Uh oh. We're not feeling terribly optimistic for our boy Blake. Don't get us wrong, he rocked "You Give Love a Bad Name" once again, but he should've done that second. All the judges agreed that Jordin outsings Blake, no question about it. Seattlest agrees. But as our friend eloquently advises, that's really not enough to make her win.

Here's how it all went down, in a nutshell:

Randy got all dressed up like Sgt. Pepper crashing the "Rhythm Nation" video, and Paula got dressed up in that sexy maid costume. Simon looked great, and so did Ryan. Blake ripped it on the Bon Jovi song and then Jordin stood in one place and robotically performed "Fighter"--one of the best songs Christina Aguilera ever did. Her vocals were great, her performance was a snoozefest. Simon gave round one to Blake.

Round two, and Blake was dressed in the gayest sweater vest ever, singing yet another Maroon 5 song. It was very pitchy, but sweet and the girlies loved it. So did the judges. Jordin did that broken wing song and blew the roof off the place with her incredible vocals. Her choreography pretty much consisted of sitting on a stool, walking to the mic stand, and then doing a few awkwardly robotic hand motions.

What came next was enough to make Melinda Doolittle give us the "Bitch-Please" glare from the audience, as sailor boy Phil Stacey swayed behind her making frog faces. It was Seattle night on the show, after all. The two finalists auditioned here, one of them is from here, so there was a nice little montage tribute to our town. Hooray for Seattle. And hey, the two guys that wrote the winning song in the songwriter competition were also from Seattle. We're guessing two people voted in that competition, because the song was called "This is My Now," and it was clearly not written with any of this year's finalists in mind.

Blake struggled, pitched around, wandered the stage, smacked a few girlies high fives, and tried to end with his best bedroom eyes and hand reaching toward the camera. Nobody was buying it, but that's fine. Simon told us to judge him on his first two performances. The thing is that if Blake wins, he'll have to make a record out of that damned song. No fair! Jordin, of course, sang the pants off the thing, and ended by making herself cry. We think that may have sealed the deal for her, but we still voted for Blake at least 50 times.

So we'll see what happens tonight. Our gut doesn't want to commit to either of the contestants. It could be Jordin, but we don't seem to be alone with our feeling that Blake is more genuine and entertaining to watch. Time will tell.

Regardless, Blake (aka BShorty) will be featured on four tracks on the upcoming KJ Sawka disc. Sawka and Blake are homeboys, and KJ basically does what Blake does, only by banging on things. Listen to a few tracks by the real BShorty, and get pumped for what's next. Whether he wins AI, or not, he'll always have a gig in Seatown.