Sigh, I was so sad when I found out Clay lost to Ruben. I was actually hoping to watch the final episode without knowing who won beforehand, but a few of my classmates went to find out through the Internet and tell me. My initial reaction was "So what?" Yes, I was disappointed that Clay lost, but I thought maybe clay had lost cos he had performed badly or something. I mean, ruben was just as deserving as well. However, sadness set in when i watched the show. clay actually performed better than ruben. much better. i mean, that last song, bridge over troubled water, has got to be the performance of the entire season. even simon says clay could win with that performance. i felt more sad. so what happened? by right, clay should have won because he supposedly has a larger fanbase than ruben. but then, i found out that the producers had wanted ruben to win. even simon was biased towards ruben. it was quite unfair to clay i think. sigh. it took me quite long to get over clay's loss. until now, his loss still kinds of pains me, because to me, he is a winner. whatever lah. but i've kind of gotten over it. been trying to console myself with the fact that clay lost by the smallest of margins, and that both have a recording contract and will be releasing their first singles in june. still, what counts is the title, the coveted title of the american idol, and that belongs to ruben, not clay. no matter what happens though, clay will always be a winner to me.
Clay's loss also kind of reminded me of last year, when the twins were eliminated from the amazing race. Clay's loss took me about two days to get over. It took me 3 days to get over the twins' elimination last year. Haha. I think I'm really too obsessed with all these reality shows. Speaking of which, Amazing Race 4 is starting next Friday! Yeah! Amazing Race will always be my favourite reality show, and i guess it can compensate for American Idol and Survivor. Hopefully.
Just now, I was hoping to watch the final episode that I taped on thursday. I was certain I set the VCR to record at 10, but somehow, the thing just didn't record at all. I was quite angry lah. Obviously. So I could only watch the 8-9 part, which I had watched on thursday, and which, somehow, miraculously, i had managed to record. Whatever. Tomorrow, if i'm not wrong, channel 5 is going to show the repeat telecast. I'll tape it then. Hopefully, it'll turn out OK and i can watch it properly. And watch it over and over again.