Melinda Doolittle Fans

The results were in Wednesday night sand it was a whole lot of nervousness on my part for Melinda since she is so close to making to the finale. But I won’t get into that part until later on.

American Idol decided to put a little spin on the introduction of the show. Instead of using Ryan, the ‘guest host’ for a few seconds was the lovable Duff drinking character, Homer Simpson. It seems that he doesn’t watch the show quite often due to his busy schedule and assume several contestants was left when there was only three.

The results show was filled with recaps of last night’s performances, the contestants back in their own hometown to be greeted from fans and family and much more. First, Jordin went back to Arizona, Blake in Washington and Melinda in Tennessee where she went to her church where her parents was by her side. Also she’d went to the state’s capitol with a welcome home message from the governor and were presented with a ‘Melinda DooLittle Way’ street name of her own. Among the countless fans, love of family and church members from the congregation, Melinda was very emotional to be back home and receive the outpouring love from everyone.

Idol fans got to see a familiar face from the past season- actually it will take another glance to see the guy who left third place last year. Ex finalist, Elliott Yamin, sported anew hairdo, similar to a Josh Groban style as he sang ‘Wait for You’ off his debut album. Elliott’s performance was terrific and it was good to hear his beautiful voice on stage again; this time without any pressure.

A flashback of the contestants as children were presented in this week’s Ford commercial, of the three having fun in their bedroom and coming out the room at their age. Blake, Melinda and Jordin hops into a car and drive off to an ‘American Idol’ premier walking the red carpet. That was a cute commercial.

Maroon 5 performs their new song on stage. ‘Makes Me Wonder’. It was only the other day that Blake sung one of their own tunes “This Love’ and got rave reviews on it. Now after all the performances, clips and agonizing wait, Ryan finally reveals who will make the final two. Jordin makes the final cut after 16 millions votes counted in for all three of the contestants. The only two left is Blake and Melinda. Many people vote for the two for different reasons, Blake for his ‘beat boxing effects and Melinda’s foe her powerhouse vocal.

Sadly, Melinda was cut from the show and honestly, I was shocked and upset as she is my definite favorite on the show. Never in the bottom three at all but is booted off in a moments of seconds. But at the same time, I am very happy for her. She’d made it this far in the competition and the bright side is that other past finalists before her have gotten the boot early and have successful careers, Chris Daughtry, Elliott Yamin and don’t forget, Jennifer Hudson who’d won an Oscar. There are many opportunities waiting for Melinda and it is a guaranteed that she will be a superstar one day. I will continue to support Melinda whatever her career takes her.