If the judges and sentimentality have their way, Lauren Alaina should become the next American Idol.
On Tuesday's final sing-off, (leading up to Wednesday's big reveal), Lauren Alaina earned the decided edge over Scotty McCreery when, after her third number, Randy gave her the only standing ovation of the night, J. Lo commented "with that song you may have just won" and Steven Tyler's declared: "you are It in my eyes."
It didn't hurt that all three responded to a brand new song that milks the show's family values to a historic degree. Alaina delivered "Like My Mother Does," a gushy ode to genes and maternal caring that, predictably, reduced the singer's own mom to a puddle.
It will also work to Lauren's advantage that the demographics of this year's voting body has ticked north, favoring older viewers, who are more likely to be moms themselves.
If that's not enough, Lauren earned instant underdog status Tuesday by revealing at the top of the show that she blew out a vocal chord in rehearsals that afternoon. Which true heartland American would fail to fall for a comeback-from-adversity story like that?
Then again, the last few years have seen the disfavored singer pull from behind to win, including Lee DeWyze over Crystal Bowersox (who then outsold him on CD) and Kris Allen over Adam Lambert (who did the same, four fold).
In truth, the performances of both Lauren and Scotty probably went over big with their true believers. Like last week, they made their case in three rounds. The first featured their favorite song from the season. The second had them croon pieces chosen for them by their own idols, while the third saw them perform the song that will serve as their first single should they win.
On Tuesday's final sing-off, (leading up to Wednesday's big reveal), Lauren Alaina earned the decided edge over Scotty McCreery when, after her third number, Randy gave her the only standing ovation of the night, J. Lo commented "with that song you may have just won" and Steven Tyler's declared: "you are It in my eyes."
It didn't hurt that all three responded to a brand new song that milks the show's family values to a historic degree. Alaina delivered "Like My Mother Does," a gushy ode to genes and maternal caring that, predictably, reduced the singer's own mom to a puddle.
It will also work to Lauren's advantage that the demographics of this year's voting body has ticked north, favoring older viewers, who are more likely to be moms themselves.
If that's not enough, Lauren earned instant underdog status Tuesday by revealing at the top of the show that she blew out a vocal chord in rehearsals that afternoon. Which true heartland American would fail to fall for a comeback-from-adversity story like that?
Then again, the last few years have seen the disfavored singer pull from behind to win, including Lee DeWyze over Crystal Bowersox (who then outsold him on CD) and Kris Allen over Adam Lambert (who did the same, four fold).
In truth, the performances of both Lauren and Scotty probably went over big with their true believers. Like last week, they made their case in three rounds. The first featured their favorite song from the season. The second had them croon pieces chosen for them by their own idols, while the third saw them perform the song that will serve as their first single should they win.
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