Droid, I totally concur on your assessments of Ramiele and Syesha.

As for Brooke in the bottom three, I would be ready to go to the grassy knoll on this one. I think that was the powers that be's way to give her a subtle "wake-up!" call. She has the potential to do really well - and maybe they felt her song on Tuesday and possibly the week prior might not have been up to her usual par. Since we never see the numbers, no way to know for sure if the bottom three are truly the bottom three. They only have to send the lowest vote-getter home.

By the same token, I think three of four weeks of Kristy Lee getting in the bottom three only to have someone else go is giving her the patented "villain edit". They know she can't win the whole enchalada, so why not show her as the one constantly sending others home to drive up the votes of the remaining folks (vote any but the "villain"). I think they'll use Kristy Lee as the foil until they get the top four or five they want.

As for Jason, I think he's got a strong female voting contingent on his side. He's very attractive (at least those eyes are) and he's non-threatening in any way. That's what's going to keep him moving forward in the competition for another couple weeks at least.

I predict: no one goes home next Wednesday because of "Idol Gives Back II" (they did not eject anyone last year on the big event night either). That means they'll carry votes over a week and send home two people on the 16th. One will be Syesha and one will be a "shocker" (Michael Johns whose momentum is moving or perhaps Brooke if she doesn't pick up her game).

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