Nice to know that I have company when I watch Idol! Neil Diamond--what a force, right? To stay on top and be as good as he is for so long is rare these days. He seemed to be quite a gentleman, too. I had the good luck to see him perform live a long time ago; he started on time, gave the audience 110% during the show, and then stayed around afterwards to shake hands with fans. His show was nothing a Temptations performance I attended once in Houston. That thing started 3 hours late, the group sang only one song, and then they left.
(I'm sure you think everyone who paid to see that non-event deserved every single rotten moment, and you're so right. Some of us had no brains when we were younger.)
I think I'm ready to make a final prediction: Brooke White will go tonight. Could be wrong, but my gut feeling is that as good as she is, her appeal to the keypad-punching-teens is not quite as strong as that of Jason or Syesha. Can't wait to get to work this morning and see what my students think.
Carolyn