American Idol Elimination for April 30

 

by Deb Porter-Jones

Tonight’s elimination show may prove to be as surprising as every other elimination show in the last few weeks. The show begins with a tribute medley to the music of last night’s mentor, singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. The medley was exceptionally cheesy and karaoke, to borrow a phrase from Simon, but it’s really appropriate here! Really bad medley; Jason Castro appeared to be reading the words from a teleprompter and everyone just looked uncomfortable with the dance steps and the words. Really cheesy performance; I can only hope the Idol Tour won’t be as bad.

Anyway, on to the eliminations. We discover early on that Jason Castro and David Archuleta are safe. Wonder of all wonders – not about Archuleta; rather that Castro has made it through another week. Like I said last week, none of the eliminations have made sense to me since Amanda Overmyer, but who am I?

Next we hear that David Cook is safe which brings us down to Syesha Mercado and Brooke White. I’ll say it again, if Brooke doesn’t go home, I can’t watch this show another season.
British pop star Natasha Beddingfield then performs “Take Me Away”. After her performance, she plants a kiss on David Archuleta’s cheek and Simon asks if she can accompany him to the prom! It was really cute and David’s reaction was hysterical. Then, we’re treated to a performance by Neil Diamond, which brings us to the final elimination decision.

And we’re told that Brooke is going home. I love her personality; I love her honesty and talent. She’s quite obviously a really sweet girl. But the reality is she’s been out of her league for quite some time. She gives a tear-filled last performance of Neil Diamond’s “I Am, I Said”. Brooke will be missed