bdb4Top 2 idol Can Phillip Phillips give Georgia its first ‘Idol’ crown?

American Idol: The final 2: L-R: Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez. CR: Michael Becker / FOX. Here’s a piece I wrote for the print edition of The Atlanta Journal Constitution: This has been a mixed bag of a year for “American Idol,” the aging Fox music competition show. With increased competition from NBC’s “The Voice,” “Idol” lost a quarter of its viewers this year from 2011, the biggest dropoff in the show’s 11-year history. The judges were pilloried for hyperbolic praise and excessive standing ovations for the contestants. Most infamous: Jennifer Lopez declaring Joshua Ledet “one of the best singers… >>

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