The casual voter really showed up this week. I would love to see a graph of the votes by contestant over the past 13 weeks because I'm thinking Danny peaked before "Dream On" and the Danny faithful propped him up last week after the screaming but the casual voter turned to Kris.

I also think Danny's awkward answers to Ryan hurt him--like saying he was bored on Wednesday nights. I don't think he was bored last night.

Does anyone know about Danny's family? Adam and Kris had their parents in the audience; what I remember from Danny's family was his sisters and friends. Was that his mom they showed last night?

Anyway, will there be even more casual voters making an impact next week? And did they show Adam with Danny as a way to motivate Adam fans? Likewise telling us one million separates the top 2?

I was glad to see the show itself be somewhat shocked by the result--Ryan, the judges. Kris was finally treated well with the video of his hometown package. I imagine the media is scrambling to reframe their articles this week. I am loving it all because I like both of them and will be happy if either win.

I'm pulling for Kris because his growth on the show is such a great story and an upset of the AI pimpage plans. But Adam is so talented that he'd be a great winner, too.