You have more choices if you don't win.

That's what I think. Jennifer Hudson is a great example. Melinda will get more out of this than the others, even without the win. It doesn't matter who does win between Jordin and Blake because they will never be more than one-hit wonders, no matter how good the songs they write for them.

SG: Tyson and Tabitha sabotaged themselves. They both went into it thinking they were the best and didn't even really try to collaborate as a team. Especially Tabitha with her experience. In the first portion of the show, Tyson did help by being such a good salesperson. In the second part Tabitha should have stomped all over him and taken more initiative to direct the overall theme of the hairstyles. I've got to say, I think she did wrong giving the bride such an overblown updo. You could tell the bride didn't like it and it wasn't balanced to her face or her proportions. And Tyson with the lame french twist! Come on, I think I could have done better than that. You could see he was uncomfortable throughout it all, he kept looking down and away any time the camera was directed at him. He wouldn't even look at what he was doing. He should have asked for help. Seriously, those two were fun to watch snipe at each other, but I just wanted to shake them both and tell them to wake up if either one of them wanted to win. But I guess Tabitha said it all at the end, as long as Tyson didn't win she was happy.

Melinda will get more out of this than the others, even without the win.

yep. and she will get great album sales. not a lot of tour support, but small venues and jazz clubs will be sold out.

Just watched "New Beginnings" on Deadliest Catch. Does anyone know what the story is on the Maverick's absence from this episode? There's a quick shot of it leaving Dutch Harbor but it isn't in the totals and there is no footage. I'm really bummed if we don't have the non-Blake Maverick!

Well, it's been a while since they had a male winner . . . since Ruben. (Edit: Maybe if I try hard enough, I can make Taylor disappear. Woo!)

Like Ruben!

You have more choices if you don't win.

See also Clay Aiken v. Ruben.

But I don't know. I liked Melinda but...the fact is, it's not "just" a singing contest. It's American Idol, not American Singer. Choosing songs that people can get into, doing something interesting with them - that's a legitimate part of it. And one of the things I do like about Blake is that last - he takes more chances and does more with his songs than any of the others.

bingo, brenda. thanks for speaking for me.

p.s. i'm happy with Blake in the final two. Jordin can now go off and win it and let Blake go do his own thing. (the only AI winner i've ever liked is Kelly Clarkson.)

There are many Top Model lolgays (as well as others) available here: [link] FYI.

Neither one needs to lose their accent, they just need to get more fluid from word to word and more crisp in enunciation.

I really liked both Jaslene & Natasha and I'm glad they were the final two but, man, I'm pissed Tyra said basically nothing about their accents after giving Dani so much shit about her supposed accent during that cycle.

I loved that crazy Russian...I wonder what her real story is with the marriage and the baby. I'm really want to see a picture of her husband.

Shear Genius -- WTF? Tabatha totally shot herself in the foot because she didn't get along with Tyson. What did she think was going to happen? She knew both members of the team would be cut. And her bride hair was dreadful. It did look like the bride was wearing invisible curlers. (...I'd probably really like Tabatha in real life. She reminds me of some of my friends. But she seemed to have so much talent and she blew it because she couldn't get over her vendetta against Tyson. Sure he was annoying but, c'mon!)

oh and Boogie was being a giant ass.

I was not a fan of Daisy's at the beginning but she seems to really be keeping her shit together. Her bride hair was gorgeous. And, while she was clearly running that show, she kept her ego in check and Anthony was able to do good work too and they ended up with a cohesive look and a pleasant experience for the clients.

If it wasn't for the curse on the wall of fame I'd think Daisy (or Anthony) will win this.

I'm really want to see a picture of her husband.

They showed a picture of the two of them in this episode, and he looked nice! At least, not a creepy older man, for sure -- even though he obviously is older, they looked like peers.

They showed a picture of the two of them in this episode, and he looked nice!

Really??? How did I miss that?!

He sounded youngish during their phone..er...calls.

And here it is! [link]