Blake Lewis....Jordin Sparks is the American Idol for 2007!
Below was written BEFORE the elimination show of 5/23/07 was aired.
This post will be posted immediately after the American Idol for 2007 is announced on Wednesday 5/23/07.
With pics found nowhere else on the Internet and a look back at the 2007 competition.
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The American Idol for 2007
Reminder that this post is written BEFORE the final elimination on the night of 5/23/07. I predict the winner will be Jordin Sparks but if not her, than, heh, let me predict right now that Blake Lewis will win.
Below a pic of the top twelve females from this year of our Lord 2007 and below this, a pic of the top twelve males. I also remind that at the bottom of this post is a comprehensive list of links to reviews of each night of competition this year should yon reader wish to re-visit and reminisce.
But now we are down to Blake and Jordin and this final top two not only does NOT suprise me, I consider it a healthy ending to a contest that, despite all attempts to discredit it, has grown to become a major American Pop Culture event. This year we had a cabal that tried to push male contender Sanjaya over the top to win this thing but it did not work. The effort, spearheaded by shock jock Howard Stern, failed although for a while it was amusing.
See, America is a country set in its ways and the way we vote on American Idol is not unlike how we handle our politicians and eventually our vote for the lot of them. When the final vote is far off and distant, we tend to cast a busy eye on the ongoing events then move on to our own busy lives quickly. A few of us tend to get in the contest early on and wrap ourselves in the journey knee deep. So early on Stern was able to coerce his rather significant listening audience to tilt the call-in vote for Sanjaya even though while Sanjaya was a personable young man, he was no American Idol and even Sanjaya knew this. But as the countdown to the final vote loomed closer, more regular joes began to phone in a vote and here in the U S of A there really is no shock jock or celebrity with so much power as to congeal our national will to one personal end. Soon enough Sanjaya was kicked off although he made it to the top ten, which he did not deserve. Here's a lesson in the effectiveness of common goals, sort of like a pop culture political party. If Rush Limbaugh were of a mind, and I know he's not, but if Rush Limbaugh were to push an American Idol contender I'm quite sure he could cajole his listeners to push the buttons for a choice of Rush himself, no matter his logic. Eventually, however, even mighty Rush Limbaugh and his twenty million listeners could not overpower a country with almost 300 citizens, not counting the illegals and the gazillion who vote five or six times.
On the final night of competition, Tuesday 5/22/07, the two finalists sang three songs. One was the contender's favorite tune, one was a song each had not sung at any time during the competition. Finally each sang 2007's song specifically written for the competition, an expected slow,sweet and sappy tune titled "This Is My Now".
For his favorite tune, Blake sang Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name". This is a tune he sang on Bon Jovi night, natch, and Blakes version of this tune was nothing less than a spectacular display of his amazing talent. As the judges have expressed many times, Blake does not bring amazing or unmatched vocals to the contest. He DOES bring an incredible and diverse amount of talent to the contestant table.
For his "virgin" tune, in a sense, Blake sang a tune by Maroon 5 called "She Will Be Loved". I am totally unfamiliar with the song and the group but I was impressed that Blake picked a song that wasn't too way out or borderline hip-hop. Finally Blake sang this year's signature tune and let's move on.l For "This Is My Now" was not anything Blake Lewis would sing well and Jordin simply blew him out of the water when SHE sang the same song.
If God is in his heaven and logic reigns, Blake Lewis will come in second in this year's competition. Blake Lewis is not the best SINGER in the 2007 competition, but he IS the best performer on many levels. A solid second place in the 2007 American Idol will launch Blake on to a stellar career as a singer and performer. I'd softly suggest that Blake Lewis will fare much better in a second place position that his main competition, Jordin Sparks, could ever do.
Jordin Sparks sang a Christine Aguillara tune "Thanks for Making Me A Fighter", again a tune I didn't know. Of course young Jordin did a smashing job and for her favorite tune Martina McBride's "A Broken Wing", Jordin didn't give Blake a flash of daylight toward complete victory. It was when Jordin launched into the 2007 American Idol signature tune "This Is My Now" that any doubt that Jordin knocked it out of the park was dispelled.
Again, this is all written BEFORE either Jordin or Blake was eliminated. I firmly believe Jordin will win but the winner will be posted proudly and loudly at the top of this Blog post, even if it is Blake Lewis.
PREDICTIONS FOR TOP THREE WINNERS, in order indicated-
Jordin Sparks
Blake Lewis
Melinda Doolittle
Below, the WINNER OF AMERICAN IDOL 2007:
Jordin Sparks
AMERICAN IDOL 2007 LINKS
Seattle and Minneapolis 1/16/07 and 1/17/07
Birmingham 1/30/07
San Antonio 2/6/07
The Top 24 2/12/2007
First Four Eliminated
3/1/07-Down to 16
The Top Twelve
Diana Ross and the Top Twelve
British Invasion
Gwen Stefani Tribute
Andy Williams Special
Jennifer Lopez Night
Martina McBride Night
Down to Top Five as Idol "Gives Back"
Down to FOUR in 2007
From Three to Two-Blake, Melinda or Jordin?
American Idol 2007 WINNER!
More TV Reviews HERE
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