So sure were we yesterday that Kris Allen would be voted off of American Idol this week that we Photoshopped him into a coffin. Oops! On last night's episode, Kris rose from the dead, John Locke–style, after which Ryan Seacrest detonated a hydrogen bomb, sending Danny Gokey back to Milwaukee and erasing our memories of him forever. (This is exactly how it happened.)

So, astonishingly, we may actually have an interesting finale to look forward to next week. For the past two months, all indications have pointed to an eardrum-exploding Danny-Adam screech-off spectacular. But now that Danny — who was never once in the bottom three before last night — is out, who will inherit his legions of tone-deaf voters? Idol producers seem to have their hearts set on an Adam Lambert victory, though one imagines he'll have trouble making inroads with the Christian soldiers who kept Danny on the show all this time. Will they break for Kris, also something of a God-rocker, who won new pull with heathens this week for his awesome acoustic version of Kanye's "Heartless" on Tuesday? IS KRIS NOW THE FRONT-RUNNER? Yes, probably! Even so, we'll refrain from making any bold pronouncements about his imminent victory, since we tend to be wrong about practically everything.

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