Wed, 07 May 2008 at 9:57 pm
American Idol 7 — Who Got Kicked Off?
Click inside to find out which contestant got kicked off of tonight’s American Idol…
Video links inside…

JASON CASTRO! JASON CASTRO!
The other person in the bottom two: Syesha Mercado
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group song (Watch here)
Maroon 5 performs “If I Never See Your Face Again” (Watch here)
Bo Bice performs “Witness” (Watch here)
Jason Castro gets the hook (Watch here)








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131 Comments
bout time
Finally!!!
yeah its about time .
=[ i kinda wanted syesha to go!!!
i loved jason….syesha should have gone home
Im so sad!!!! I love Jason!!!!
dude syesha has been in the bottom two for like ever.
he was terrible. it’s about time!
THIS IS CRAZY!!!! Who is voting for Syesha?? She has ZERO personality. I can’t stand her. Oh well - she won’t win anyway! Go Davids!! :)
Thank goodness it wasn’t a David. Phew.
:[[
he left on a bad note.
he’s been good in the past.
its fixed though.
they are making sure its the two davids in the finale.
whatever.
i’m so over idol.
bout time he did not know what he was doing up there
YES!! DAVID C, IS SAFEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY YAY!! this elimination was so predictable…
Kim and Mal, you are asses !! Yeah !! I got more than I wished for !! I wanted Syesha to at least make it to Final 4, which she did. But the top three ?? !! That’s just the cherry on the sundae !! So glad that this girl’s true talentat is finally being recognized !!
Now I hope that she really pulls it out so that one of the David’s cancel each other out. It’s time for David A’s aw shucks, dumb-grinning ass leaves !! Yeah !!
Syesha !!! I love you !!! Yeah !!! You go, sista !!!!
I wish Syesha would have gone home. That imatation of a baby crying she does is so annoying. She is not going to win anyway….
my dream comes true. finally he’s out. YESS YESS YESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I should celebrate it!! Man, i ‘m so happy !!!
GO COOKIE!!!!
NO!
It will be a battle of the two Davids. That’s what the AI producers have been planning for weeks.
that the f-ing lordddd he sucksss he is just some douche who thinks he is a rastafarian or somethingg and he can NOT, i repeat, can NOT sing. good luck making it in the business Jason! haha i absolutely love syesha and both davids, a very talented top 3!!
aww! i loved Jasonn! this sucks :(
well, go davidds!
ohh =/,, i knew that was time for jason ,, david’s and syesha are the best (:
Idolfan… I ADORE YOUU!! your comments on david ‘oh look at me at sing pretty boring’ archuleta are so right!!
It’s a shame though… Syesha shouldn’t have to be in the bottom two anymore…
but well… another week has gone and next week BORING DAVID IS GOING HOMEEE
finally!
Yeah! Good! What was up with him last night? He acted as if he wanted to go. Never liked him. Archuleta for the win! Thanks JJ!
FINALLY HE GOT KICKED OFF!!! What a ******* weirdo!!!
shoot.
awwwe, but i hope david archuleta wins.! i love him:)
not surprised, but i hope he still makes an album soon.
YAYYYYY Janice is gone! But Syesha’s next
what the fuckfuckfuckityfuck???
what!!!!! well i can see that. but when ever he puts out a cd i am getting it best of luck jason.
what!!!!! well i can see that. but when ever he puts out a cd i am getting it best of luck jason.
I hated American Idol before Jason Castro. Now I love him and still hate the show. lol! He’s so amazing! I hope he goes on to make a record so I can keep up with him! :D
Bye bye Jason
i couldn’t decide who i wanted to leave but then i realized that syesha has been in the bottom two for EVER. a lot more times than jason. he’s not as bad as a singer as yesterday.
poor jason : (
i wanted syesha to go really badly. hahaa. i loved jasons eyes, and his voice was pure and unique. wel, GO DAVIDSS!!!!
YAY!!!
Go David!!!
Syesha should be in the top 2 she is amazing people don’t know what talent is. And for all the haters Syesha is top 3 baby and she’s the last woman standing eat your hearts out
Man, that was the happiest send off I have seen in a long time on American Idol. Good thing it wasn’t Syesha. Girlfriend would have outdone Brooke in the tears. Just Kidding. She is a good singer. Little David A. can sing.
amanda you are so right!!! having dreadlocks does not make one a rastafarian!!! hahaha what was he thinking??? and the douche even had the gall to answer ‘BOB MARLEY!!!’ when Simon asked him. geesh!!!
#30, who’s janice? 0__0
[kookoo kookoo]
SAD ! BUT IT WAS ABOUT TIME !
I really like him, and he’s funny and cute but … finally !
I almost forgot …
VOTE FOR DAVID COOK !!!!!!!!!!!
Finally! Jason was so terrible that it hurts..
DAVID COOK FTW!
Syesha in 2nd place, please *.*
Archuleta is too boring
YES! MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY CONTINOUS VOTING PAID OFF!
Jason is so out of it, he’ll probably show up next week
syesha has been in the bottom 2 for the past 5 weeks but i am so glad jason is gone and then next week syesha should be sent home. then with the finale 2 david archuleta and david cook. David Archuleta should be the next american idol. Archuleta has all my votes and always have had them.
It was ABOUT time.
Who even LIKED Jason? All he did was smoke up and kill songs.
:)
Go DAVID COOK! :)))
DAMN THIS DUDE IS UGLY HE NEED A CLAY AKIEN MAKEUP ASAP
AI IS GOING DOWN THE POT FILLED TOLIET, haha
ALL THE WINNERS END UP LIKE JORDAN PARK< RUBEN STUDDARD, AND ALL THOSE OTHER SUCK SINGERS
to jennifer the reason why Syesha has been in the bottom 3 because America doesn’t vote for talent they vote for popularity Syesha has so much talent she deserves to be top 2 but people biased towards archuleta who doesn’t have enough talent. It should be Syesha and David Cook they have so much talent
YESSSSSSS!!! hahah #8 i totally agree with you lmao
YESSSSSSS!!! hahah #8 i totally agree with you lmao
GO DAVID A.! GOOOOO!
thank goodness!
Jason was not good so he should have gone home. Syesha is good. I am voting for her and I will continue to vote for her. She is bringing it at the right time.
David A has does the best w/ the voice he has - but it’s just not enough!! he voice SO GENERIC and FORGETTABLE. It’s sad to watch how hard he tries and how the tweens and ladies 30+ who vote for David A vote only because they totally lust after him. Vote for the talent people, not who you want to date.
oh man, that group performance was awful, well all of them were
Im rooting for DC!!!!
IDOLFAN,
ARE YOU HEARING SOMETHING IM NOT-syesha sucks she should have been gone a looooooooooooooooooooooong time ago!!!!
I don’t think the contest is fixed…
Jason should have went home.. he just wasn’t good enough.
Looks doesn’t make you an idol.
I think David Cook is going to win.. He is very good.
David A. is very good too, but in a different way.. he will go places.
Syesha is very good in a different way,, I’m sure after this we will hear that she is in a muscial on Broadway. =)
THANK GOODNESS. it’s about time!
Syesha has more talent than all of the remaining contestants put together. In a true talent competittion she would win but since this is American Idol David Archuleta will take the title.
FINALLY!!!!! i think everybody saw it coming ..even him. Syesha has to go!!!! she is so boring and she is not idol material.. and i love David A. I’m so glad he made it to the top 3 !!!!
Not surprised by Syesha definitely should’ve gone home. Her performances are technically fine but there is just something disingenuine about her that irks me–the cliche-laden tirade tonight about how her song relates to her own journey, politics, civil rights…oy.
Jason brought something really unique and fresh to the show and I will really miss his performances and his wonderfully awkward soundbites.
its about fckn time, man. he SUCKED BUTTHOLEEE.
he souldve went a loooong tome ago .
syesha, david & david have been my faves & im so glad that they’re gonna battle it out :D
i really want david archuleta or david cook to win .
either way, all three of them are gonna make it BIG one dayy <3
I didn’t know he was Colombian!!
Awesome!!!
i still cant believe it. im not watching idol anymore. the only reason i watched this season was because of him and now he’s gone.
jason is amazing, who cares if he didn’t have the best voice? apart from that, he was so unique and brought an air to american idol that no one else could. i love you jason, i can’t wait to hear more from you. stay strong, we love you. <3
i love you jason.
gosh idol is so messed up. how could they eliminate HIM?
Finally!! What an idiot.
all the haters can keep hating because Syesha made it baby and she’s a fighter!!!!
david.a is hot!!!!!!! i cant see jason win.he sucks
Paula won’t have anyone to get lit with anymore. LOL!
oooohhhhhhhh.you are hhhhhooooottttt david.a.both davids should win
psh, to all the people that think syesha sucks, you do not know talent at all .
SYESHA HAS A POWERFUL VOICEEEE.
jason? his voice is weakshit. not powerful at all, that dumbass hippie.
Finally voted that dread locked no talent off the show. I cannot believe he outlasted Carly. David Archuleta has the voice of an angel, but the other David will probably win. Too bad in a way because he’s so full of himself. Syesha is destined for Broadway! I miss carly, what a gorgeous powerful voice! I feel like only 12 year olds are doing the voting. Not happy about the voting.
screw syesha…its because of http://www.votefortheworst.com that she is stiill there (not because shes bad shes, been consistent but…) michael and carly should be in the top 4…seriously am i wrong??
its about time
he seems like he didnt want to be there
like he was better then all of this
syesha is horrible
i dont like her
she needs to stick to musicals and theater
american idol and contemperary songs arent her thing
archuleta all the way :]
So four weeks before the end syesha starts to do a little better then the crap she was doing till now and everyone starts to get hung up on her, wake up she’s just as bad as she was the whole time. Jason should have never been in the top 24 he made it way too far. Vote for dadif cook the only one left with any talent at all, David A SUCKS!
guess what guys? Syesha made it top 3 baby whoo she’s a fighter
YEAH! its about time!!!!!!!!
Finally! he cant sing!!!!!!!!
Wow. Some of you are cruel..You don’t even know Jason! But, I did really like him. He’s HILARIOUS and I was sad to see him go.
FINALLY people are starting to catch on that this show is fake. Syesha been in the bottom how many times now?! PLEASE….
I won’t be watching the rest now that the ONLY entertaining person is gone now….
finally!it’s abt time he got kicked off!he was a f***ing singer anyway..
hmm syesha is still there b/c she’s the only girl…i think there is at least 1 girl out of the other 5 who probably deserve to be there still instead of her but whatev. it’s going to be david vs. david in the finals no doubt about it. poor syesha has no chance, she’s just there b/c it would never be a top 3 of guys. jason castro delivered some good performances earlier in the season, but he started slipping, just like brooke white. David Cook is the most consistent, even more so than Archuleta.
thank you! finally
ARE YOU PEOPLE CRAZY! JASON SHOULDA WON THIS!
he was the only reason I watched American Idol.
he will be missed<3
FINALLY!
I wanted him to leave he was terrible yesterday.
The David’s are in the final!!
=)
I am very sad my hotty is gone. :(
Well Syesha is the next one going home….
As I said before I am sure it will be final 2 the Davids. :)
I don’t care for them one or the other who cares.
I will miss my Jason though he is sooooooo hot. :)
GO DAVID ARCHULETA \o/
This show pisses me off. Every season they start out kissing certain contestants asses, and then as soon as they decide someone else is a better choice to pimp, they drop-kick the previous chosen one. for example, this season they were pimping out carly smithson majorly, and then as soon as they started to catch on about david cook, they threw carly under the bus. david archuleta has always been one of the chosen ones for the top 2. every year they play with the viewers heads to manipulate who they want to be in the finals. can’t wait for several years down the road after the show is cancelled, when contestants write juicy tell-alls about the shadiness of AI.
when the heck is SYESHA going home?!?!?!?!?! bottom TWO everytime!!! time to goooooo!!!
>>letogirl @ 05/07/2008 at 10:11 pm Idolfan… I ADORE YOUU!! your comments on david ‘oh look at me at sing pretty boring’ archuleta are so right!!
It’s a shame though… Syesha shouldn’t have to be in the bottom two anymore…
but well… another week has gone and next week BORING DAVID IS GOING HOMEEE >>
Thanks, LetoGirl. And IU !! :-) So glad that someone else understands and appreciates true talent, instead of manufactured talent. It’s people like yourself, Janice and Amber who actually have the good sense God gave them to see and hear the talent that really makes a star.
I sure hope that Syesha’s fans come and rally around her next week — enough to rival those of the mindless, rabid Archuletta fans to finally get that goofy-toothed, awkward, mediocre-talented, crazy stage dad-controlled wannabe Idol outta here enough to finally get him gone so that this would be a true contest of the final two who are on par with each other in terms of talent.
So, you go, Syesha, my sista !!!! Right on !!
P.S. Ollie, you have the nerve to say Syesha is disingenuous? Are you kidding me? And that bull$hit ‘aww shucks,’ innocent teen act that David A puts out every f#cking week is genuine? Puleeeze. Go pick on somebody else !! You and others just hate her because she’s black. And that’s the truth! And I’m playing the race card here because it’s exactly the card that needs to be played. Somebody’s gotta say it. And the truth hurts !!! So all you Syesha haters, go to Hell !! There are those who actually see right through you for what you are.
no. I liked Jason. He was the only unique person there. I really wanted syesha to go home. grr. I am so mad..
dude, wtf, who is voting for syesha! she should’ve been gone long ago! so sad to see adorable jason go. wah!
i hope david archuleta wins
Syesha is gone next week.
He’s so beautiful, outside and in. Just a beautiful human soul. *Sigh* I miss him already…
Kim, I hope you end up in a dumpster…
good! finally!
oh thank god! haha FINALLY!
I mean Jason’s gone from good to bad to worse! He was good and unique the first time around… but after every single week? nah… he’s just a pretty face!
Yes, Syesha has a powerful voice although it tends to be uncontrolled when she starts singing the high notes. To quote Simon, “It was shriek-y”… So when you think about Divas out there (Imagine Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, etc) with powerful voices which are also controlled, where does she really stand? She’s got talent and I acknowledge that… but is it enough? For me… NO.
David A on the other hand has a good and angelic voice. His voice sounds clear. What I like about him is that he doesn’t force his voice on a genre that he will never sound good in. If his genre is pop ballad, then he changes the arrangement to suit his voice. Which I think is a very risky but wise decision. Over-all he’s good… A possible match to David Cook, however, some of his song choices were quite err forgetable….
David C is your typical rock star.. with all the appeal and creativity that goes with it. Raspy and at times hoarse, your typical rock star voice with a little edge… As can be heard in “music of the night”,he can control his voice (and not just shout it out… as what most artists do). All in all, he IS the AMERICAN IDOL…
I LOVED Jason but oh well. He’s a pothead its not like he was gunna go far haha
david archuleta is da bomb,i hope he takes this whole thing as does everyone I know..and no we arent little teeney boppers. Im 20, a straight guy and a proud david a supporter! rock it out little man!
His hair is gross.
Jason had a huge personality, I LOVED his goofy-ness and just like he said was “lacking in the experience department“. He would’ve gone far he kept pulling out performances like “Over the Rainbow” and “Hallelujah”, anyway, I know it’s his time and God, will he be missed like crazy!
I agree with some of the people here, Michael and Carly should have been in the top 5.
Syesha, I mean there’s no denying she’s got talent and I think she’d be better in musical theatre. Hey, it’s not my perfect top 3, but fingers crossed for a David&David finale! They deserve it!
They were all so much better than Jason. Go DAVID (both of them)
lol, btw the finale’s getting so close and I SOOO CAN’T WAIT but then I don’t want the season to end! haha
altho i liked jason syeasha did a way better job this week.
its alright she’ll go next week.
and David cook will most likely win.
well one of the davids would
ITS ABOUT TIME!
I am willing to bet the farm that David A will win.
NO WAYYYYYY!!!!
I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO WIN
& ive been 100% correct with my predictions…sad sad BUT he was taking it a bit easy!
David A has an “angelic voice”? Oh, give me a f*cking break, Mojoe.
He’s a kid witha creepy, goofy grin who licks his lips while he sings and has very little stage presence. He’s disgusting !!
I’d rather David C win than him. Better yet, it should be my girl, Syesha !!
You go, Sista !!! Do the damn thing !!!!
SAYESHA YOUR NEXT .. I ACTUALLY VOTED FOR YOU.. BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU DID A BETTER JOB THAN JASON..
BUT IT WILL BE THE BATTLE OF THE DAVIDS..
PERSONALLY, I LIKE DAVID COOK THE BEST .. :)
BUT IF DAVID A WINS.. THAT WILL BE OK .. :)
IDOL FAN NO 94 .. THIS IS NOT ABOUT RACE ..IT’S ABOUT
TALENT .. I JUST CAN’T STAND WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO TURN
THIS INTO AN ISSUE ABOUT SOMETHING IT’S NOT :(
JAson was kinda sexy…oh well.
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ahhh poo… i love jason he is GORGEOUS (mhmm look at his eyes :]) but anways, i love his voice cause it kinda reminds me of jack johnson so its probably best that he was voted off … whenever he makes a cd imaaa buy it <3
Dude..he didn’t even want to be there. He could barely remember two songs now they’re going to have to sing three. He said he was relieved to be going home.
Hilarious write up of Jason’s departure on celebrityprayerlist.com
why a lot of people hate david archuleta i dont know. Hes an amazing singer, especially for 17, and no one believes his ” im so surprised im still in the competition” act. Well thats how he is, he is real and sweet. his voice is so mature, way beyond his years. So if you dont like daivd, and have nothing good to say, dont say anything at all because its not fair to the people that do love him. That goes for all the contestans as well. I’m not saying you dont have the right of speech, but its making the fans of the contestans some people are putting down feel even worse. And go write it somewhere else if you dont like contestants like a journal or something.
I think they are all very talented, though I do want david archuleta to win. :)
Love you Archie! <3
GO COOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.
umm Syesha has alway been on the bottom 2, shes next!
DAVID ARCHULETA IS THE NEW AMERICAN IDOL!!!
How did Jason last this long? What a rip-off. Carly should still be in the line up - another rip-off. She was the only major talent on this rediculouls excuse for a talent show. After she left, I left.
David A can sing great but he is too young and looks so nervous it makes me cringe. David Cook is barely mediocre when it come to potential. And his hair! What a joke. Looks like a comic book wanna be rock star. I liked the Aussie much better.
AMERICAN IDOL SUCKS THESE 4 WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT TO THE FINAL 4 IN ANY OF THE OTHER SEASONS…THEY ALL ******* SUCK!!!
AI NEED A 4 YEAR BREAK-THEY’RE SATURATING THE TALENT POOL!!!
so sad he had to leave….the final 3 has never been my fav contestant ( but if i really have to choose it would be d.cook). if only michael johns didn’t get voted off….not let just pray d.arch wouldn’t win AI, can’t stand his voice…..
Finally…
GO DAVID ARCHULETA
FINALLY HE’S GONE! I HOPE THE NEXT WEEK SEYSHA TO GO HOME! THE FINAL IS GOING TO BE DAVID VS DAVID, IT’S OBVIOUS! IF SEYSHA GETS TO THE BOTTOM 2 I WILL DIEEEE! GO HOME SEYSHA! DAVID A. WILL WIN , I LOVE HIM :)
i thought syesa was good last week but after she equated her struggle in american idol with the civil rights movement and her speech about the first woman or black president, i got turned off.
it’s the battle of the davids for sure.
my God! who keeps voting for David Cook? he should have been voted off a LONG time ago!
i really liked Jason. he was cute, and he had a good voice.
I’m sure one of the David’s will win and I’m sure that their albums will end up on the 99 cent shelf like all the others. Idol’s no longer about talent..too bad..it used to be a good show.
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