Mandisa was kicked off of American Idol last night. She was arguably the best singer there. She had more range than the others, though Chris has more singing experience and Paris less fear of the stage.
Eight now remain.
My wife liked Mandisa the best, but was not shocked when she was kicked off. She says that the telephone vote does not matter (in fact, the telephone vote does matter), that the show’s producers will kick off whomever they wish. And they wished to kick off Lisa and Mandisa because they are black. Either because the producers do not like blacks or because they were afraid that having three blacks in the top eight would turn off too many viewers in a country where only one person in eight is black. So two blacks had to go no matter how good they were. The dirty deed had to be done.
(Lisa, I still love you!)
She says the producers look at it like this:
| 2002 | white female | Kelly Clarkson |
| 2003 | black male | Ruben Studdard |
| 2004 | black female | Fantasia Barrino |
| 2005 | white female | Carrie Underwood |
| 2006 | white male | ??? |
That is why five of the last eight singers are white males.
So most likely Chris will win, though Taylor might stage an upset. As to Paris, Kellie and Katharine, they are history. So far four singers have been kicked off: only one of them was a white male – Kevin, who had no hope of winning anyway. The rest were females.
I write down my wife’s theory, just as I wrote down my own theory last week, to see how good they are. The best test of a theory is to state it, predict a future outcome based on it and then see what really happens. To come up with theories after the fact is somewhat pointless.
Meanwhile Bucky, that powerhouse, charges on.
