"A.I." Top Four Drown in a Sea of Snappers

Say goodbye to small town obscurity! For now, at least.

The final four "A.I." contestants -- David Cook, David Archuleta, Syesha Mercado and Jason Castro -- were greeted in Las Vegas yesterday by a pap/fan crush only Brangelina and Britney have witnessed.

Who knew "Idol" was so popular?



Tags: david archuleta, david cook, DavidArchuleta, DavidCook, jason castro, JasonCastro, sayesha mercado, SayeshaMercado

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31. can't wait till this show is over to much publicity and I do not watch!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 8:44PM on May 4th 2008 by what ever!!

32. get cook out of there, he's the most unoriginal one of the bunch and his career is going nowhere

Posted at 9:13PM on May 4th 2008 by john

33. Is it just me, or does jason Castro resemble John Travolta??

Posted at 9:55PM on May 4th 2008 by fabulous fifty

34. MMMmmm...Khloe

Posted at 12:04AM on May 5th 2008 by Killer J

35. I Think Jason is incredible..........unique, humble and he is easy on the eyes. He is the only person left who has stayed true to his authentic self. Rock on Jason :)

Posted at 12:15AM on May 5th 2008 by Logan

36. What I can't figure out is why David Archuleta is even in the top 10! He sounds like a girl trying to sing like a boy and it looks like he has a constant wedgie. He has no depth to his voice and has no promise of being a pop star. If it wasn't for all the little girls who watch AI, he would be gone by now. I can't stand him.

Posted at 11:12AM on May 5th 2008 by Mona

37. The finale was fixed for David and David, a long time ago. Just as it was fixed last year for Blake and Jordin. Remember last year when another male contestant leaked out the info that one of the males was sorta bragging that he was to be in the finals?
This was weeks before the actual final.

You can see the excessive fawning over David Archuleta, by Randy Jackson. That's a clue. Another is the passes both David A. and Jason get week after week.

AI might be interesting again, if:
1. They limited the voting to ten votes per caller.
2- They disbarred any so-called patriotic songs.
3- They forbade any gospel singing.
4- They quit featuring stories filled with pathos; thus giving a contestant sympathy votes.
5- They clamped down on judges saying nasty personal things about contestants such as "bush baby".
6- They reigned in Seacrest's cruelty, such as he exhibited by teasing Michael Johns just before he told him he's going home.

Posted at 1:11AM on May 5th 2008 by bubba winfrey

38. I am in this Pic, amazing I could find myself... pretty cool. I am one of the snappers :)

Posted at 1:30PM on May 5th 2008 by Jenny

39. The show is not fixed. If anything, this year the eliminations have been pretty much right down the line according to the talent of the contestant. The final two will be the two David's, not because it was pre-determined, but because those two are the most talented. It's a toss-up at this point, and although I like them both and think that they will both be big stars, David Archuleta is my favorite.

And the "bush baby" comment, offered by Simon, wasn't the nicest thing ever uttered, but the guy did look extremely weird, and the guy sure wasn't idol material. I'm still trying to figure out why some of the people that try out every year think they can sing.

Posted at 5:18AM on May 5th 2008 by Tony

40. David Cook is the most talented in the bunch; certainly, the most original. He should win, but then, I won't be surprised if the teenagers go dumb-dumb and let Archuleta win. Jason really needs to go--he sounds quite breathless in a lot of the songs he sings--not very attractive. Syesha's talented, too.

DAVID COOK FOR THE WIN!!!

Posted at 6:06AM on May 5th 2008 by razzy

41. 19. Jason (Tiny Tim) Castro should be next to go. Jason needs to get back home to smoke his weed.

Posted at 5:07PM on May 4th 2008 by CTS



Actually, he is a big time Christian, doing missionary work and all. His hair has to do with his family history, not drugs.

Posted at 6:29AM on May 5th 2008 by hello, it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

42. Boycott American Idol, it's nothing more than a popularity contest promoting bad music!

Posted at 11:49AM on May 5th 2008 by tracey

43. JASON IS A BORE ALWAYS SLOW SONGS DAVID COOK ROCKS IT EVERY WEEK HE CHANGES IT UP TO KEEP IT INTERSTING DAVID A I HAVE NO IDEA WHY HE IS EVEN STILL THERE! SYESHA IS GOOD, BUT WONT WIN...

Posted at 12:43PM on May 5th 2008 by Star

44. I hope Jason's the next to go. His hair is so dirty-looking and disgusting.

Posted at 5:40PM on May 5th 2008 by Paula

45. David Cook needs to stop turning Lionel Richie songs into rock songs and turning rock songs into Lionel Richie songs. Glaring clue that this guy is no rocker - he picked a Duran Duran song during Rock 'n Roll week.

Posted at 12:15PM on May 12th 2008 by Desert Rat

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