I've been watching. I don't think they're dragging the show out this year, the change to the three week elimination in the 36 finalists actually cut into the other sections of the show like the auditions and Hollywood week.

Cheryle and I picked the three finalists last week. This week I think that you guys are right, Adam will make the cut and so will the girl with the magenta "Troll" hair, Allison. Remember the Troll dolls with the brick colored hair? I also think that Megan, the girl that sang "Put on Your Records," was pretty good as well. If she doesn't make the cut I hope she is chosen as one of the three wild card picks. A couple of the contestants last night sang well but lost the "hooks" in their songs. I've heard the hook referred to as the part of a song that makes it memorable and hummable. The most obvious one for me was the girl that sang Tears of Jupiter. She never punched the "Tell me" line which sells the song.

Of the two weeks we've seen I did think that the strongest group of finalists sang last week. Looking forward to seeing what the contestants do next week and how the show will handle the sight impaired contestant. There are some very good singers in the bunch this year and I'm curious to see how they stack up with last year's group. Look at how good Carly and Michael were last week when they sang during the elimination show. Those two could record together. And I would like to see Jason and Brooke get recording deals. Has anything happened with either one of them?