything!!!!

as for Latoya,, she just did not seem to click with the audience. Sad to see her go but she needed to make a connection with the the audience to be able to last. Not surprised to see her go.

as for Fantasia, well, not much to say about her except that her voice is not different from any other regular singer,, she is not attracting the audience. Her singing just sounds to lullaby ( as in using the same jingle to different words of a song). I do not think she will last much longer.

KellyW0498

on May 13, 2004

Wow..I was surprised at the result, but when I saw who the two were I knew it would be LaToya. She didn't connect with anyone. It will be interesting to see what happens next. I missed the 30 minute results show as well.

carebear07

on May 13, 2004

I was sort of upset to see Latoya go. I think Jasmine should've went this week. When it came down to the bottome two ladies, I thought for sure Fantasia was going to go. But i guess it goes to say, "you win some, you lose some!" But I guess for Latoya it was her turn to lose. It is a shame to see her go though. And I agree that the only reason Jasmine was in the top two was because of all the sympathy votes, on count of the fact that Simon made her cry Tuesday night.

~carebear~

F HUTCHISON

on May 13, 2004

WELL AS SIMON ONCE SAID LATOYA CAN GET A RECORD DEAL ON HER OWN MERITS SHE IS A VERY CLASS ACT THATS A SHAME THE REST OF AMERICA DIDNT FEEL THE SAME I NO WE ALL WILL BE HEARING FROM HER IN THE FUTURE I SURE HOPE SO SHES THE REAL WINNER IN MY BOOK THE OTHERS SHOULD TAKE A LESSON IN GRACE.

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