The right choice was made, but not the one I wanted.

After more filler than can possibly be enumerated the results came down to Blake and Lakisha in the Final 2, and Lakisha went home. She's definitely done the worst overall job of the Final 4, so it's hard to argue with that result. It's funny though; as we watched her clip reel my friend turned to me during her fiery performance of "You're Gonna Love Me" and said, "Where was that girl in this competition?" Very true. Lakisha commanded semi-finals not only with her big voice, but with her I'm-in-it-to-win-it attitude. That all but evaporated once she made Top 12. It's not the first time that's happened, but boy was it weird here. Her sing-out was "Stayling Alive," and it was another ironically brilliant song choice in the vein of Stephanie's "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" and Phil's "Blaze of Glory." HA!

But truly I wanted Blake to go. Partially for how unforgivably bad he was on Tuesday, but mostly because he's the biggest threat right now and I DON'T want to see him win. However, maybe Blake's not as popular as I thought --- he landed in the Bottom 2 on a week where he should have gotten sympathy votes (he was Bottom 2 last week too) and he got the critical drubbing of all critical drubbings. If his fan base was ever going to mobilize, last night would have been the time. And yet they didn't. That gives me some hope for the future.