Idol Chatter: In Which David Archuleta Fails to Connect with the Urban Market

Maybe the producers shoulda let poppa Archuleta stick around for the remainder of the season, as last night David Archuleta chose to sing, erm, Chris Brown’s “With You” for the annual hit-or-miss judges/contestants/producers pick night. The bordering-on-toppling-over swaying! The “boo” reference! Dude’s a Mormon from Utah. The only thing that sheltered child has in common with Chris Brown is age.

David Cook was as predictable as we predicted he’d be, pulling out all the requisite hard-core stops for apparently his favorite non-Our Lady Peace band Switchfoot and, yes, Aerosmith.

Syesha sang a song about penguins! And it kinda sucked! Which is unfortunate, cause she needed a big night to make it through to the final round. Prohaps bringing in a live tap-dancing penguin or, hey, even another Robin Williams appearance would have helped her out.

So looks like the Davids’ll be duking it out come finale time, though it'd be nice to see Syesha in there. What can we say, America’s a sucker for big-headed gimmicks and youthful innocence.

Meanwhile, what was with the town visits getting cut short? Where were the Wal-Mart parking lot trips? The keys to the city? All we got was a handlebar mustache and several iPhone shots. Bo-ring.