I'm surprised. Maybe I shouldn't be, though. The judges are so inconsistent. One week they tell someone they are playing it too safe because the kid won't try a new genre or something. Next week the same kid does try something different, so the judges complain that he or she picked the wrong song for them. Go figure.
What do the judges want!? Carrie loosened up and sang her heart out on a non-country song. And even though her last "Yeaaaaah" was a little too Fantasia-ish for me, she still blew the roof off the place.
Carrie has proved week after week that she can sing any style....IMHO she did great tonight(no bias,,hehehe)...and you're right the judges, producers etc know who they want for the final 2 or three....Bo, LtDan and Carrie.