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"If there's one thing we learned from Thursday's final Top 24 elimination, America apparently does not appreciate the left of center. How else do you explain the ouster of two favorites, one a critics' darling (Lilly Scott), the other an underdog that came up from way behind (Alex Lambert), who delivered more than decent performances last week? Or maybe it's just a distaste for music of the 1970s? Whether it was King (Carole, that is) or Queen, Todrick Hall and Katelyn Epperly were shown the door for reaching too far back.
During Friday's conference call with reporters, you could sense the befuddlement on both sides of the line. The journalists were clearly still getting over the shock of elimination, while the contestants just tried to make sense of it all. But perhaps Lilly put it best: "I thought I could break the mold, but I guess it's going to be a season of the same old stuff."
Indeed, the 20-year-old Littleton, Colo., native was championed from the get-go by "Idol" viewers and the media for picking an unexpected song like the Beatles' "Fixing a Hole" and delivering it with her own distinct singing style. Still, Lilly was the first to acknowledge that her nontraditional vibe may have done her in. "I wanted to be that offbeat contestant," she said. "I did exactly what I wanted to do and explained myself as an artist with my song choice. I definitely have no regrets in that department." But, Lilly further explained, "'American Idol' is all about finding the immature artist and then turning them into the huge pop star. I thought that [having] a lot of experience under my belt would be a good thing, but I guess it turned out to be not such a good thing. I think that there's a fan base out there for me, but I don't think that they're the 'American Idol' voting demographic."
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