It‘s been some time now since one-armed bandit Dave won on the finale of this season‘s Hell‘s Kitchen, and while he had a won a chance to work at the Araxi Restaurant in Whistler, B.C., just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics, that‘s not until February next year, so for the mean time, he‘s back in Il Giardino ‘86, the Italian restaurant in Cedar Knolls.

No duh.But probably the question on most Hell‘s Kitchen fans after Dave won this week was: would he have won if he didn‘t have a cool catchphrase like the one-arm bandit? Would he have won if he had use of both hands and therefore no novelty? Would he have won, then, if he didn‘t injure himself in the firemen episode?

In retrospect, should Dave have won Hell‘s Kitchen?Well at least we can say he‘s nobody‘s bitch. But seriously, for one thing, it‘s safe to say that things have been a little unfair to Kevin on the final dinner service - and it isn‘t just about Amanda screwing things up royally (because Dave had his share of screw-up‘s, although not in the same scale). For instance, let‘s consider the menu.

San Diego, California native Dave Levey, who injured his left wrist early in the competition and has been in a cast since, single-handedly won the sixth season of

Tonight will cap off a so far exciting season of Hell‘s Kitchen, and by the end of the two-hour finale, we would know who among the three - Kevin, Dave, or Ariel - will head over to Araxi Restaurant in Whistler, British Columbia as head chef. So far I think it‘s a toss up between Kevin and Ariel, primarily because Dave‘s handicap is, well, handicapping his chances. On the other hand, it can also work in his favor because it is pretty kick ass that he can work side-by-side these two perfectly capable chefs with just one hand.

From 17 contestants on Hell‘s Kitchen, three remain - Ariel (downward spiral), Dave (one-armed), and Kevin (jerk). Did the best three chefs make it to the final three? I would say so. Did Tennille deserved to go last week? Yes. And as much as I liked her (masochism probably), she is the least capable of the four chefs, a fact that was revealed in the episode‘s reward challenge when she won, as judged by kids. It was also evidenced during the last dinner service, when she screwed up the scallops and sea bass big time - maybe something about the makeover?

Oh no. Now who will be root against on Hell‘s Kitchen? Who will we yearn to shut up for one minute? Who will annoy us to hell? Maybe Kevin?

Tonight on Hell‘s Kitchen, it‘s the playoffs, sort of, because there are only four chefs remaining - loud mouth Tennille, downward spiral Ariel, one-handed Dave, and self-proclaimed Mr. Consistency but overcooked the rice Kevin. They are given a mini-pep talk by Felix Light, the so-called mini-me of Gordon Ramsay. The challenge was to prepare 80 vegetarian entrees to serve 80 people. There is a twist, and let‘s just say their guests aren‘t exactly fond of veggies.

I guess it‘s safe to say Suzanne wasn‘t exactly the most liked contestant on Hell‘s Kitchen. For the longest time, everyone wanted her gone, and I‘m sure there were high-fives and sighs of relief when she was finally eliminated last week (the biggest sigh most probably came from Tennille, plus a few choice words that are unfit for public consumption).

There goes my prediction. Hell‘s Kitchen finally bids farewell to Suzanne, who hadn‘t exactly been the most liked contestant on the Fox cooking show because, well,  let‘s just say she hadn‘t exactly been the model of humility during her prolonged stay. For as long as I can remember, all the other contestants have been pushing her for elimination but, somehow, she had emerged unscathed - until tonight, when her big mouth and not so big skills have caught up with her.