It was no surprise that Melissa left last night on Idol, she's seen this coming since the first performance week when she wisely called out the producers for her lack of screen time during the important audience-relationship-building audition episodes. She didn't deserve to go so soon but she didn't deserve to be around forever either, so at least she can be happy the judges praised her final performance on the show (Simon called it her best yet) and she's now the best singer ever to be eliminated first in the Idol finals.
What was shocking, of course, was who was in the bottom three with her. I couldn't even properly enjoy Ace's bottom three standing because I knew he was in no way worse than Kevin and Kellie, who both miraculously (or deviously?) escaped the bottom three.
And standing next to Ace and Melissa was Lisa, one of the best singers in the top 12. She tried to change up her style, going for a faster song, and she did well but maybe now she'll run back to the ballads.
It's possible that Lisa doesn't stand out enough, or that her fans are also likely to be fans of Mandisa or Paris or Katharine and were busy voting for one or all of those three instead. It's just too bad that some of the contestants who do stand out more than Lisa, do so because they're weak singers with big personalities, or just plain bad.
Maybe it's worth remembering that Kinnik and Gedeon were both much better than some of the top 12, but I guess America needs its "variety"...
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