Down To The Wire

Well, thankfully this season of "Idol" is shaping up more-or-less as I expected it would. Casey James, as resoundingly meh as he was, put up a good fight but has been bid goodbye ... best of luck to him. The hopefuls most certainly weren't eliminated in the order I envisioned they would be (or in the order they should have been), but in the long run we've got the showdown on tap next week that I was hoping for: Lee versus Crystal. Who's gonna win? I'm starting to think that Lee has the slight edge in terms of enthusiastic fans, but we can't underestimate the "girl power" that may be quietly rallying behind Crystal to give her the momentum to push through. Goodness knows we've had unexpected come-from-behind victories before, most notably just one year ago, when we all thought Adam was going to walk away with it. So, let's tune in next week, shall we?