American Idol Semi-Weekly Rundown- Final 3

Okay, so American Idol tends to lose steam towards the end...just the lay of the land. So these reports are a little sporadic lately. I haven't been ultra impressed by anyone recently, especially since Michael Johns and Carly Smithson were prematurely ejected from the competition. However, I'll admit that David Cook has continued to impress. His vocals seem to have improved, even if his song choices aren't always perfect. So in my opinion, he's the lock.

Last night, the three remaining contestants (Syesha Macado-how'd she make it this far exactly?, David Archuleta, and David Cook) had to sing three songs. One judge's choice, one song choice of their own, and one producer's choice -aka 'the sell out'.

David Cook led the pack easily. His rendition of Simon's choice-ROberta Flack's 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' was really really good. Possibly bordering on 'greatness'? That might be a bit much but it definitely shone in comparison to the rest of the night's performances. His 2nd choice, a Switchfoot song, was only okay. The PRoducer's choice was 'I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing' and it was predictably boring. Not much can be done w/ a Dianne Warren song that's already been adequately covered, is there?

Syesha was less-than-standout. She was given an Alisah Keyes song by Randy which was obviously going to be a yawn. Then she attempted to perform a 'cabaret' version of 'Fever' (my favorite karaoke song ever, by the way) using a chair as a prop. Although she sang it well and was very very sexy, it was a bad choice for this pivotal night. Her last song was that Happy Feet song, you know the fun one that plays over the credits at the end? It was a stupid choice and the producer's were obviously trying to get her ousted.

David Archuleta has passed his peak, if you ask me. He had a few memorable moments earlier inthe season (and actually, his 'Love Me Tender' from last week was nice), but I think we're all growing tired of the snoozy ballads. And let's face it, that's David's genre. Last night he performed the judge's choice of Billy Joel's 'And So It Goes' which was very beautiful. One of his best so far. But then he took a couple steps back when he attempted to do an up-tempo Chris Brown song and ended up looking like a nervous schoolboy. Finally, the producer's nailed the coffin shut on his American Idol chances by giving him Dan Fogelburg's 'Longer'-a gorgeous song but totally wrong for this arena.

I think it's safe to say that the Davids will end up in the finale and that David Cook will win by a landslide. He's far more talented than Chris Daughtry after all and we see where that joker's ended up.