David Archuleta wins American Idol is the title I will be writing next week when the winner is announced.

David Cook gave a great performance, but Archuleta was so much better. Simon Cowell agrees calling Archuleta’s performance a "knock out."

This was an easy one to predict so many shows ago. Archuleta’s talent just shines through.

Above is a video of Archuleta singing In This Moment. He was driving the audience crazy with this performance. I got goose bumps. Did you? C’mon, be honest, did you?

Ellen DeGeneres got Simon Cowell to really open up about Fantasia, and her insane performance on American Idol. He’s so great, honest, and humble. Click here if you missed the Fantasia performance.

American Idol contestant David Archuleta’s father has been put in the spotlight, and when that happens people start digging for dirt, and Star Magazine found some.

According to Star, Jeff Archuleta was accused of sexually abusing two children over the course of a three month period. Police did not arrest Jeff though, because a police source said "One of the alleged victims denied any abuse had taken place and said the in-law was lying." The source added that it came out the in-law who had made the child abuse allegations "had promised Barbie dolls to the two alleged victims if they backed up the false claim."

That’s cold.

Fantasia gave a freaky performance tonight on American Idol. The look on Simon Cowell’s face says it all. The song was a lot of yelling and booty shaking, but nothing that could be danced to. I’m not even sure it was bad, it was just off, and I don’t mean off the hook, I mean different, but that’s Fantasia. She does give an energetic show, and usually sweats like a pig. As Ryan Seacrest was spreading on the compliments she tried to grab and kiss him. The whole experience sent cold shivers down my spine. Video of Fantasia’s performance is below.

Tonight Syesha Mercado was voted off American Idol. So sad. I really thought she would make it to the top two, but I was wrong. She’s still going to have a career. I have to give her credit for not crying her eyes out. She did a beautiful job singing her farewell song.

There is a scandal however. At the 3:17 mark in the video you can see Syesha start smiling while you can clearly hear her still singing. Syesha’s song was PRERECORDED and Syesha was LIP SYNCHING. Is American Idol getting desperate to boost ratings by prerecording performances, rather than having contestants perform live?

David Archuleta and David Cook are now in the top two. Watch their performances closely, to see if they are lip synching too.