SB, you are right they were all great tonight. I think Blake will go home tomorrow but who knows.

BTW Elliott Yamin will be performing tomorrow night.

I LOVE Elliott!! I still think he should've won last year.

I thought you did SB that is why I posted it. Did you buy his CD?

nope, not yet.

I heard Bucky on the radio the other day.

It's really anybody's guess right now on who should stay and who should go. I think it should be Blake, because he has been the least consistent of the 3, despite his originality. Going into last night, I thought Jordin would be the favorite going into the finale but I think Melinda served herself well with three really solid performances.

Well, dialidol.com has Blake going home by a very narrow margin. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Saw LaKisha on Ellen the other day. She said that she wished that she could've lasted just one more week so that she could have done the "hometown" thing.

Elliott looks great doesn't he? I almost didn't recognize him. Wow what a shocker huh I thought for sure that Blake would go home. BTW VFTW has Blake as their victim now.

Elliott doesn't look like Elliott. I liked that he looked a little quirky, like a cute troll. He has huge fake teeth now, and they sort of scared me. He still sounds great, but I LIKED his imperfections.

As for the Melinda booting, this goes to show the complete and utter stupidity of the American public. She was, by far, the most consistent and talented performer that has ever appeared on Idol. I'm just wondering if Simon's remark last night about putting Melinda through to the finals, and that he didn't CARE who else was in it, backfired, and pushed Blake and Jordin through.

Although I think Blake is cute and uniquely talented, between the two finalists, I'll have to back Jordin. As for VFTW, that's absurd. Blake has plenty of talent.

Well Pickler got a boob job why can't Elliott have fake teeth?

OMG!! She sure did!! Those things were just scary!!

I think that Elliott was liked because of his different looks. If he wanted to change his looks, he certainly made drastic changes!

The best two contestants (at least in my opinion) never face off in the finale. I started watching Idol in season 3 and thought for sure we would get a LaToya/Fantasia finale. The year after, I preferred a Bo Bice / Vonzelle finale (although I didn't think Carrie was bad, I just preferred Vonzelle to Carrie who I thought was rather bland). Last year, I wanted a Daughtry / Taylor finale (or even Elliott/Taylor).

Melinda should have made it on talent alone. Unfortunately for her, her listening audience isn't the same as the voting audience.

SB, SB, SB....although I agree with you, I would guess that the voting demographic would favor the younger performer. Melinda was more of a mainstream performer with more appeal to the older folks (like us).

Elliot did look a little weird. Kind of a blue collar Josh Groban.

I didn't watch last night...but I had a sinking feeling that Melinda was getting the boot. She has been the most consistently great singer on the show this season (or quite possibly ANY season)...but as mentioned...she didn't have the look. And unfortunately...that DOES play a part with the voters.

So how are you guys calling it? Do we all pretty much agree it should be Jordin in a walk or do you think Blake has a chance?

I don't know I thought Blake would go home yesterday. He might have a chance.

Oh, I think Blake has a big chance. Again, demographics. Who is voting. Next week should be very interesting. Jordin is a raw talent. Blake has a niche. I don't vote.

Paula Abdul tripped over Tulip? More like she tripped over a bottle of scotch.

Wait 'til Simon hears about this! As first reported by "EXTRA," ever loopy "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul broke her nose over the weekend, when she tripped trying to avoid stepping on her dog -- a large, threatening, fear-instilling chihuahua named Tulip. (We kid, of course.)

Though she wasn't hospitalized, "EXTRA" says Abdul did suffer the nose-mashing fate just days before the live finale of "Idol." There's no indication that she'll be missing the big event, or that she'll have to wear any protective headgear -- to avoid Cowell's no doubt stinging barbs.

When TMZ contacted Abdul's rep Howard Bragman about the accident, all he would say is "I didn't trip her!"

Gee, what a surprise!! Didn't she have a cast on her arm a season or two ago??

I wonder if she'll look like Marcia Brady did when her brothers threw the football and it broke her nose?

Any predicitons for tonight? Since my theory contends that the viewers vote tally is flushed down the toilet....I think the American Idol producers will give the award to Jordan. She's more marketable than BeatBoxBoy.

Well I thought Katherine would have been more marketable than Taylor but he won last season and hasn't been heard of since just like Reuben. I think both Blake and Jordin will do good in the business.

BTW it was nice seeing Phil wearing his Navy uniform. I don't understand why he is still wearing the navy blue Winter uniform though. I thought they would be in the Summer whites by now

Mig, Mig, Mig, NEVER wear white before Memorial Day!!

But that uniform is wool. Being out in Cali. he has to be burning up. My hubby hated wearing that uniform.

Btw, LOVED Chris Daughtry's Guy-liner. What was he thinking?

So, of all the songs submitted, that was it?? This Is My Now?? That makes Inside Your Heavenly HooHa sound like poetry. That was the WORST coronation song yet.

I loved Blake's You Give Love a Bad Name. I loved Jordin's Broken Wing. I hated both versions of I'm Having A Cow.

I think that Jordin has it in the bag, but Blake would be an interesting upset. Since Melinda and LaKisha were voted off, I'm not that interested any longer.

Me either. At this point I don't care who wins.

I wasn't too blown away last night at all... despite what Paula says, this was not the "best" finale ever. I think both will do well and have good careers - but Jordin is going to be a superstar, and should win.

But the public will probably get it wrong again, like they did with Ruben -- after all, Ruben never gave me goosebumps like Clay did.

Paula's drunk. What does she know.

Year after year, Idol screws up the "original song" bit. Last year, the original songs were just plain bad.

This year, the original song was OK, but it suited one contestant more than the other. Blake was done a huge disservice. I know, I know - great singers can sing anything. In a vacuum, that's true, but if two different singers are set up to be comparatively judged, fairness becomes an issue.

In any case, Jordin should have this won easily. She might have won anyway with a better original song for Blake, but they sure didn't do him any favors.

Poor Blake. I'd love to know what the real numbers are, how many votes each one gets. Blake was a true gentleman. I think he was actually relieved to not have to sing that stupid coronation song.

Jordin is lovely and talented. She will go far.

I missed the first half of the show. Did they mention Fantasia at all?? I thought it was odd that they had every past winner EXCEPT Fantasia.