YEs....several weeks ago, Ryan asked Paula what she thought of the bottom three and Paula said she had never seen a bottom three with such talented people. First of all, I have no memory of who the bottom three were that night. But Paula is remarkably free of any memory regarding her tenure on "American Idol."
Heh.
OK, I did a little research on this.
SEASON ONE: Winner Kelly Clarkson was never in the Bottom Three.
SEASON TWO: Winner Ruben Studdard was never in the Bottom Three, but significantly, was in the Bottom Two three weeks before the end (in a field of five).
SEASON THREE: Winner Fantasia Barrino was in the Bottom Three five weeks before the end of the competition (field of six).
SEASON FOUR: Winner Carrie Underwood was never in the Bottom Three.
SEASON FIVE: Winner Taylor Hicks was never in the Bottom Three.
SEASON SIX: Winner Jordin Sparks was never in the Bottom Three.
So what have we learned? In six years, there has been only one time where the winner of the competition was clearly not the front-runner in a field of six. At this point, we have a field of nine. Thus,
if the trend from previous seasons continues, Carly, Kristi Lee, Syesha and Jason are certainly toast. Barring some kind of miracle, there is really no way any of them can win.
My money would be on Michael Johns or David Cook to survive until Top Three. I hope Brooke White can last that long as well. As far as I'm concerned, she is already the winner!