American Idol- Big Mike the Favorite?

Is this a joke? Is Big Mike Lynch actually the best dude going into the finals? His three performances during the semifinals seem to show that he is. This week was definitely his best, as he made a good song choice. The Love and Basketball song by Maxwell should be a hit with the girl viewers. It seemed ridiculously hard to sing and I'm pretty sure he pulled it off. If anything, the swag that he showed immediately after his performance makes him worthy of a trip to the final five all by itself.

Nobody else really impressed me tonight but here are the other five that I feel deserve to make it to the big stage next week.

Lee DeWyze- He wasn't nearly as good as the first week and took another step back from week two, but his sound is always good.

Todrick Hall- He finally didn't rearrange a song and the judges really liked him. His falsetto was again really good, but the simple moments just seem to be tough for him.

Andrew Garcia- Another valiant effort to change things up with an acoustic rearrangement, but it's seeming very shtick at this point and it's just not working since the Fall Out Boy joint.

Alex Lambert- His voice is so weird that it almost sounds really good at times. Ray Lamontagne was another good song choice.

Casey James- 90% better than last week's debacle, but it seems that he can't find an artist that he's not completely dominated by.

And now for the two that need to go home before we get to the finals. I never, ever thought that Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah could be boring, but Tim Urban definitely pulled it off. As he talked his way through it with no attempt to sing it, I was amazed that this was the same song that Castro killed two years ago at the same point in the competition. Aaron Kelly, although less boring, was more terrible. Lonestar's I'm Already There was WAY too big for him and his Carmen Rasumusen-esque vibrato was in full effect. The whole thing seemed out of tune, but according to Simon "he tried" so he probably deserves to get through in the Brit's mind.