The Art Of War

Sometimes, people need a mistake to wake them up, and in Idol’s case, 2 mistakes perhaps?(hopefully).

I am not a fan of Pia since she took the last bus to dull-ville sometime back, but I never expected her to be out of the game, THIS soon. In fact, I was still rooting for her to be in the final two, with beloved James, until Scotty fever grew on me. Having said that, when they put her in the bottom three with Stefano & Jacob, I thought we would see the last of Stefano, until Pia was called instead. I was shocked, but not surprised!

In the history of Idols, plus other similar reality shows, results like these, dubbed as mistakes, are really not that strange. Every contestant has their own fan base. In fact, the real battle here are between the fans who voted, and not the contestants, per say.

So, Pia, is now, voted off, everyone is talking about the shocking elimination, and perhaps, finding faults, but what can we say, really? She just didn’t get enough votes, there could be people who didn’t vote for her, thinking that others would, but no one really knew, until the results were released.

After Casey, does America need another mistake to wake them up? Do they? And is this a mistake after all? No one is new to this game. We all know, a reality and popularity competition like AI, needs more than a good vocal to get to the finals, we call that “a strong fan base”. A big group of people who won’t bother about the rest, but just keep voting for their favourites, and these are the people who will eventually decide, who will be in the top two. These are the people who will eventually buy the new idol’s records, and support them all the way! In the end, that’s all that matters, isn’t it?

So, to fans of Scotty, James, Jacob, Lauren, Hailey, Stefano, Paul & Casey, who is Pia to them? She is just a competitor, and she needs to get LOST! Sorry, but that is a fact. And although we see her as an Idol material, to the fans of others, she is a threat. This is not merely a singing competition, but a popularity game, and the one with the bigger support group, can call the shot! This is the art of war, AI’s very own, art of war! And that has always been the rule!

My only hope now is, to have James & Scotty in the final two. It will be a battle between country & rock. And if both of them play their cards right, in places where it counts, they could end up being there, BATTLING it out!

I can’t help thinking whether the judges regretted using their save vote on Casey, and whether they would have used their save vote, if they knew, Pia would be eliminated this week?

AI, I don’t mind you driving me nuts, just don’t drive me mad.