LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Is "American Idol" losing its touch, or did people care more about Taylor and Katharine than Jordin and Blake?
Nielsen Media reports Wednesday's finale of "American Idol" was watched by 30.7 million people. That's a sharp drop from last year's finale, when 36.4 million people saw Taylor Hicks win over Katharine McPhee.
It's pretty much the same number of people who saw Carrie Underwood win in 2005 -- 30.3 million. It beats out the 28.8 million who saw Fantasia Barrino win in 2004, but doesn't come close to the juggernaut of 2003, when 38 million people tuned in to the Ruben Studdard-Clay Aiken finale.
This year's season of "Idol" started off strong, beating out last year's early-season ratings, but started to falter mid-season. Call it the Sanjaya Effect. Ratings started to dip when Sanjaya Malakar was voted off in April.
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