A slightly belated American Idol wank report.
I was trying to get to journalfen all yesterday afternoon and evening just so I could post this, but alas. Better late than never!

So as most people who haven't been living under rocks (and some who have) know, this week was the big American Idol finale. Tuesday night, Diana and Fantasia, the two finalists, each sang three songs in the final competition. Fantasia ended on a high note, the judges praised her. Diana ended on a low note, and they did not deny that. And then we were set to wait for the results show Wednesday night.

However, Diana fans were posting constantly on the LJ community "americanidol" - not praising Diana (probably because they really couldn't, after her last performance), but insulting Fantasia. For instance, the "AHAHA SHE SOUNDZ LIEK DONALD DUCK post. Oh, and nothing makes people want to vote for your favorite like great big annoying fonts with sparkly backgrounds. Then they started putting forth explanations for Diana's suckage on the last song. They involved technical difficulties - oh wait - the judges are all totally biased towards Fantasia, so THEY DECIDED TO SCREW DIANA ON HER LAST SONG OMG!!!! Also, shame on that horrible biased MSN.com for cutting off part of Diana's hair and putting Fantasia in the center of an image!!

(And for the record, I'm not a huge fan of either Diana or Fantasia, so I'm not even being defensive here - it's just that the Diana fans were repeatedly ridiculous.)

Fortunately, after the results show, the wank died down a great deal. But maybe the rabid Diana fans were too busy crying. Also note the wank in this thread at idolforums about how "Mantasia" doesn't deserve to be the American Idol because she has tattoos, piercings, and a baby. The last part has been a common theme, of course - but I chose to link this example of it because the poster also whines about how Fantasia was favored because she came out with a huge choir singing behind her for the last song of Tuesday night - ignoring the fact that the show started with Diana singing the same song with the same choir.

I have never had this much wank delivered straight to my friends list before, certainly not within a 24 hour period. Thus, my first post here.