American Idol: Amber Holcomb is Eliminated

Amber Holcomb ended up with the lowest votes from this week and last week's combined votes. This means that the top three contestants remaining that will be fighting for the top spot are Angie Miller, Candice Glover, and Kree Harrison.

Despite getting standing ovations from the judges for the past two weeks, Amber still ended up getting the lowest voter turn out. American Idol has proven time and time again that you may be the best sounding singer, but the likability factor is important as well. If people don't like you, no matter how good you are, you won't receive their vote.

Its a shame that this happens in a singing competition. Amber Holcomb should have ended in 2nd Place if not as the season winner. Only Candice Glover can match her in terms of vocal talent among the top four. And if marketing is important in a career later on, Amber Holcomb would be the threat since she also looks good, and has a potential for advertisements, and perhaps TV shows or movies. The beautiful are usually blessed.

But haters are gonna hate. I'm not sure if Amber's fashion sense during the early part of the season was the reason for the low number of votes that she received. Some of the audiences might have seen, as Nikki Minaj would put it, those long stallion legs, as offensive or a ploy to attract a greater part of the male audience. The males in the audience probably appreciated it but their girlfriends or wives wouldn't have. And most voters on American Idol are probably conservative old grandmas  or young girls. In the latter episodes of American Idol, you'll see that they lessen Amber's exposure and try to dress her up conservatively, but the initial impressions probably were already embedded in people's minds.

Still, Beyonce, Rihanna, and even the great Mariah Carey, at some point in their careers, had some questionable exposures in their videos perhaps to sell some records.

Amber Holcomb has a bright future ahead of her. She just needs to move on from this temporary failure and prove the doubters wrong when she makes it big. A lot of American Idol contestants had bigger careers than past AI winners. Chris Daughtry, Jennifer Hudson, and Katherine McPhee never won but still had music hits or awards later on.

Amber, thank you for the unforgettable performances you did on American Idol this season. Never give up. Show them that you're better and you really deserve to be a star. And as a personal request, stick with classics or ballads - which you are extremely good at. You are amazing!!!