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Here we go again, tonight the idol hopefuls will be singing songs from the year they were born, after last week's surprise elimination I know that anything can happen. It will be interesting to hear what songs they choose as most of them are from the 80's. Once I thought Chikezie and Syesha would be eliminated based on the fact that they are not as popular as the rest but amazingly both of them came in with strong performances and now both of them are in the top 10.

So for tonight here are my pre-show predictions for my bottom three. Carly Smithson, Michael Johns, and Kristy Lee Cook. But as for who will leave the show is anybodies guess. I will probably be based on tonight's performance. So as usual on my idol posts I'll do it in parts. To quote "The Terminator" I'll say "Hasta la vista baby!" & "I'll be back!"

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Well, I am back. What a roller coaster, not what I expected at all in terms of music, weird song choices. The judges did what they could to try and manipulate shifting the votes towards certain contestants but we know what we saw and heard and probably will vote accordingly.

It's funny how things work. Kristy Lee Cook a clear underdog and favorite to be the next one to get the boot came back with a strong performance and I agree with Simon that she will go on to next week. I really liked it!

Brook White messed up the beginning of her performance. If the band would have been playing from the beginning she would not have been able to stop and start again. She is sort of a "sweetheart" and I think America likes her, but will she be forgiven for her mistake like David Archuleta was? Tough call. Talking about David Archuleta, he is heading towards the same fate that Melida Doolittle had. He is really good but if he doesn't show that he can sell millions of records he won't win.

It's obvious that the clear favorite so far is David Cook, if he keeps it up and doesn't mess up I think he is the strongest contestant to date based on his past performances to take the whole enchilada. I didn't hear the name of the song he was to sing and it took me a while to realize he was singing Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".

Chikezie keeps being crushed by the judges and the sad part is that he is not that bad, there are many of us that actually think he is good, see I grew up listening to Soul Music and he is pretty smooth, I hope he advances too.

So, based on last nights performances I think Jason Castro was outsung by most and should be bottom three, Brook White's little bubble at the beginning of the song should send her to bottom three, and a toss up between Carly Smithson and Ramiele Malubay just based on popularity will be bottom three.

For the first time I have no clue as to who is leaving tonight. Obviously who I think should be bottom three and who will actually be leaving are two different stories. Chikezie is still struggling to gain a fan base so I wouldn't be surprised if it is him leaving tonight. We'll see.