Thursday, May 18

Goodbye Elliott!

It's official. The last eliminated idol in the hit series American Idol has been announced. Elliott Yamin sings his last note in the AI stage. Richmond, Virginia's vote for the next American Idol has been ousted last night. He became the darkhorse in this competition and a lot were a bit surprised when they knew that Elliott even made it to the Top 3. America's [rumored] favorite, Chris Daughtry, expected to win this competition hands down but that didn't happen. A different scenario happened with Elliott. It seemed like he expected that he was the one who will leave this time. Elliott's biggest fan, Paula Abdul gave him a standing ovation as he sang his final song, "Moody's Mood for Love".

But this didn't stop Elliott's fans from speaking their mind about his departure. His fans were outraged as they thought that he would be the sole survivor in this competition. Being that he was not noticed during the Final 3 week, fans thought that he had less TV exposure which caused less votes than expected. Is this really the reason? We'll probably never find out. What we all know is that Elliot lost by 0.2% of the vote. Tough luck for Yamin.

And now, the final 2 contestants are named: Katharine McPhee and Taylor Hicks. Both will be singing next week in the awaited Kodak Theatre which is home of the Oscars. McPhee and Hicks will be battling it out for the title of "American Idol 5 winner". Who will it be? Just 7 more days till the finale!

"And the winner of American Idol 2006 is......."