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Five Questions on American Idol: Final Judgment Week, Part 2 — Cementing the 24
By Jay Caspian Kang and Mark Lisanti at
All season, Grantland Idol experts Mark Lisanti and Jay Caspian Kang will answer five very important questions about each performance episode. This is their journey, their struggle, and, quite honestly, all they've really got going on.
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OK, let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room. How did you feel about the judge’s decision to let the Pubescent Castrato Singing Machine (Eben Frankewicz) into the competition over David “Mr. Steal Yo Girl” Leathers?
Lisanti: I feel nothing. Who can feel anymore in a world where the next Michael Jackson (insane hyperbole alert!) is passed over in favor of the next David Archuleta (uncomfortable accuracy alert!)? I don't see a path to stardom for Frankewicz. Once his voice changes, he'll be panhandling in front of the Hollywood and Highland Center as "Near Bieber," taking $5 Polaroids and $7 "Baby, Baby" requests from tourists who don't even realize he's been vomited out half-digested by the Idol Machine. Leathers will be back, hopefully after having spent a year workshopping a new nickname.
