^same here. archuleta lacks confidence and it often looks like he's singing to please his father more than he is from enjoyment. he usually looks awkward and uncomfortable unless he's singing a song he mastered earlier in life. i can't imagine paying for a concert to watch somebody stand in the same spot for an hour and a half and sing ballad after ballad after ballad, interject an uptempo song with weird, jerky rhythmless movements, then sing another ballad, then another, then another.

i'm not excited about either contender, what david cook is doing has been done before, but i'd definitely rather pay to see him than david a.

the show is getting stale and needs MAJOR revamping. if i hear one more top-10 "ain't no stopping us now", i'm gonna hurl. clay and ruben did it, a few other contestants and groups did it, i know they can afford more songs for their catalog. they need to find a way to make more songs available cuz you've heard one amateur version of whitney or the beatles, you've heard em all.

the hour-long results show needs to end too, it feels like 4 hours. i like the concept of the show, especially when diamonds are found in the rough (fantasia, kelly, carrie, etc...) but the execution is awful and its to the point that i just record it and fast forward to watch the contestants i like, and hear the judge's antics.

*simons face after fantasia performed was PRICELESS.