The judge cries, "I don't want to do this anymore" after sending a fan favorite HOME ,,,,
OK, let's cut to the chase. Wednesday's "American Idol" episode was two hours long, but all America will be talking about is the five minutes when early favorite Chris Medina, the nice guy with the brain-damaged fiancée whose sob story captured the hearts of millions, was axed in what Ryan Seacrest unhyperbolically described as the most emotional elimination in "Idol" history.
There were many spoilers out there on the Interweb days ago tipping viewers off to this shocker, but the shock didn't really set in until we all saw it on TV. America cried, I cried...and even ice queen Jennifer Lopez cried. "I don't want to do this anymore," she bemoaned. The hardened cynic in me wanted to believe that J.Lo's crocodile tears were fake, but it all just seemed too real, too sad.
But honestly, while my heart bleeds and tearducts leak for Chris, I am ultimately OK with this decision. It was becoming increasingly obvious as the season continued that Chris was coasting on his backstory; talent-wise, he was simply outshined during Hollywood Week, and there were too many other contenders who, based on their standout performances alone, deserved to go through instead. Chris's final performance of Coldplay's tearjerker "Fix You," a perfect and personal song for him, was actually his personal best--but at this late stage in the game, it just wasn't enough.
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Thursday, February 24th 2011 at 2:17AM
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