There were more than 28 million votes cast this week and John Stevens had around 4 million of them. Since there were only 6 contestants left, that works out to be an average of roughly 4.67 million votes per person... Therefore, it must have been quite a close shave for the bottom three this week i.e. John, Jasmine & Georgie; John was just a teeny weeny bit unfortunate.
Although it's certainly about time that John is voted off, I cannot help but feel a kind of poignant empathy for the poor chap. It must have pricked his conscience to see his more talented peers get eliminated while he gets to sit safely on the couches. Millions of discriminating Idol audiences out there are hating his guts for having out-stayed his welcome in this competition, but the blame should not fall on John Stevens; instead, the fault lies in the gazillions of mindless, female tweens that keep voting for him week after week.
It is undeniable that John's voice has a distinctive and appealing flavor to it but he isn't Idol material -- yet. Perhaps, when his voice matures abit, (and he learns to hit his notes properly) he'd be ready to be the next Michael Buble. Or perhaps Not... hehe.
Isnt it such a pity and an irony then that next week's theme is Big Band???
