So Ruben just barley escaped the clutches of death. Although I am not the greatest Ruben fan in the world I don not believe that he should have been up there with the Drag Queen (DQ from now on). DQ did have one of her better performances but she is not a fan favorite, but Ruben being in the bottom 2! The only thing as shocking as that I would have to say was when Steve Smith scored in his own net to eliminate the Edmonton Oilers from the 1986 playoffs, allowing Calgary to beat them and the Habs to beat Calgary for Lord Stanleys Cup. (For all you non-hockey fans the Habs are the Montreal Canadiens ah, the good old days)
Why was Ruben in the bottom 2, was it a case that America felt sorry for Josh and cast more votes his way thinking that 205 already held his own? After much thought I came up with the following possibilities:
1. Josh got a lot of sympathy votes, America feeling that 205 could hold his own. Yet even so, then that would mean that Ruben came in 4th, that Clay, Kim and Josh received more that Ruben? Scary
2. The American Public is tired of Rubens Barry White / Luther impersonation the way they were of DQs Whitney impersonation. The man has sung the same songs since the show began and was only criticized once by Simon where as all the others were criticized continuously. Clay, you handle criticism like a grown up remember those words. Could it be that the American Public just got tired of 205 continuously escaping criticism and were fed up thus took matters into their own hands.
3. What are the demographics of the show? What race are the majority of the voters. I am not looking to start a debate of racial profiling or anything like that but could it be that majority of the voters are white. I only say this as part of my theory that there has not been any rap or true hip hop music in the show, music generally associated with black artist thus maybe the show lacks a black audience. By this I am not saying that they voted DQ off and put 205 in the bottom 2 because they are black but because the majority of the audience who I feel is white, are not Barry White or Whitney fans. Just a thought, please do not read more into what I wrote.
4. AI fixing it for ratings, stir things up a bit, always making sure that Ruben would not be eliminated? Could be, I dont know.