Can you imagine if he has to drop out in the next week or so due to illness? There's already a bit of backlash happening regarding the use of the save at this point. I've seen comments about him being a drama queen and others saying that this whole thing was scripted (which would be no surprise at this point). Points have been made that they'd planned on taking all 11 on tour regardless (why? I mean last year's sales really sucked and some dates were cancelled completely...) so why use the save? Yes, he should have done better, but it would have been in his best interest health-wise to get him off the show and let him heal. A case could actually be made that he's had this problem for a while and it looks like stress is a trigger so why put yourself through this? Is it that all fire important? We've seen what you can do and people will be buying your album anyhow (or at least more than without the exposure on Idol). Ok, yes, so you want to win. However, we've seen that winning isn't everything on this show anymore. You'll do fine even if you don't win. You have to come to a point where you need to decide, is this really worth it? What good is winning and getting the contract going to do you if you're too sick to make the tour and are laid up to the point of not being able to do the publicity rounds? Or worse yet, what if this pushes the ailment to the point of the worst possible case? Is winning a silly contest really worth that?
How amazing would it have been if Casey started to sing, stopped it of his own accord and said "Please keep the save for someone else. My health's become an issue and I really need to go and get better. May I please come back in a couple years and try again?" Even better to have them say "You know, we know who you are as a singer. There's no need to go that route. You're going to be just fine and we're taking all 11 on tour anyhow!" It's quite obvious the judges adore him and certainly one of them could hook him up with a producer sometime after the tour with the condition that his album doesn't come out until no sooner than February next year. It would have put him in good standing with the critics and the idols for at least attempting to do the right thing because you know there's going to be some really nasty things said about him in the coming weeks from those who don't enjoy him (especially if their favorite goes before he does).
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That was such a bizarre moment! I thought he was going to pass out or collapse or something!
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