Adam Lambert should be top of the night yet again. His flair, style, incredible vocals, and ability to go over the top will stand him in good stead on a night that rewards all of that (except perhaps the last bit.)
Lil Rounds might be fine, or she might be a trainwreck. It will all come down to song choice. Lil realized only last week that she is not the second coming of Whitney Houston. This week, she has access to Donna Summers, Tina Turner, "I Will Survive," and "I'm Every Woman," all choices that could prove her undoing. Lil has a good voice for this type of music, though.
Allison Iraheta might struggle a little. I think that what she must really do tonight in order to be successful is to put a really good spin on one of these songs and arrange it more her way. She could do great things with, for example, a rocked-up version of "Turn The Beat Around."
Kris Allen is in the same boat as Allison, but he has already proven that in addition to being an outstanding vocalist, he is also a master at revamping old songs and making them new. I think his talent with arrangement will give him a leg up on contestants like Anoop and Matt whose voices are not suited for this style and who are also not as good at arranging songs to suit.
Anoop Desai could either bring the house down tonight, or bring down his house of cards. It will all come down to song choice, and he will probably have to really play with the arrangement. I am not hopeful, to be honest.
Matt Giraud just missed elimination this week and I think he has come back just to be eliminated again. Matt loves to slow things down and add runs and piano, none of which suit the disco style. If he stepped out of his comfort zone a bit and, again, arranged something to suit him, he could succeed, but I don't think that he will be out of the bottom 3 this week.
Danny Gokey will stay on this show this week no matter whether he sings "Boogie Wonderland" or "I'm A Little Teapot." (He will stay on until he gets directly compared to the only remaining male contestant, that being Adam, and found wanting. Everybody and their dog is still riding the Gokey train.) He is suave enough to find something a little slower and really put the velvety tone of his voice to work for him tonight.
Predictions for bottom 3:
Anoop Desai
Matt Giraud (going home)
Lil Rounds

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