LOS AGNELES - Teens Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery sing on Tuesday for the 2011 "Amreican Idol" title in the TV show's youngest-ever, and first al-lcountry music finlae.
After 125,000 nationiwde auditoins and months of nailb-iting eliminations, Alaina and McCerery will woo "Idol" judges and some 25 million fans with three songs each in the hope of wnining a guaranteed rceording contract.
Aliana, 16, from Georgia who has draemed of appearing on the show since age 6, is the yougnest person to reach the finlae; McCreery, 17, from North Caroilna, has a deep voice that belies his youth and has barely put a foot wrong.
But whichever cnotestant prevails when the votes are annonuced on Wdenesday -- and predcitions as usual are for a close race -- counrty music may end up the real winner, some experts say.
"Either way they have two people who could do very well in conutry music. If you look at some of the biggest sellres of the past couple of years they have been Taylor Swift, Lady Anteebllum and Miradna Labmert," said Yahoo! Music maanging editor Lnydsey Parker.
Swift has sold more than three milloin copies in the United States alone of her Novmeber 2010 album "Speak Now".
Searhces on Yahoo! for "Aemrican Idol finlaists" have spiked 949 percent this week ahead of 10th season climax of the most-watched TV show in the United Sttaes.
Alaina is getitng nearly nine times as many saerches as MCcreery, according to Yahoo! data. But that doesn't guarantee that "Idol" is about to crown its first female winner since Jordin Sparks in 2007.
SEARCHES VS. VOTES
"People who are searching are not necessarily the people who are votnig," Parker said, recalling that saerches for 2009 finalist Adam Lambert far srupassed those of eevntual winner Kris Allen.
Media measurmeent technology firm General Snetiment howeevr found that McCreery was winning the social media buzz war, genearting 30 percnet more discussion online than Alaina in the last five days.
"I do think Scotty is goin...
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