If Kat doesn't make it for what was one of, if not the nest, vocals on the season I am really finished. I hope Elliot sneaks in and beats Taylor but I doubt it. Taylor actually impressed me tonight on that second song since he decided to stand still and sing for once.

I think Kat has the west coast-she is from LA and I think your Hollywood types will find Elliot boring.

I thought Taylor's second was kind of boring. But that's also because he followed Kat's ballad and also because I just find "You are So Beautiful" to be boring.

I thought his first stunk, and Springsteen, well, no where NEAR as good.

But I really liked Taylor's third. I thought it was probably his best tying with his second Elvis night performance.

Wow! Does anyone know why dialidol keeps changing if the lines are closed?

Central and Eastern time zones are closed, Mountain (until 1:00am ET) and Pacific/West Coast times zones are still open.

At 2:00am ET we will have the final results *crossing fingers for Elliott*

Me too!

COME ON, WEST COAST ELLIOT FANS!!

I thought Kat did so much better tonight - it's obvious this season is going week by week for the most part - so Elliot deserves to pack his bags this week....so long kid.

I actually just re-watched it. Elliot was not as bad tonight as I thought he was the first time...

Mountain Time Zone is now Closed

Taylor Hicks 38.25

Katharine McPhee 34.669

Elliott Yamin 34.125

Poop.

Well, even if Kat wins the night, I am going to pray like hell the margin of error comes into play big time.

Well I beleive all the time zones are closed now and Kat still has the edge. It should also be noted that Kat always does very well in text votes so it is looking like she and Taylor will at it next week. I like Elliot but Kat did step up and, other then that first song, she was great tonight. Taylor was impressive on his second song and Elliot looked so nervous and the song choice(not really his fault) was bad. I really got to like him but its looks like the dark horse is going home tomarrow. I just hope the hell if he does that Kat beats Taylor because even though he impressed me vocally tonight on that second song, like Simon said last night on Leno, you aren't going to see him dancing on the album. I know he can sing but I want to see it-if he dances and backs it up vocally fine but otherwise its a train wreck like that third song was IMO.

Taylor is the next American Idol, pretty much hands down.

Looking past the fact that he's been #1 almost every week according to dialidol, if Kat stays, she'll pretty much have all Chris and Elliot fans gunning for her aka voting for Taylor. Or maybe Iam just speaking for me and the people I know. But eh whatever.

No matter who was up against Taylor, overrated Chris, Elliot, Paris or Katherine, he was going to win. He's been #1 what? Every week? I really don't see anyone topping that. So while I HAVE been voting for Katherine, I don't see her (or Elliot) as having a shot in hell at winning, but I hope Katherine gets second place so she'll have a shot at some success. Being in third place generally amounts to nothing on this show.

As for the performances, I thought they all showed promise. If you take the top 10 most popular pop artists, no matter how good their voices may be, they aren't going to knock it out of the ballpark every time. What I look for is star potential, styles they could sing if they win and things of that general nature. The occasional knock-out performance is good as it shows you the strength of their vocals, but I don't expect them to do that all the time.

Like Taylor. He gets out there, dances, has a smile on his face and really FEELS the music. He has his own style, a distinct personality and is a fantastic performer. There is no denying his vocal talents and I think he'll prove to be a successful recording artist AND have strong tours.

Katherine really came alive once she made the top 12. They glammed her up, we started seeing more of her sexuality and she started getting into her groove. Again, great recording voice, star power and will put on great tours.

BTW, a little off topic, but i must say that Kelly Clarkson is one of the worst live singers I've ever heard. Gwen Stafani and Madonna are close behind. Since going for the rock sound she screams and strains her voice a lot. Still, love her, just had to mention that, LOL.

Elliot has a good R&B voice, but he's a very dull person and if he won I see Ruben: Part Two.

My ranks:

1) Katharine 2

2) Taylor 2

3) Katharine 3

4) Elliot 2

5) Taylor 3

6) Katharine 1

7) Elliot 3

8) Taylor 1

9) Elliot 1

I hate it how the judges are so hard on Katharine, saying the problem is the song, which she had no control over. She's standing up there waiting for contructive criticism, but she gets none. Simon is the closest, I guess, but I think the judges just want a male (Taylor) to win so badly.

Does anyone have the final dial idol numbers? Maybe Taylor dropped to last?

I thought Katherine was the worst of the 3, and I wasn't impressed with Over the Rainbow. There's something about Kat that I just don't care for. It seems to me that she sings off key a lot and is constantly out of breath. I still say she should have been gone before Paris and Chris. I'm hoping Elliot makes it to the finals against Taylor. I think Taylor has pretty much locked it up, and I think part of it is because he has such a great personality and he loves what he's doing, and it shows. But I think Elliot will be gone tonght, and that's really a shame because he's really improved the most.

I ended up watching IDOL last night even though I said I was through with it. Glad I did because of Kat. She was great. Her moment finally came as Simon predicted. Her "Over the Rainbow" was very, very, very good. I also liked her other 2 songs. The judges, especially Randy "I want Taylor to win" Jackson, who was hard on Elliott too, are too hard on Kat. Taylor sucked as usual except (here's a surprise here people, lol), he was actually good on his final song. Elliot's 1st song "Open Arms" was good, his other 2 songs were too less known, should've had picked a better song for himself and Paula should've picked a better known song as well. The final 2------Taylor (dammitt, should've been Chris who is way more talented) and Kat. I sure hope Kate wins it!!

Mulder, "speaking out two sides of my mouth" is not true. I do like Chris, but I also had my issues with him. I'm entitled. I'm a fan who can dish out critcism. Don't defend him just to defend him, is all I'm saying. I just get bothered when fans are so blinded they can't even see someone's faults.

I do like Chris. I think he is one of the best male vocalists this show has had, but he just wasn't meant to win. It happens time and time again.

Not trying to be an [!@#$%^&*] here, just stating my opinion. I know people disagree with me on this, but if you really think about it, it's TRUE. America will always make the winner the person who would benefit the most from it and needs it the most. I truly, 100% believe in that. It SHOULD be about who is hands down the best vocalist, but as we've seen, it rarely happens.

And just to point out, I was HATING Taylor very early on in the competition. I still dislike him. He is the worst left there. I still don't think he'll win like a lot of people seem to believe. I am going to keep saying this whether people agree with me or not: it's now Elliot's to lose.

And Mulder, the voting thing wasn't directed at you ... no need to be nasty with me either. I'm just expressing my opinion like everyone else. Frankly, I'm happy Chris lost because he deserves better than being stuck under the American Idol fold. He'll have more freedom away from them.

I apologize, I took out my anger at Rick and the other people who voted for lame Taylor.

Rick I could not agree more with all your posts about Chris.

It is like we are sharing the same mind waves here. lol

Chris was so boring! The same thing week after week after week...yawns.

Who likes the same thing day in and day out?

I am so glad he is gone...and his reaction to being kicked out was beyond priceless.

All the salty reactions from his fans is pretty comical too.

It is SO Funny how they all try to come up with some BS to explain him losing.

Loves it!

Chris was NOT boring. Boring is Taylor, who Simon pegged right as drunk singing at a wedding, same ol' crap week end, week out. What's comical, is anyone thinking Taylor is a talented singer, when all he is a karoke singer, lol. The BS is Taylor and his stupid "Soul Patrol" crap. And the lies about Chris & Kat.

No way. Kat McPhee is DONEZO! Considering every Chris fan will now pretty much resent her being there over Chris, I highly doubt she will get any of Chris' votes.

Bye, Kat!

I'm one Chris fan, who WILL vote for Kat. I'd vote for anyone against Taylor!!!

What the hell is going on? MSNBC's Scarborough Country had this long segment of its show tonight talking about "Was Chris Robbed?"

WTF!?!?! He got eliminated... boo hoo... get over it

He was robbed becasuse he's way more talented and will be a helluva lot more sucessful than Taylor or Elliott (even though I like Elliott).

Latest Results...

Taylor Hicks 51.214

Katharine McPhee 46.482

Elliott Yamin 46.018

At midnight, the west coast will start voting, and since Kat is from Cali, I am preparing for the worst

I voted for Elliott 2 hours straight and only got in 9 times.

But, I don't think DialIdol will be as correct as it has been in recent weeks, because they are only measuring 2 of the 3 lines.

Kat will win!!!!!!!!!! Taylor SUCKS.

Ah, Rick, we can hope that Taylor will fall below the other two right?

I have not been able to get through to Katharine once in 2 hours and I've tried all 3 lines continuously.

Well, I am going to pray that the text votes fall in Elliot's favor and that the margin of error on dialidol.com come into play big time!