This was my first season and probably my last watching AI. I've watched from the very beginning of this season. I'm truly disgusted by LaToya's being booted off.
Call me a cynic, but perhaps we need to realistically look at what 'is' an American Idol. Who does this person talk like, dress like, and look like? As far as singing abilities, who can I closely relate this person to sounding like?
I ask these questions because I've been on the General Forums of GC regarding this very same topic and have seen that perhaps some of them really can't relate to what we as black people would feel is an 'idol'. Not only were a vast marjority of them very critical about the fact that Ruben beat Clay last year, some of them have totally demonized Fantasia Barino for her looks, the way she talks, etc. Obviously that forum is only a small collection of America- yet one has to wonder is it really a racial issue or is it a matter of 'preference'?
Here's a link to an article on MSN
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4972262/