I LOVE Chris Daughtry too and have since he first appeared on AI. I was devastated when he was voted off, but you are right, it was better for him in the long run.

As for Sanjaya, while I get so frustrated that he is still there I kind of feel sorry for him too. I think that he knows that he shouldn't be there and always looks awkward on stage.

I guess I do agree with you. Even though I can't stand him, I always do feel sorry for him. Especially when he's waiting for the results and he looks like a whipped puppy:(

Yeah, I actually have his CD, and I really like it.

And I just heard Elliott Yamin's new song, and while it's not my style... damn, the boy can sing! It helps not to have to look at him. ;)

I agree... I have his CD and love love love it :)

I think it's kind of weird when you hear his radio spots though (at least on the local stations it's something like "This is Chris Daughtry from Daughtry and you're listening to..."

I realize the band's name is "Daughtry" and he's throwing the band name in there to not sound like a pompous jerk, but I just think it sounds funny :p

I love the songs though and agree he was better off not getting the Idol title.

It seems like it doesn't even matter anymore who wins the title because anyone in the Top 10 is likely to get a record deal anyway and be heard on mainstream radio stations (I do find it somewhat funny that I don't ever hear Taylor, Ruben S, or Fantasia on any of the mainstream stations, although I think they get some airtime on 'adult contempory' stations which don't seem to be as mainstream in the DFW and yet some of the Idol 'losers' are played all the time on mainstream radio like Kelli Pickler, and Chris Daughtry who is getting tons of airtime on mainstream radio stations)

Does anyone know what Ruben is up to? I don't hear a whole lot about him....

I don't know what he's been up to, but last weekend he took part in the Honolulu Symphony's "Return to Romance" series and performed with Natalie Cole and Kenny Loggins at the Waikiki Shell. Ruben was amazing.

It was a WONDERFUL performance and I definitely got my money's worth!

Elliot was Chris's best friend on the show right?

OK so Sanjaya was absolutely AWFUL tonight! I thought that Chris was amazing though:)

You really thought Sanjaya was bad? I thought he rocked it! Total 180.

That crying girl was HILARIOUS! Made the show tonight for sure....

My roommate and I were wondering "Why on earth is she crying???" She was crying like someone beat her up before the show started or something. She kinda got on my nerves:rolleyes:

I really liked Melinda tonight. She was AMAZING!!! I would like to see her or Chris Richardson win.

My favorite last night was Jordin. Everyone else was ehh or boring, even Lakisha and to a lesser extent Melinda.

I thought Sanjaya and Haley actually had good performances this week. It might be time to say buh-bye to Phil.

I was sooooooo bored last night. I thought Sanjaya was terrible! Just because he bounced around and didn't look quite as awkward doesn't mean it was good. He still didn't sing in tune half the time.

I've decided I hate Chris R's voice. It's way too nasaly-I-try-to-sound-like-Justin-Timberlake for me.

And overall it was just blah tonight. I think part of it was the theme, though.

She reminded me of Marcia Brady when she got braces.

Ugh.