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"American Idol" Results: The Curse Goes On  By Rich Heldenfels
Published: May 23, 2012  Another season, another cute-white-guy
win. Phil-Phil tops Jessica Sanchez, and while there will be
cries to fix the show, it got the result it wanted. A week ago,
Jimmy Iovine handed Phillip a Bob Seger song that proved to the
audience that PP was not only able to sing a melody (however
infrequently) but able to be the cute, bland, tuneful white guy
that the show's voting audience so often loves. As a result, he
was able to knock the far more dramatic and compelling Joshua
Ledet out of the finals.  Then, last night, the show continued
to confine Jessica in a straitjacket of just-sing-pretty songs
(admittedly, one -- but only one -- of her own choosing) while
giving Phillip a closing song that played specifically to his
strengths, allowing the judges to say that he had not been
kicked around the block vocally by Jessica. So he wins. It may
be a win utterly lac