This Week in American Idol History: The Top Three – The Most Important
Round of All?
Donna Reynolds | 05/12/2008

This week, the three finalists sing three songs each to vie for a slot
in the American Idol 7 finale. Who will make it to the finals? While
we donÂ’t have the answer to that quite yet, we can look back at
previous seasons to see if any patterns emerge that might help this
yearÂ’s group get there. Read on for more.

WeÂ’re down to three, and this may be the most important round of all.
Only two can advance to the finals, and itÂ’s always heartbreaking to
watch that third person, who has worked just as long and hard as the
top two, come so close. Until Season 6, the top three results had
been fairly predictable. And there had even been a correlation
between the performance order and the elimination, in that the person
eliminated had always been the first person to perform.

On May 13, 2:41 pm, daveparks...@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid
(daveparks) wrote:

This should be the warning signal to the Archie camp.

Melinda Doolittle would win American Idol if she would only hand over
control of her career to them.

When she didn't, she didn't.

Basically, I don't know who fixed up Elliott, but whomever did did a
good enough job of it that he should've been the winner. Fact is, the
state he was in, there was no chance...

Well, you know that, by this time, only a pet rock would've known that
Carrie had not already won the season, signed the contract, and begun
the publicity tour.