Let me first say that I try not to let rants run my blog, but I have to let the steam out of this one. I think the combination of a really long day and a ludicrous finale of American Idol calls me to comment a bit here on the ridiculousness that was shown last night.

I can't really figure out which element served as the magical ingredient to turn the American Idol finale into the circus that it was, maybe because there were too many deficiencies present. We have a fairly good entertainment system here in the Murph household, but I am forced to assume that the audio for video people were on the same medication that Paula was on. Oh Yes, I know she tripped over her poodle or something like that, but I guess that even with Hollywood money, the finest doctors in the land prescribed her some type of make-me-silly medicine that she obviously shared with the audio team, because all I heard were thin vocals and insane high end from the percussion. Guitars, bass, keys.... what about the other 15-20 instruments in the room? Didn't here an ounce of that on the tube... nope.. sure didn't... the sound was radio-shack-portable-speaker-bad.

And seriously, what's up with making them both sing A Moment Like This, I mean, Here is My Now. Of course Jordan can blow that song out of the park like it is nobody's business. The key to AI finales is the cross-over power ballad... which of course is good for the pure vocalist. But making Blake sing A Moment Like Here... I mean Now.... I mean Here is Now.... whatever.... is like asking Aerosmith to sing My Heart Will Go On?!?!? Mismatch... just maybe. Those two go together like a bottle of vintage chianti and a bowl of Lucky Charms... mmmmmm yeah..... good pair. They might as well have Jordan sing "Try to Catch me Ridin' Dirty". Don't get me wrong.... I think Jordan is a phenomenal talent, but I do wish the scales could weigh in a little more evenly on the set list for the final night.

The good news is this: Blake reached a level 4-5 weeks ago that put him in Daughtry-land, which means... it doesn't matter if he wins. He'll reach the same success whether he wins or not (and frankly Jordan is there too). Katie and I both think Jordan and Blake are well deserving talents... but the finale being a joke dealt Jordan the royal flush.