Kansas City-area native among final 2 "American Idol" contestants
Story by The Associated Press
9:15 a.m. Thursday, May 15, 2008
It'll be David vs. David.
Syesha Mercado was voted off "American Idol" Wednesday night, paving the way for the expected showdown between David Cook, a native of the Kansas City suburb of Blue Springs, and David Archuleta.
Mercado, a 21-year-old actress from Florida, was the last woman standing on the top-rated Fox contest.
With Mercado gone, "Idol" can now fully hype the David vs. David matchup.
There's Archuleta, the 17-year-old singing prodigy from Murray, Utah, with the overly involved stage dad. And there's Cook, the 25-year-old former bartender from Blue Springs with an edge that the angelic Archuleta lacks.
The two-part season finale begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday on FOX. Learn more about the ousted and remaining contestants at AmericanIdol.com.
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May. 15, 2008 at 9:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)SimonSays2008 (anonymous)
They Promised The Moon, The Stars, And Heaven Above. And just like Charlie Brown I got a rock.
As a songwriter who's parents were songwriters, like them I write because I love it. It's never been about the money. But when the NUMBER ONE SHOW ON TELEVISION says they're looking for some amateur to write the Next Great American Idol Finale Song. Wow! The first thing that crossed my mind was.....MILLIONS! Millions of people. Millions of cd's. Millions of dollars. Millions. I'm betting I'm not the only one.......of Millions.
It's Time For Some Answers!
This is the second year in a row that American Idol has had a songwriting contest. Since the contest ended last year I've researched the contestants from last year and this year....FYI there were over 25,000 entries last year at $10.00 for each song. 20 songs were then chosen out of the 25,000 for an online vote. The winner's song is then performed on the American Idol Finale. The problem I have is that one of THIS years Top 20 Songwriting Finalist is a Co-writer of LAST years Top 20 Songwriting Winner. Somebody from American Idol has some explaining to do.
If you want proof of fraud.
americanidolexposed.weebly.com
By the way....Why aren't you reporting this?
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