American Idol Predictions: Who Will be in the Final Five?

American Idol Predictions: Who Will be in the Final Five?

This week's American Idol predictions may be among the easiest of the season thus far. Brooke White goes home, at least that's what we here at Gambling911.com believe. Brooke admittedly forgot the lyrics during Andrew Lloyd Webber night and had to start over again. As Judge Simon Cowell pointed out, she never quite recovered and nerves got the best of her with the rest of the performance. In a nutshell, she struggled.

The girl with the longest odds to win American Idol - Syesha Mercado - on the other hand will sail through to the next round with one of the best performances of the season.

Syesha sang "One Rock 'n' Roll Too Many" from Starlight Express. It was the opening of the show and kicked things off brilliantly. Mercado, along with David Cook (who closed this week's American Idol performance show) offered up two of the best performances.

Cook mesmerized with a show stopping performance of "The Music of the Night" from "The Phantom of the Opera", in which he displayed some yet seen classical skills, including bits of opera. Granted he's no Luciano Pavarotti. His musical range is perhaps the best we have ever seen on American Idol. As the new favorite this week heading into Tuesday night's show, Cook will likely be given even shorter odds to win this season.

Carly Smithson's performance of "Jesus Christ Superstar" was good but religious themed songs have not always weathered the American Idol voting storm (remember Mandisa in Season 5).

Take away the Brooke White factor, Jason Castro was simply out of his element. He does seem to have a stronger fan presence than Carly however.

And then there is David Archuleta who was strong enough to secure a position in the top 5, but as Simon Cowell pointed out - It wasn't his best.