Have to say I don’t get the love affair with Brooke. She seems like a nice person, but I find her voice and persona so completely bland and nanny-like. Mary Poppinsish? In contrast, Jason doesn’t strike me as the sharpest knife in the drawer, but for the most part, I’ve enjoyed his performances. He’s not the best singer, but he’s got something pure going on that appeals to me. I expect that what you see on stage is what you’d see and hear if you happened upon him when he didn’t think anyone was around. He won’t win, but I’m glad he’s there.

David Cook is absolutely the most interesting of the lot. I have no doubt that with or without AI at this point, he’ll do very well. Carly is also a big favorite of mine. I was entirely PO’d by the judges critique of her. It might be true that she wasn’t technically perfect, but I thought she hit a home run. She took a song I don’t much like, and made me like it. Simon’s constant critiques based on his approval or disapproval of the song itself rather than the delivery, seems so subjective and beside the point. The contestants shouldn’t be saddled with his personal taste. At the very least they should be critiqued on how well they sang it; how challenging it was; how they distinguished themselves.

So yes, it’d be great if Rosanne were on the judge’s panel!

Hope you’re enjoying your vacation Rosanne, I grew up in the great white north and know how long and dreary winter can be. I agree with your top 3, believe that they’ve earned it, but submit that Carly is the strongest of the women. In another year, without these talented men, she’d be a given.

I agree that David Cook is the “Kelly Clarkson” of Season 7. He managed to create a buzz all based on merit of his supreme talent and is taking this competition by storm.

However, David A. is going to give him a run for his money and I have not eliminated Michael Johns yet.

As for the others, since we are at Top 9, they are going to have to weave some vocal magic to catch up with these 3 singers.

Also had to say this - Idolina - what you said here:

“It’s funny because I don’t think he was one of the judges’ or producers’ favourites going into the top 24, but he is certainly becoming just that. He is earning all of the praise on his own…..you can’t ask for more in an Idol and it just goes to show that the real stars will shine through no matter what.”

put into words what I’ve been trying to say for days. Thank you! I totally agree. I don’t think he was really on TPTB’s radar at all going into the top 24. I think Michael was supposed to be the designated “rocker” but then David kept coming out week after week and delivering solid performances and earning the accolades. 2 “wow” performances in 6 weeks… that’s just crazy. He’s definitely getting attention now!!

It will be tough for him to meet and exceed that level of excellence from this week, but I have no doubt he can do it. I always knew he was great and had confidence in him, but I also wondered whether he’d be able to top “Hello”. And he did.

Good stuff. I definitely have my horse in this race.

The latest on the David Archuleta YTV Project is that we are trying to get this mentioned on the Ellen Degeneres Show.

Please go to Ellen’s website and, as randyisgreat stated, “comment on this project and how you want this uplifting song to be carried around the world because it give people hope for the future. Also do not forget to mention that the YTV project has many volunteers willing to gift this song to spread the word on this amazing rendition by David and its powerful message that he was trying to get across during Tuesday’s show.”

We as a fanbase have a lot of power to make this successful and get people to take notice. YTV is extremely popular in other countries and with your help we can get the message spread across the United States!

Here is the link to Ellen’s website:

http://ellen.warnerbros.com/show/respond/?PlugID=10

Think of how happy this would make David is we got such wide media attention for YTV!

Thanks to everyone again!

I just watched David A.’s performance of “You’re the Voice” and have absolutely fallen in love with it. It kind of reminds me of the song “We are the World”. I really hope he becomes recognized for this song!!

I’m going out on a bold limb here and making my prediction for the final 3 constants (because two would be too hard to do at this moment): David A., David C., and Michael Johns.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate this! Everywhere we can get the word spread is fantastic!

I am happy to approve this comment about further support for David A. I support all the contestants in their supreme efforts to showcase brilliant performances each week.

David A. is immensely talented and I truly loved his song choice this week. Really really good!

David’s Fan Blast has already done two news stories on it:

http://davidarchuletafans.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/youre-the-voice-rally-fanbase-to-unite-behind-powerful-lyrics-fan-blast/

http://davidarchuletafans.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/ytv-youre-the-voice-dark-horse-hit/

You can see my original thread on the American Idol forums here, though it has been de-actived by the moderators we think for promotion of the song without permission:

http://www.americanidol.com/myidol/forums/topic/?tid=864994

Finally if you’re on Facebook you can join this group to support David:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27484215404

We love David and want him to succeed, so David fans please help out in any way you can! Thanks!

I just remember when I was taking lessons, the first million times I tried something new with technique, it sounded awful - no way would I want to display that on stage in front of America without having had LOTS of time to practice it.

It amazes me that the contestants have already picked out songs for the next week before Results Night is over. I wonder if they have next week’s songs picked out before Performance Night - that would be crazy. I just can’t imagine the stress.