The Sky is Fallling

Here we go again.

Remember Chicken Little?

Last year there was one fellow who kept NOT getting voted off Idol to the point where many were scratching their heads and wondering. Then one week he did get the boot and everyone sighed as the universe righted itself.

Same thing is happening this year.

Kevin Covais, Chicken Little, nicknamed so due to his similarity with a cartoon character of the same name (I always thought he looked birdlike anyway, as if he was going to peck the inside of the TV screen at any time), went beyond where he was expected to go in the competition.

Everyone blamed it on the blue-haired crowd, you know, those 70 and 80 year old ladies sitting there exclaiming, "What a wonderful young man!" as they dip melba toast into their tea. And then others mentioned the prepubescent girl segment who would stand at the edge of the stage and toss their underoos at him.

I think it's something else though.

Last year, the youth segment was represented by Paris Bennett, who could sing, and Kevin Covais, who wasn't so fun to watch.

This year, it's Jordin Sparks, who has the voice and lungs to blast it out, and Sanjaya Malakar, who isn't so fun to watch.

See the comparison?

Makes one wonder, doesn't it?