After this week's diappointing performances I checked out threads from previous seasons' top 12 performances to see if things were as negative as they were this week.

In comparison to 2006:
Good news: It wasn't always like it was this week.

Bad news: So this week was worse than I thought.

http://community.realitytvworld.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rtvw2/community/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=1697&forum=DCForumID44&archive=yes

Kudos to Geekboy for choosing Taylor Hicks from the outset!

And to Glow, for going to bat for Elliot.

Moving on to 2007--the posters were underwhelmed by the top 12 guys and Glow was calling for a girl to win. Prophetic, Glow!

http://community.realitytvworld.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rtvw2/community/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=2143&forum=DCForumID44&archive=yes

But much more enthusiastic about the girls:

http://community.realitytvworld.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/rtvw2/community/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=2149&forum=DCForumID44&archive=yes

2008:

Here's where Simon was much snarkier to the top 12 guys than in the past--reminded me of this week--but there were ones he liked, like Archuletta.

http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID44/2434.shtml

And he told Syesha she was one of the most talented girls:

http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID44/2439.shtml

• RE: A walk down memory lane,sica077, 00:23 AM, 03-01-10

Very interesting to reread all of those, zazzy. Thanks for bringing them back to the surface. I had been wondering about the past seasons (since this season has left me feeling like I want to delete it from my DVR list), but I simply haven't had the patience to weed through all of it!

<sigh> Chris Daughtry <another sigh> those were the days....