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Do I have to spoiler cut for American Idol results? Just in case:

SIGH. I would be more upset if Siobhan hadn't been making it kind of difficult to be a fan of hers lately, but I'm still pretty disappointed. It's like when Didi left, and I'm more sad about the wasted potential. She was SO GOOD in the beginning, IDK what happened.

The only reason I even started watching this year was because of all the promises that it was a girl's year. Remember how by the end of Hollywood week it seemed like there were a million awesome girls in the competition whereas all the boys were boring and shit? What the hell happened? I mean, all the boys are still boring and shit, but somehow all the girls but one managed to fall apart.

I guess I still think Crystal's going to win - although not if she picks more songs like whatever it was she sang this week; what a snoozefest - but I also wouldn't be remotely surprised by Lee winning. To be honest, I don't really care anymore. Can we just fastforward a few months until Crystal's album is out, please?

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I think a big issue with girls vs. boys is that so much of the voting base is silly teenage girls who vote for the boys they think are cute rather than the most talented singers. My problem is not that there are so many boys left, it's that the boys who are left SUCK. Lee is pitchy as hell and all his songs sound the same because of his gross Nickleback voice, Aaron struggles to even hit the majority of the notes he sings (and misses half the time) and has zero originality, Michael has a nice tone but is only good with one genre (R&B) and comes off as a giant douchebag, and Casey is riding on his guitar playing and good looks (ugh, I do not think he's attractive) because his vocal range is very limited and originality is also nowhere to be found. How these guys made it so far and continue to be praised by the judges completely baffles me. Like, really, America? Really?

Crystal has more talent in her pinky finger than any of them. She has good tone, good range, plays her instrument well and has lots of originality. There's no reason why after auditioning thousands of singers the Top 12 shouldn't be composed entirely of people as talented as her. The Crystal Bowersoxes and Adam Lamberts of the competition shouldn't be so suprisingly good, they should be the norm.

Anyway, I was a little worried about Crystal's chances of winning but she wasn't even in the bottom 3 after whatever the hell that song was this week, so I think she'll take the whole thing. Poor Siobhan has been so wildly inconsistent and mouthy with the judges that I'm particularly sad to see her go.

I was a little worried about Crystal's chances of winning but she wasn't even in the bottom 3 after whatever the hell that song was this week, so I think she'll take the whole thing

The thing is, neither was Lee, and he was really bad this week instead of just being boring like Crystal. I'm not convinced he won't end up beating her, but I think if he wins it'll be a sign that no-one except a moderately attractive white guy with a guitar can ever win American Idol again.