Elisabeth Hasselbeck on David Hernandez Elimination: An American Idol Conspiracy
by Mischalova at .Let's at least give Elisabeth Hasselbeck some credit: unlike former coworker, Rosie O'Donnell, this host of The View didn't refer to 9/11 as a conspiracy.
But the conservative blonde is singing a conspiratorial tuner over David Hernandez being voted off American Idol last night.
"My mind went, 'You know what? This is a conspiracy," said Hasselbeck during this morning's show.
"American Idol maybe didn't want to deal with the fact that he had this shady - so-called - past and they blocked all of his phone calls of people voting for him.'"
Whoopi Goldberg was taken aback at this accusation, reiterating Hasselbeck's stance in amazement: "They blocked his phone calls?!?"
Sounds like a controversial, attention-getting viewpoint to me, Elisabeth basically responded. We wonder if she also thinks Eliot Spitzer got a raw deal.
"I'm making up my own conspiracy theory. This is my paranoia," she said.
"Because he's good - he is good - despite his... whatever he was doing on the side. But I think he actually deserved the spot to be there and I feel like maybe they were just trying to get him off the show."
What do you think? Did American Idol conspire to give David Hernandez the boot?
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Comments (13 Total)
I think David Hernandez should have stayed on Idol. He has way better vocals than Jason Castro, Christy Lee Cook, Ramiel, etc. I believe Idol chose to boot him over the stories regarding his past and make it easy on themselves by saying he had the lowest votes--no controversy that way. Did you notice how sad he looked at the beginning of the show and through out it? Irregardless of his past, he has great talent, and I wish only the best for his future. I would love to see him and hear him again. Give me a break--we had Rock Hudson, who was gay, Richard Chamberlain, and many others--some out of the closet and some not. I can understand booting those twins from a previous show who were under indictment for fraud, but a real talent just cause he stripped in a gay bar? Unreal!!
Elizabeth hit it right on!! This was definately a conspiracy. The judges suddenly went cold on David who they had loved up until then. David was not voted out because he had no talent - the opposite is true - he had one of the best vocals in the competition. American Idol will never be the same for me. I miss David!!
I agree with Jay for the most part. He made a bad choice choosing the song that he chose, but there have been much worse mistakes... KRISTY LEE COOK. OH MY GOD. that country rendition of 8 Days a Week... she butchered the song. and the song she did last week, I had to change the channel for a second, I couldn't even listen to it. I'm not sure if it was a CONSPIRACY... maybe it was, people are so close minded, and if American Idol stooped so low, it really is a shame how close minded we have become. It also could have just been the homophobes and the bible thumpers (I'm sorry but it's true) voting against him because of his life on the side. He definitely deserves to be there, his voice is just amazing (NOT TO MENTION LOOKS...) I could go on forever, but all in all I think he should still be there.
I think David H was robbed. His song wasn't the greatest but he has an awesome voice. You know it's true. There were four others that were way worse and if it was only one bad week that got him eliminated why is Ramiel still there??? Week after week she is struggling...and Kristy, are you kidding me???
Simple (and most likely) explanation. . .fewer people liked David Hernandez than the other contestants in a very close race with 29 million voters, all with their own subjective opinions. He still got a million (or millions) of votes. But gee, could it actually be true that a slim majority of people have a different opinion than me? That can't be!! I'm always right! It must be a conspiracy! Yeah, that's it! A conspiracy!