Impact

WARNING... This blog post contains spoilers from last nights episode of American Idol.
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First of all, let me just say "WHAT!?"
Colton Dixon was voted off American Idol last night after never being in the bottom three until now. Obviously people felt he was in a pretty safe position and didn't bother picking up the phone, figuring he would be okay for one week. *sigh* Canadians really should be allowed to vote.

Despite him being my favourite, it is probably a good thing he didn't win the whole competition (as many expected he would.) See, Colton Dixon is a very strong out spoken Christian. By not winning the show, he will have a little more freedom in what kind of record he makes and who he signs with and he has made it no secret that he wants to do a Christian album. He has already gotten a ton of support from artists such as Steven Curtis Chapman, Third Day and Lifehouse. Hopefully one of them will come along side him and get something started.

But what I really want to talk about has nothing to do with his singing talent, which is wonderful in itself. But as a fellow Christian I have really appreciated and respected the way he has handled himself on the show every week. He has been an excellent testimony and representation of what a Christian is. Colton was told by the producers that he needed to tone down his tweets on twitter (where he has given out daily Bible verses) and that being so outspoken about his faith live on the show was going to greatly hurt him. Coltons response? "I am not going to hide it, and I am not going to stray away from it just because I am on a TV show." That takes guts.

Last night during his shocking elimination when asked if there was anything he wanted to say, all he did was apologise for not being 100% himself the night before. Then he went on to perform Lifehouses 'Everything' song, in which he got on his knees, looked up to Heaven and changed the words of the song to "Your all I want, Your all I need, Your everything GOD Your everything." Fellow contestants were crying, one of the judges was crying... my goodness, even I was crying It was so moving!
He never got to finish his song - whether the producers thought enough was enough and cut him off or whether he genuinely ran out of time I don't know. But what an impact to make in your final moments on live TV.

We look forward to seeing big things from you Colton. Big things for the glory of God.