Comments on: Shock Heard Around the World, Chris Daughtry voted off American Idol

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 11 May 2006 21:09:11 +0000

We were all shocked to see Chris go. No reason to watch the rest of the season besides boredom and curiousity.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 11 May 2006 20:50:39 +0000

Quite a shock on American Idol tonight as someone who seemed a shoo-in for the finales was booted. The show opened with the contestants at the home of the King of Rock-n-Roll – Elvis Presley. What plastic surgeon did Priscilla Presley go to to get The Joker look? She is just scary, down right scary now. And, in case you are wondering, yes, the inside of Graceland is really as tacky as it looks on television. Poor Elvis…so unfortunate to die in 1977 and be immortalized with tacky interior design forever.

After much time filling by Rebecca Romijn, Ryan, and the Idols themselves, we got down to the top two and the bottom two. I figured when I saw Taylor and Elliott together that they were the top two and indeed, they were. Chris and Katharine were the bottom two contestants. Seems like all of us, even Katharine expected to hear her name called when Ryan callously blurted out that Chris was leaving. However, I am fine with that – to me, Chris had become too smug. As the final four stood before us, they all looked nervous except Chris. You can sing as intensely as you want, but at the end of the day, all American Idol really is is a show where America votes for their favorites and Chris just did not get the votes. I think Chris and his fans both bought into all the hype surrounding him and got lax about voting and you just cannot to that.

I didn’t really enjoy Chris’ performances this week, so maybe it was really Elvis that kicked his butt in the end.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 11 May 2006 03:58:04 +0000

It was a shock this week on American Idol to see Chris Daughrity leave the show. Many people, including myself, believed that this week Elliott Yamin would go, but in fact Yamin, along with 29 year old Taylor Hicks made the top two. Katharine McPhee edged out Chris to remain in the competition for at least another week by getting third place in the voting. Many of the fans on hand as well as the juges were stunned that Chris was voted of the show. Paula Abdul, like expected, was again crying. We will have to see how the competition plays out over the next few weeks to see who will become the 2006 American Idol.