I didn’t see the show, but I hear that the voting was close — everyone within one percentage point of each other.  (Of course, one percentage point could be 50,000-100,000 votes).  But Elliott had the least votes, and Paula cried.

At this point, it’s hard to get revved up for the finales, because one of two things will happen:

(1)  Taylor will predictably win. 

(2)  Katharine will stage an upset, proving once and for all that America confuses superlative talent with superlative looks.

So those are the options: a predictably nice ending, or a ridiculous one.

Say what you will, a Taylor-Chris finale would have been really interesting.  American Idol Season 5 would have ended with a bang, not a whimper.