‘Idol’ has really gotten strange this season. While the producers clearly play favorites, they seem a lot more obvious about it this year (they basically handed Lee his “big moment” this week - with a song Simon Cowell now owns the rights to, oddly enough).
Siobhan has great potential, but she’s still rough around the edges and clearly wasn’t going to be everyone’s cup of tea. Crystal is talented too, but she’s a little more familiar/relatable to the average person. Lee fits so snugly into the Daughtry/Cook mold that the producers don’t even have to think about how to promote him. The voters may have put these two in the finals, but it’s no accident that it ended up being the same two who could provide maximum return for minimal effort, marketing-wise. And by that token, I don’t think it will be an accident if Crystal is just “off” enough to end up in second place next week.
Her vocal range goes from a Roger Daltry scream to a Leontyne Price double-high-C operata in a heartbeat, and you think she's a "rough" talent? Wow. How very discerning of you. That's some demanding ear you've got, there.
< snicker >