Abrams had been an audience fan and judge favorite. On Thursday night, as Abrams was about to sing his final song, I Put a Spell On You, host Ryan Seacrest trumpeted: “This is what talent looks like, ladies and gentlemen.”

Of course, before any results could be read, Idol had to fill an entire hour with a trip to the British consulate (because in case you didn’t know, there’s some royal wedding or whatever scheduled for today), and a group medley of Carole King hits.

Seacrest even warned audiences from the beginning of the episode that they were going to be disappointed with the results. And what a disappointment.




Karen Malmquist is a sophomore at La Salle University, and the head writer and star of In Other News, a comedy series airing in Philadelphia.