To Sweetcheeks: Such bigotry makes me so ill I feel like throwing up. Thank goodness American Idol doesn’t share your bigotry. Oh, and, for your information, Jordin gets A’s and B’s in school, so she’s anything but dim-witted.

Congratulations to the beautiful, talented Jordin for her win!

But then he surprised us and actually gave it some pep. We thought he did as much with that song as any non-Celine/Whitney wannabe could have.

When Jordin sang it, it sounded sooooo depressing. Like she had to take a handful of antidepressants just to get out of bed every morning. If that girl is going to go on tour, they had better put some Mexican jumping beans in her shoes. I have never seen a 17 year old with less ability to move to the music. She just walks out there and parks herseld in front of the mike like a load of dumped gravel. The most movement you see is when she arches that one eyebrow to play to the camera.

Blake is better off without the constrictive & limiting AI contract. They would have tried to turn him into a Disney balladeer. I think he’ll do fine. If he never sang another note, he could still have a brilliant career as a producer with his amazing “musical smarts.” I didn’t even start out as a uge fan or anyhing, but I quickly came to admire how he played to his strengths, had breadth and depth of musical knowledge, and could entertain the crowd. I think he’s just SMART when it comes to advancing his career. When I heard that beat-boxing way back, I’d have never thought he’d get to the top two. But if you pay attention, these is a lot more going on in that head of his than beat-boxing and that’s how he made it to the top 2.

Jordin will benefit much more from the AI machine. They can possibly teach her how to move (not dance….just moving would be nice) on stage and with any luck, get her out of that belt-it-out ballad box. She can only ride that pony so long. Kelly Clarkson did not get where she is on ballads, but wowed people with versatility after winning AI. But KC showed she could do that during the contest while Jordin had some really rough nights when she got out of her box. She needs to follow up that SAS Idol song with something with more sass and kick.

Blake was sandbagged by having to sing a song that did not fit his style. Why did the producers pick this song for both? Answer: They did not want Blake to have any chance to win. Follow the money. Jordin can make it for them. Blake does not have the same potential. Disgusting, deplorable and dishonest. I think that Jordin should have and would have won anyway, but to do it like this is not right.