“I have a very clear prediction for the finale,” said Jimmy as we waited on baited breath.
“There’ll be a guy in it.” Ominous words for those of us who were hoping for the first girl-on-girl finale since Fantasia Barrino defeated Diana DeGarmo way back in Season 3.
Alas, ‘twas not to be. Here we are ten seasons in and only eight ladies have made it to finale show, compared to 12 guys.
Assuming you did the math there, you know that -- spoiler alert! -- Scotty McCreery is indeed competing on Tuesday’s final performance show. (Don’t forget: next week’s shows are on Tuesday and Wednesday. Gleeks and “Biggest Loser” fanatics will just have to channel the wisdom of Solomon.)
While I find this disappointing, it’s not exactly surprising. The judges have been pimping out Scooter from the beginning. He remains the only Season 10 contestant to never land in the Bottom Three and the harshest of his critiques have ranged from “I felt like I was at a Scotty concert” to “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
In fact, the only thing close to a Scooter scandal was during Group Week when he didn’t stand up for Jacee Badeaux, the little cherub who was kicked out of his group at the eleventh hour by Clint Jun Gamboa.
This lapse in chivalry actually ended up helping Scotty’s image. When he apologized for “not being the man he should’ve been,” you could practically hear the Heartland dialing in their rotary phone votes. When he admited that he later went back to his room and cried, he locked in the tween vote (and offered us shades of the hometown visit to come).
So which girl would be voted out this week? We could only hope it was whoever was dressing Lauren. She is by no means a fat girl, but the cropped teal jacket and return of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader boots did not do her figure any favors.
Perhaps the producers are trying to emphasize her cornfed birthing hips in a bid to appeal to those in middle America. I prefer the prom dress.
To find out the results, we had to survive a promo for “Super 8,” which looks like a cross between “Stand By Me” and “War of the Worlds.” Superproducer J.J. Abrams offered the Idols a sneak peak of selected clips. The brains behind “Lost” and “Alias,” he is undoubtedly a genius ... which makes me wonder why he cast Elle Fanning, who appeared in the “Idol” audience.
Talking to Seacrest, she giggled uncontrollably while trying to spit out who her 6-year-old cousin’s favorite Idol is. (Scotty, of course.) Newsflash, Elle: We don’t even care who your favorite is! Where sister Dakota is annoyingly precocious, Elle is annoyingly and absolutely 'tween.
As for the hometown visits, Haley went back to Chicagoland, where it literally rained on her parade.
She cursed her way through the Chicago streets before arriving in her hometown of Wheeling.
