Who’s your favorite third place Idol?

We’ve been watching American idol for so long now and currently we are on our last season. We’re finally at the last two, which is what everybody predicted from the very beginning – a fight between David Cook (my favorite) and David Archuleta.  However, let us think about the past third place Idol winners.  Who amongst them do you like the most?

First Season: Nikki McKibbin.  Remember her, she was an obvious rocker and she was actually the first in the show to have a consistent rock repertoire. As to this being an advantage to her or not, well she didn’t reach the finals.  But do you like her?

Second Season: Kimberly Locke.  Simon Cowell constantly criticized her lack of personality, but hey, she reached the final 3.

Third Season: Jasmine Trias.  She got tremendous support from the people in California, New York and her hometown Hawaii.  Because of her Filipino origin, she also had the vote of the Filipino community.  She’s currently one of the more successful winners of idol. 

Fourth Season: Vonzell Solomon.  This was her second audition for the show.  She initially auditioned for the second season but was cut off.

Fifth Season: Elliot Yamin.  Both Stevie Wonder and Simon Cowell saw the potential in Yamin the former stating that he was "potentially the best male vocalist" in the five seasons of Idol. Sure enough, after Idol Yamin reached the Billboard Top 200 with his song Wait for You. 

Sixth Season: Melinda Doolittle. It was a surprise that she didn’t make it to the finals.

Seventh Season: Syesha Mercado.  Finally, the newest addition to our list of third place winners but how could he possibly compete with the two David’s that are now in the finals.

I love Elliot Yamin.  Who’s your choice?