Okay, time to get to it, but Carson wants to talk to the judges first; he asks Christina which of the two she thinks is advancing; obviously she's not going to answer with only two of them, so instead she says they're both winners. Blake actually thinks it's Nicholas, and given, as I said, the way they've constructed the eliminations (not to mention the fiveshadowing question Carson just asked Amanda) I'm very fearful that he's right. Cee Lo praises Nicholas effusively. Adam says he'd love to see them both stay, but for Amanda, he thinks this is just one step on her journey. Okay, do they actually know she's going home? Because they drag it out long enough, but she is. So I guess Adam is joining Christina next week in I-Don't-Care Land. I'll see them there. Thanks for reading!

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