Its a bit of a surprise that Syesha Mercado is here at the final three. Every single week she was at the chopping block, and every week she miraculously wasn't sent home. However, I, like many, have been predicting a David vs. David (that's Cook vs. Archuleta) showdown. Its been "scripted" like that by the producers for quite some time.
Recently, the 17-year old David Archuleta's father was banned from backstage at American Idol. Judges have made little swipes in subtle ways at Archuleta's control-freak father, that he seems to be your typical stage dad. Finally, when Archuleta's father cost American Idol some money, they booted him from rehearsals. I have a feeling that David Cook will "win" simply because the producers and the record company don't want to have to deal with Archuleta's father.
My prediction: this week on American Idol, Syesha will finally get the boot (and have tons of publicity to show for it and free to have a /good/ contract with some other record company that will have noticed her, thanks to American Idol). In the finale, David Cook will "shockingly" be announced the winner and Archuleta will give his patented 'happy-for-everyone' nervous, twittery laughter.
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