Credited to Anonymous -

This is how I see this. Since this season began, Archie has had critics. Clearly, from the beginning he was the front-runner, and, this again, bothered the critics, but, because most of them felt like a minority (which, in all honesty, they are, they just talk-it-up very well) we didn’t hear from them as much. Since Top 10 and on, when the judges decided to send out some mixed signals, specifically give kudos to David Cook, those critics suddenly became ‘ferverous’ David Cook fans. If you look at the numbers before his “Eleanor Rigby” performance, he really wasn’t that popular with the “popular vote”. He was basically on the sidelines. People were focused more on David Hernandez, Danny, Carly, Alaina and Archie. David Cook was never a consideration.

Because David Cook is so dramatically different than Archie, he’s the perfect representation of Archie’s main nemesis for the critics, thus, the proverbial ‘bandwagon’. Now, please understand, I am not saying that every single David Cook fan stays in the Cook-Camp only to detract from Archie, because, it is clear from the beginning of the competition that Cook has definitely had a fan-base, but, in recent weeks, the Cook-camp has evolved into, not only a fan-base, but, an Anti-Archuleta camp, which again, is unfortunate, because I don’t think either David would want to think of it in that way or even identify with that.

I’ve said this over and over, one rule applies to David Cook, another rule to Archie. It’s alright for Cook to sing the same type of song, it’s alright for Cook to stand in one position at his microphone, almost inhale his microphone and grumble a few words and have it relayed as “brilliant”. It’s not okay for Archie to sing a ballad, it’s not alright for Archie to breathe, it’s not alright for Archie to smile, nor is it alright for Archie to move his hands or show the slightest bit of charm or humility. It’s all an act you see.

Archuleta’s critics lack originality. They ride the coat-tails of any comment that the judges, specifically Simon Cowell, make. One week Simon asked him to be careful of not becoming “too gloomy”, so, for weeks after what did we hear? “NOT ANOTHER BALLAD…”. Funny, I didn’t realize “Ballad” and “Gloomy” were of the same descriptor in the dictionary. Then came the infamous “forget the lines of the song” issue. That was just an inferno looking to happen. Then he nailed “The Long and Winding Road”, but again…”IT’S A BALLAD!!”…which brings us to “You’re The Voice”, which, even some critics admitted that he finally proved he could do pop, but that was overshadowed by Simon’s comment about “characters coming out and dancing around…” which, became, as we all know…”Disney-esque”. So now ladies and gentlemen, Archuleta is “Disney” bound. Simon makes one comment and the critics run with it. They forget that Simon told David that he “sang it well enough”, he just didn’t like the song. As for the Walt Disney Corporation, well, Archie could do worse.

It’s interesting how other comments from the judges, and the public alike, are always dismissed by the critics. “Archuleta will win this year” as stated by Simon Cowell to Oprah Winfrey, “you’re destined for superstardom” - a gushing Paula - but, for once, her gush came at the right time. Another comment that’s been swept under the rug, just recently as a matter of a fact - actually, a few days ago - by Randy Jackson - “David Archuleta is back”. The critics didn’t recognize that statement. Gee, I wonder why?

So, to those critics out there - Archie may end up going the ‘Disney’ route, and, if so, that’s alright. If that happens though, I guess that makes David Cook a “Six Flags” contender.

-Thank you, Anonymous, for your insightful observations!! GET READY FOR TUESDAY NIGHT!!!!!