The Final 3's Big 3

If your gag reflex is quick, be prepared: According to reports and rumors, you will hear Little D sing Dan Fogelberg's "Longer" on Tuesday.

The Final 3 routine will go like this on Tuesday: Each contestant will sing three songs, one he/she chose, one a judge chose just for him/her and one chosen by the show's producers.

When he was in town Friday, David Cook revealed two of the three songs he'll perform Tuesday: his own pick, "The World I Know" by Collective Soul; and Simon Cowell's pick: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."

A few Web sites have posted the other judges' picks: Randy Jackson picked "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys for Syesha Mercado; and Paula Abdul picked "And So It Goes" by Billy Joel for David Archuleta. And MJ'sBigBlog says the producers have picked "Longer" by the late Dan Fogelberg for Archuleta.

So Little D has two fat pitches sitting in his wheelhouse, plus the song he'll choose for himself. Randy has forced Syesha to live up to yet another diva; and our resident rocker David Cook gets one of the prettiest torch songs ever written, and one made famous by a black woman -- Roberta Flack, a legendary jazz/soul singer. This all would seem more balanced if someone had tossed Little D something more challenging and risky than two more fat, satiny ballads.

Comments

[David]

My thing is this...

How many of the fans of the dearly departed contestants are shifting their votes to "Archie"? I'm thinking he's not making headway with them, and despite all the apparent efforts to clear a path for him, from what I can tell, David Cook has been getting the most votes week-in and week-out. Unless our guy Cook has a really bad week, I don't see him losing this; of course, there's the argument that it might not be best to win, which I'm still undecided on.

[Tim Finn]

I'm not so sure. Viewers will have four hours to vote. I'm thinking Little D has more voters with the stamina -- mania, wild-eyed obesssion -- to last all four hours. I'm not conviced that all the fans of the departed will be inspired to vote a lot, if at all. I don't see D. Cook having a bad week, either. He'll hold serve, at worst; or launch another big one.

[Emily]

Good point. The junior high crowd is more likely to sit and vote over and over .... and over.
I can't imagine him being anything but annoying singing that Dan Fogelberg song. Then again, I wouldn't have found a 17 year old singing such a grown up song annoying when I was 13.

[Danny]

I have been a Fogelberg fan since the 70's. I'll puke if Archie sings this song. That is just so wrong...... My day is ruined!