But here they are preparing for what promises to be, once we can get over the fact that it was not at all what we expected, a very strong final three. Perhaps not quite on a level with Season Four's Underwood/Bice/Solomon showdown, but on a par with Clarkson/Guarini/McKibbin and pound for pound, for my money, a mile ahead of Studdard/Aiken/Gracin, Barrino/DiGarmo/Trias, Hicks/McPhee/Yamin and inarguably more interesting than Sparks/Lewis/Doolittle.


In which alternate universe was the AI2 Final Three "Studdard-Aiken-Gracin"?

Dipwad LA Times writers.