[SirLinksalot]

If this competition gets down to about 5 or 4 contestants, I am quite certain Taylor Hicks and Chris Daughtry will both be in the top 5 or 4.

Then the votes become interesting. It will then begin to look like a generational battle -- OLDIES vs The Young Un's.

Chris will DEFINITELY win the UNDER 20 and believe me, they are the ones who tend to super dial. Taylor will win the older Gen Xers and Boomers votes because of his throwback style ( I suspect most of the Soul Patrolers are older Gen Xers or Baby Boomers ).

WHO WILL WIN ? Hard to tell.

Me, being a tail-end boomer myself will certaintly support Taylor. But I'm just one man. My teenage daughter will be voting Chris and so will lots of her friends.

In a sense this looks like AARP vs High School and College kids -- This in a sense, mirrors the Social Security battle we have in this country :)

[Wyatt's Torch]

Any idea if this little caveat in the AI FAQ's has ever been exercised:

"Rules and procedures are subject to change at producer’s discretion without notice."

Just curious...

[A knight without armor]

I'm still voting for Taylor!

Last Wednesday evening I was in the hospital getting ready for an operation and I was watching the bottom three line-up, etc. I guess they were listening to the tv because at the very final moment when the loser is announced suddenly three nurses flew over just long enough to take in the decision and then scurried off again. American Idol has grabbed the attention of such a cross section of people. What a successful concept, indeed.