Stop reading if you don't watch American Idol, because you won't care.  But there is now conclusive proof that the fix is in.

For weeks it has appeared that David Archuleta and David Cook were the choices of the judges, and the producers, to make the finale.  But did judge Randy Jackson spill the beans on last nights performance show?  Jump ahead to the 3 minute mark on the video below.



Did judge Randy Jackson just congratulate Syesha Mercado for making it all the way to number 3? Uh, Randy, I think you meant to say top 3, but was it an innocent mistake, or a Freudian slip?  A few weeks ago there was similar confusion about Paula, when she appeared to be critiquing a contestant for a performance that he had not given yet.



Also involved? Mr. David Cook.  Does Paula's excuse make any sense to you?  She seems to be contradicting herself to me.  First she says the "2nd performance" was not good, but when she thinks her mistake is that she was rating David Cook, suddenly she loved it.  Well, which is it? Either she'd already made her critique of Jason Castro and screwed up, or once she realized her critique was actually about David Cook, she had to change her story and say he was fantastic because that's what she was told to say.  Scandalous!!

American Idol, despite the horrifying commercialism and mostly mediocre singing, could at least sometimes deliver drama in the form of the competition.  But this season, even that is boring.  The fix is in.  Syesha Mercado is definitely going home tonight.  You heard it here first.