The only thing I will say is that James should have won the whole thing. I will be watching the finale with family but now any one of the three can win and I don’t really mind. I do believe that Scotty will win though as the girls will probably split the votes.
Speaking for myself only...
Haley Reinhart is an ACQUIRED TASTE.
She flew under the radar for the first few weeks because she’s so versatile, she does various genres, which marked her initially as an undefined artist.
Look at the others — Scott and Lauren are country, James is Metal Rock, Jacob is the Luther Vandros type, Stephnao is Bruno Mars, Pia does Power Ballads and is compared to Celine. But What is Haley? She does — Country, Rock, Blues, Jazz, etc. That’s why Randy, J-Lo and Jim Iovine have a hard time placing her as an artist...
She’s so versatile, it’s hard to pigeon hole her, which is EXACTLY the point of this competition — the ability to span various musical niches.
So, after B-B-B Bennie and the Jets ( is that the right number of B’s?), Blue ( Dig that Yoddle ), Rolling in the Deep, Beautiful, House of the Rising Sun and I Who Have Nothing, and of course, the outstanding Scat music duet she did with Casey Abrams in the song — Moanin’ …. I’m officially in the Haley Reinhart bandwagon.
She deserves to win (but my guess is she won’t so you’re right, this is Scottie’s to lose).
However, if she were to make an album, it would be great listening.
Her genre is the jazzy, jazz rock. She ought to avoid the genre of Rihanna, Fergie, Beyonce and even J-Lo (it’s too crowded already).
The genre that would fit her to a T would be Adele and Esperanza Spalding’s genre.
I look forward to her album regardless of her winning or losing.
There won’t be 2 girls in the final if Scotty is in the final.
So, there won’t be vote splitting in the final.
The likely outcome is that one of the 2 girls goes next, and it’s Scotty vs. one girl in the finals.