The Polls Are Closed and We Are Ready to Make a Projection

In an blatant attempt to increase my hit rate I'm going to go ahead and comment about the eliminations now, even though here on the far side of America the results show has not aired yet. So those of you west of the Rockies plus in Alaska and Hawaii may want to come back in a couple of hours.


Don't worry, I can wait.


OK, now that my neighbors & family are gone, I am of course not surprised to see both Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai go home tonight. Let's be honest, Anoop has been playing with the house money ever since Captain Jack opened up a 13th spot in the finals for him. He has to feel lucky that he made it this far. And as for Lil, she has been all but daring America to not vote for her ever since the finals started, and while her sassy attitude was somewhat refreshing given how bland Idol contestants usually are it was starting to wear a little thin, as was her attempts to mimic the singers whose songs she chose to sing. At least her boys get their mommy back for the next couple of months until the summer tour starts. Now we'll see if either Anoop or Lil actually use Idol as a start of a money making career in the entertainment industry and continue the run of success of 6th and 7th place finishers.

So now we are down to the Top 5: Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta, Kris Allen, and Matt Giraud. It should be no surprise that Adam, Danny, and Allison are still in the competition, and Matt is only there because of Captain Jack's save. Kris Allen though has to count as a surprise. When the semi-finals started who among you outside of the teenage girls who adore his looks thought that Kris would make it this far? I would guess most thought it would be Lil and Scott McIntyre who would still be here instead of Kris. I think it is fair to say that he hasn't backed his way in either. You would expect front runners Adam and Danny to not be in the bottom 3 yet but neither has Kris. In the tradition of Elliott Yamin and Phil Stacey Kris has stepped up to the plate in the finals and lasted far longer than what I and I imagine most people expected.

Be that as it may it still looks like it'll be Adam versus Danny for the title in 5 weeks time. Let's hope the producers don't bring Jim Lampley back to throw more boxing analogies at us like they did at last year's finale. There is only so much of that I can handle in one year.