John Kubicek and Oscar Dahl discuss the previous night's results show and share their thoughts and predictions in anticipation of the American Idol 8 Wild Card Round.

American Idol 8 will finally get on with it tonight, and name the final three entrants to the Top 12.  It's been a long time coming, and after taking three weeks to slowly fill out the Top 12, three singers at a time, the judges will name the last three contestants in one fell swoop.  Tonight, on American Idol's Wild Card show, eight singers will perform and, from them, the judges will choose three to move on.  The decision will be completely up to the judges, with no influence taken from America's votes.  I don't particularly mind the system, but I (like my colleague John "Bon Jovi" Kubicek) do have some qualms with how the Idol producers have executed it.  In our final podcast of the week, John and I discuss the final Top 36 results show and preview tonight's wild card round.  We also make our predictions for who will ultimately be selected for the Top 12.

You can listen to the full mp3 audio of the podcast below. 

I currently have a one point lead over John in our predictions this season.  We both managed to nail the top three from last night, but we, thankfully, have one difference of opinion regarding the wild card. 

John's Wild Card Predictions:

Anoop Desai
Megan Corkrey
Jasmine Murray

Oscar's Wild Card Predictions:

Matt Giraud
Megan Corkrey
Jasmine Murray


While we both agree that Jasmine Murray has no right to be in the Wild Card round, it appears as if the judges and producers really want her to advance, and will give her ever chance to shine.  It is appalling that Kristen McNamara, who gave a very good performance on Tuesday, wasn't allowed a shot in the Wild Card round, especially when the likes of Jesse Langseth and Tatiana del Toro were selected in her stead.  That being said, we firmly believe that the judges will select at least two women tonight to even up the male/female numbers and, if that's the case, the favorites are Jasmine and Megan.  As for the men, we believe it's a two-person race between Matt and Anoop.  It's really a toss-up between those two. 

-Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer
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