Your question regarding David H. is perhaps a valid one, but he was eliminated because he was the worst and received the fewest votes. Personally, I was hoping it would have been Syesha ... she annoys me greatly.

David Archuleta did terrible this week, absolutely terrible, forgetting lyrics is the kiss of death and simply inexcusable! Unless he gets his act together, he will slide way down in the rankings. That's the problem in predicting those to be in the finals too early. He did a fabulous job on "Imagine", but has now let several others pass him. The breeze as they went by almost blew him off the stage!

Carly has always been a frontrunner and remains so, but Brooke White based on her very large fan base, great personality, and so-so talent (I'm being kind actually) has also climbed to the top. David Cook is turning it on and if he starts developing some charisma, he'll give them all a run for the coveted prize.

Kristy Lee Cook, although she might not go too much farther in this competition, will most likely have a career in the Country genre similar to the one Bucky Covington is presently enjoying. Simon was on his class continually as well, which does in fact effect how people vote.

The rest are just treading water and in reality are simply waiting to be sent packing.

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By the way, Leona Lewis puts them all to shame! She won the UK's X-Factor in '06 (similar to AI) and her album will be released in the US on April 18. If you haven't heard her, checkout youtube, google videos, veoh, etc.

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