The show's producer made the final decision revelation an agonizing affair, bringing in the women's families, showing past tapes of Charlie with his two women, honing in on Charlie as he pined about the difficulty and pain he was experiencing with the choice.

I suppose it's all hype and part of the drama pumped up by this turn of events.
Charlie chose Sarah by the way. The rejected one, Krisily, took it bravely. Which I suspect was scripted. Couldn't have Krisily boo-hooing all over the TV causing the audience to hate Charlie.

And the show.

I didn't hate Charlie. He seemed sincere for the most part. I will always think that Krisily would have been better off wishing Charlie and Sarah good luck and walking away. Instead she pined and hoped that Charlie would choose her.

Then I suppose Krisily got a nice check in the mail for her drama.

American Idol

It's Vonzell, Bo or Carrie as of this writing.

By me they are all very talented and quite capable of being 2005's American Idol.

On the night of the final three, each contender sang three songs. One song was chosen by the Judges. One the contestants chose themselves. One was chosen by Clive Davis, chairman of the record company that will be marketing the records of the AI winners.

They all did fine. As well they should because by the time it rolls around to the final three the remaining contenders should be comfortable in their skin.

Bo did something brave. He sang a song with no accompaniment. Yes this is daring but frankly I was bored by the song. I imagine myself sitting in a nightclub and a singer comes out to belt out a tune with no backup band. Indeed it's a way to show off our vocal talents but fine entertainment it's not. Still, American Idol IS a contest and in contests and such we must do the brave that we stand out from the rest.

Carrie sang a wonderful song for her choice of the night. Then it is a song I adore and there was the surprise of Carrie not singing a country/western song as her tune.

The Air Supply song "Nothing At All" is not an easy tune to sing. Carrie belted it out, at one point reaching for a long note that was downright scary. I thought she made it happen. Simon thought she pushed it a hair too far.

Alas Vonzell was voted off the following night. But her career is far from over. She's talented, pretty and has a special space for her abilities.

My picks as of now:
2-Bo Bice
1-Carrie Underwood

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