Jordin surges ahead - and may take it all

So the last song is the winner of the song-writing competition, and ironically enough, the songwriters are from Seattle, the audition city of both Blake and Jordin. The song, "This Is My Now," was written by Scott Krippayne and Jeff Peabody.

Blake sings it first. It's a nice song - I'd listen to it if it came on the radio, although I have to be honest - maybe not if Blake was singing it. Let me explain - I like Blake a lot - but this is not his world. He's a dance music guy - techno beats, music you can move to. This kind of song - the slow kind with meaningful lyrics and all that - suits Jordin much better. But I haven't heard her version yet, so maybe I'm speaking too soon.

Blake doesn't blow me away - he's out of tune in a bunch of spots and if the judges don't mention it this time, I'm going to be really annoyed because it was impossible to miss.

Good... finally. Randy doesn't sound enthusiastic and tells him that this kind of song doesn't really suit his voice, but that he did a pretty good job, that it was all right. Paula said he did a great job and Simon said it was odd - that it wasn't a bad song, but not the type of song he would normally sing, so that people have to judge him tonight primarily on his first two performances because there's more than one song in the competition.

Jordin's up next, and of course, it's much better. She has a few spots out of tune, too, but she hits those big notes and it's like you forget any mistakes she's made. she gets emotional at the end and it's all very endearing.

Randy puts it all out there and tells her straight out that she was the best singer tonight and that she deserves it all, that she is what it's about. Paula tells her she has a lot to be proud of - that she's an angel. Simon says that last week he didn't think she was good enough to make the finals and that he wants to tell her publicly now that he was wrong because this is a singing competition and she just wiped the floor with Blake on that song.

So this week, instead of choosing the next one to go, I'm casting my vote for the winner - and I think it's fairly obvious - I choose Jordin Sparks.