And then there were three

Tonight I am nervous. Truly nervous.

LOVE JLo’s outfit. The green sequin top and baggy navy pants. And hair for miles. LOVE it so she wins, I’m not looking at Steven.

Review of last night. I have a pit in my stomach. My rating of last night’s performances – Haley won it, Lauren 2nd, then James and then Scotty.

James and Scotty do Keith Urban and Brad Paisley’s duet Start a Band. James singing country is not annoying at all. Scotty’s inflections are so over the top. James was singing the Keith part and Scotty was Brad. Just so you know. The kids on the stage are so cute! Idol loves my country lovin’ self. Lauren and Haley sing Miranda Lambert’s Gunpowder and Lead. Lauren does a great job but so does Haley! Everyone loves country. Reinforced Haley’s vocal prowess but Lauren totally kept up. Sweet video chat with home.

Results. The stools are for the top 3. Lauren is in. WOW, I totally got that wrong. But I’m super happy. I definitely wanted her to make it. I have to say that in 10 years of this, except for the few random surprises (Daughtry, Michael Johns) my instincts have been pretty right on about where things were headed in these final stages. My gut is Scotty is not the shoo in we have all thought. But we’ll see.

The contestants watch a Gaga performance from a concert. She performs her new single which Haley sang last week and got criticized for. Such an homage to Elton. The piano playing while standing on the bench was certainly interesting. FFwd Enrique who I can’t stand. Jordin Sparks appears to perform. She has had like 4 major hits on pop radio. Is I Am A Woman another hit? Catchy but I have now heard it enough and never need to hear it again. She is super tall and husky but is looking fit. And she definitely knows how to sing. That’s fo sho.

Steven Tyler debuts a video with circus animals, sexy young girls – oh that is Nicole Sherzinger singing with him. The song just got better. Ok we’ll see if I want to hear it again.

Results and Haley is through. WOW. These two guys are freaking out. Scotty has never been in the bottom 2. James is having a break down. PLEASE James cannot go home. Like I said yesterday, Scotty is going to be a success, despite my efforts. He does not need this. James deserves a chance to win.

Oh my god. This is crazy. I had a feeling that James was slipping a little. He was so good always that he almost didn’t shine as bright at the end. But this is not what was supposed to happen. James was definitely supposed to be in the Top 3. Now I’m even more mad at Scotty and the judges. The judges should have done a better job last of not telling the audience who should go home, whomever they felt it should be. They need to distinguish better.

James really gets the Daughtry speech. This is the week when Daughtry left. So rock on James – we can’t wait to hear. Til next week, don’t be ashamed of your obsessions or for shedding some major tears for James – I did.