Dear Simon and the Less Helpful Judges,

America got it right. And that means that you got it wrong.

Matt Giraud, while not the worst singer left in the competition, should have gone home last night. Simon, you were absolutely right when you said that he had no chance of winning this competition. Why, then, would you still save him?

I thought this rule was to prevent people like Chris Daughtry from going home. By saving Matt, I have to draw a comparison between the two singers. Chris was the media's favorite and was widely believed to be the most talented person in the running that year. Matt is not the media's or even conservative America's favorite (Adam & Danny, respectively). He's also by no means the most talented person left this year.

I thought it was just a total insult to America to even ask him before passing judgment how many times he's been in the bottom 3. By admitting to having been there twice before, I thought surely his death warrant was signed. It should be obvious that America is not as sold on him as Kara is.

Instead, you're now risking the place of the remaining contestants by using the save on someone undeserving. I understand time was running short to use it, but it really wasn't necessary to use at all. Next week, if Matt ends up safe, we could really lose out on someone good. The most endangered by this save are probably Lil and Anoop, who America still doesn't care for. But if this save means Adam or Danny goes home next week, I'm sure you'll be regretting this dumb move. Sadly, middle-of-the-packers like Kris and Allison could ultimately be the biggest victims, since two contestants will go home next week.

If America can hold it together, Matt will go home next week like he should have this week, and Lil will follow him right out the door, bad hair, big booty and all.

But if not...then I hope that you suffer for this mistake and lose one of your favorites. It'd teach you to trust America more. We've actually gotten it right up to this point. That is to say, not every week was perfect, but we have the seven best contestants left at this point. Now we've just gotta move through the bottom tier of this bunch to get to the top four. And if your save burns out one of those people too soon, at least you'd have no one to blame but yourself. That means Paula, don't you dare whine and tell us we got it wrong next week, because you started it. And we just don't care what you think.

Let down,

Patrick James