Air Date: Thursday, May 19, 2011 [8-9pm]
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The Top 13 (or at least most of them) were in the audience.
Video: The Top 4 visit Bad Robot Productions, where the genius that is J.J. Abrams introduces and shows clips to them from his new movie, Super 8. This must have been taped before James Durbin was voted out, because he was there with the other three.
Ryan talks to Elle Fanning, one of the stars of Super 8.
Video: Haley Reinhart Hometown Visit - Chicago, IL. Her hometown visit includes a sort of parade I guess you could call it (where she is the only person in the parade), reuniting with her family, a visit to her school, and finally a concert for her local fans.
Ford Music Video: "Smile." You notice that none of them actually sang on camera in this one? That's how produced these music videos have become now, they don't even need to sing anymore.
Il Volo performs "O Sole Mio." I've never heard of them before now, but they have unbelievable voices.
Video: Scotty McCreery's Hometown Visit - Garner, N.C. His hometown visit includes a stop at a local radio station, visiting family, baseball game, getting emotional in the limo, visiting his old job at the grocery store, and finally a concert for the fans. Josh Turner surprises Scotty on stage while he's singing.
Nicole Scherzinger (co-host for the upcoming X Factor) and 50 Cent perform "Right There."
Video: Lauren Alaina's Hometown Visit - Rossville, GA. Her hometown visit includes a radio station stop, local AT&T store, high school, seeing the devastation from the recent tornadoes, parade, concert and a baseball game.
The first person in the Top 2, who will compete for the title next week, is...Scotty McCreery! I knew they would announce his name first, because it makes us wonder who will be the other person. If they had said Lauren or Haley's name first, we would already know that Scotty would take the other spot.
And the final person to compete for the title of American Idol is...Lauren Alaina! Even though many of us were hoping for a deserving upset by having Haley stay in and compete, this outcome is completely predictable.
Haley Reinhart - Eliminated
This is the first time in the history of American Idol where two people of the same genre (country, albeit different types of country) have made it to the Top 2.
I have to say that when it comes to a Top 2, this is the first time in the history of this show where I have no idea who I will support or vote for come Tuesday night. Season 1 - It was obvious that it's Kelly Clarkson all the way. Season 2 - Both Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken deserved it. Season 3 - Even though, in hindsight, Fantasia is the better winner, Diana DeGarmo was my favorite at the time. Season 4 - Carrie Underwood was the obvious choice there. Season 5 - Katharine McPhee was my favorite against Taylor Hicks. Season 6 - Jordin Sparks all the way. Season 7 - David Cook, obviously. Season 8 - Adam Lambert, hands down. Season 9 - Crystal Bowersox was my favorite of the two. But my top two favorites are gone. At the start of the season, Lauren Alaina was my favorite. Then James Durbin burst onto the stage and he quickly became my favorite. And then Haley Reinhart became my underdog favorite. But both of them were eliminated in the last two weeks. And now we're left with Scotty McCreery, who has never been anywhere near my favorite, but who has provided some great performances at times. And Lauren Alaina, who was my initial favorite before James and Haley wow'd us.
Even though I would love an upset and see Lauren win, it seems obvious that Scotty will win. At the moment, my gut tells me to support and vote for Lauren even though he's at a disadvantage. But I'm ultimately going to wait until I hear each of their three songs and made a final decision.
The finale episodes will be at the Nokia L.A. Live theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday instead of the regular Wednesday/Thursday timeslots (since May sweeps ends on Wednesday). On Tuesday (8-9pm), Scotty and Lauren will take to the stage for a final chance at our votes, performing three songs each. Then on Wednesday (8-10:07pm), we'll have more than two hours of extravaganza with stars taking the stage to perform (including Lady Gaga with "The Edge of Glory"), and the Top 13 reuniting. Then when all is said and done, we'll have our tenth American Idol champion. See ya then...
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