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The other day my wife and I were at Wal-Mart.  We were in the record section, and we listened to the samples from Kelly Clarkson's and Fantasia's new albums.  I liked Kelly's album a lot better.  I can see how she won the first Idol.

Fantasia was the special guest on tonight's show.  Fantasia looked a bit worn-out compared to the last time we've seen her.  Let's hope that her apparent weariness is the result of a massive publicity tour, and not something more serious.  (Ruben -who was in the audience- looked good...)

Anyways, I really enjoyed Fantasia's song tonight.  I know that she sang the same song at the end of last season, but it turned out really well on this show.  She's a good screamer on the microphone.  Her voice reminded me a bit of Tom Jones.

Results:

Two of the bottom three contestants for today's show were quite surprising.  Vonzell Solomon and Nikko found themselves in the bottom three, along with the expected Scott Savol.  (Q: Who is voting for Anthony and Constantine? A: Our infamous fans of season three's JPL and John Stevens.)

Ultimately, Vonzell and Scott were safe.  Nikko was the one to be surprisingly eliminated this week.  That was more than a bit surprising considering how horrible Scott and Anthony were last night.

I wonder why Nikko was eliminated? My best guess is that he wasn't so good at connecting with the fans.  It is also possible that some fans were turned off because his dad is a hall-of-fame pro athlete.  His performances were usually good each week, and he was a nice looking, friendly, well-spoken young man.

Let's see what happens next week...