TESTOSTERONE AND RELIGION WEIGHS ON "AMERICAN IDOL"

Both my wife and I have been watching "American Idol" for years. This one, by far, was the best in every aspect....except...a really big except...THE BIG FINALE VOTE.

We both had a favorite from the moment the contestants were reduced to twenty. It was clear (in our minds) that the last four to compete for the title would be Adam, Allison, Danny, and Chris. Although other competitors had a slight chance to sneak in among the top 10, we always came to the conclusion that Adam, Allison, Danny and Chris were the best.

Our choice proved us right as far as the last four to remain in the contest.

After that we screwed up completely. Well maybe we did not agree with the elimination order. Chris was our choice to be the first one to leave among those final four. He, notwithstanding a very nice voice, had no personality and could be easily forgotten the day after. But Chris, week after week never made the bottom three and kept qualifying till the final duel with Adam.

Oddly enough, or maybe not so surprising, while we thought that Adam was by far the best, because is uniqueness and style complementing an incredible voice, we always felt that there was a reason why Chris was going to be the winner for the following reasons:

1) There were some rumors about Adam's sex orientation because of his

looks, excessive makeup, painted fingernails and stage moves.

2) Adam was the front runner, yet he made the bottom three towards the

last weeks, while Chris was taking a safe seat moving ahead without

any complications. We saw Allison being voted out, then Danny and

our premonition was to be confirmed in the final.

3) Chris always looked like the clean cut American, a churchgoer religious, conservative young man, soft spoken (so was Adam). He was perfect for the majority of the voters, mainly teenage girls with a cellphone, Ipod, IPhone or any of those new inventions that has rendered the new generation practically clones of one another. As clones these teenyboppers must have made at least 50 calls each to repeat their vote for their favorite, the teenage cross between Richie and Fonzie, the perfect combination between naivete, goodness and machismo...Chris.



I, personally believe that the biggest factor for Adam to lose was that America, at any age level, is not ready yet to proclaim a gay person or alleged gay guy "American Idol". First in the mind of the majority of our population an American person must be strong, macho, overdosed in testosterone and at the same time must look like God wanted us to look if we have a man's body. And second because the word "Idol" will never be represented by anyone who shows or projects liberal tendencies. We are still too obtuse and conservative.

And that, in my view is why Adam lost and Chris won. It has nothing to do with singing, but let's remember the show is called "American Idol", not "American Best Young Singer of The Year". Too long a title, anyway.