There are 2 things preventing me from posting my response to a question sent in by a dear fellow Filipino blogger. As always, I go around the blogosphere looking at what people are up to and talking abou and these 2 things bother and tickle me simultaneously that I can’t get the other posts out, so I’ll deal with these first.

• Why are people saying that David Archuleta should have won AI7? and
• Why did Linc discover another love profile test before I did?

Hah! Tough questions.

Let’s start analysing why there’s a collective sigh of relief when David Cook was announced the winner and not David Archuleta. First off, David Cook is more marketable than the other David, Cook had a better sounding voice and, he’s sexier.

While both will have almost the same recording opportunities, the AI winner will surely get exposure more because of the title and because he’s more suitable as a pop icon material the the other (my opinion, of course). You guys will see them sing again during their tour, and you can buy your tickets by going to a sponsor’s site, American Idols Live Tickets.

As to who should have won, however, I have my own favorite… Jason Castro. His rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow brought tears to my eyes more than K.McPhee’s ever did.

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