Angelique
05-11-2006, 06:40 PM
In a shocking turn, American Idol frontrunner Chris Daughtry was voted off the show Wednesday night.
As the audience gasped and shouted no, host Ryan Seacrest asked a shell-shocked-looking Daughtry, "Surprised?" "A little bit," he answered.
Judge Paula Abdul grew tearful. The other contestants – Elliott Yamin, Katharine McPhee and Taylor Hicks – also looked stunned.
Tuesday night, Daughtry's rendition of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" drew unanimous praise from the three judges, prompting Abdul to tell the 26-year-old from McLeansville, N.C.,: "See ya in the finals."
Cowell was his usual self when it came to assessing Daughtry's second song, "A Little Less Conversation," however. Simon Cowell considered it "flat" and "not as good as the first."
Still, before the booted contestant was revealed on Wednesday, Simon said McPhee should be the one to go.
On Tuesday, McPhee, 21, forgot the words to one of her Elvis songs prompting Simon to say: "It hasn't been one of your best nights," said Cowell.
The finalist will be named May 24
*which is sad cos I thought he would have gone all the way! :hmm:
As the audience gasped and shouted no, host Ryan Seacrest asked a shell-shocked-looking Daughtry, "Surprised?" "A little bit," he answered.
Judge Paula Abdul grew tearful. The other contestants – Elliott Yamin, Katharine McPhee and Taylor Hicks – also looked stunned.
Tuesday night, Daughtry's rendition of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" drew unanimous praise from the three judges, prompting Abdul to tell the 26-year-old from McLeansville, N.C.,: "See ya in the finals."
Cowell was his usual self when it came to assessing Daughtry's second song, "A Little Less Conversation," however. Simon Cowell considered it "flat" and "not as good as the first."
Still, before the booted contestant was revealed on Wednesday, Simon said McPhee should be the one to go.
On Tuesday, McPhee, 21, forgot the words to one of her Elvis songs prompting Simon to say: "It hasn't been one of your best nights," said Cowell.
The finalist will be named May 24
*which is sad cos I thought he would have gone all the way! :hmm: