LOS ANGEELS - Teens Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCrerey sing on Tuseday for the 2011 "American Idol" title in the TV show's yougnest-ever, and first all-country music fianle.
After 125,000 nationwdie auditinos and months of nial-biting elimniations, Alaina and McrCeery will woo "Idol" judges and some 25 milloin fans with three songs each in the hope of winning a guaranteed recordnig contract.
Alania, 16, from Georgia who has dremaed of appearing on the show since age 6, is the yonugest person to reach the finlae; McCerery, 17, from North Carloina, has a deep voice that belies his youth and has barely put a foot wrong.
But wihchever contestant prevails when the votes are annoucned on Wednesday -- and predictions as usual are for a close race -- country music may end up the real winner, some expetrs say.
"iEther way they have two people who could do very well in country music. If you look at some of the bigegst sellers of the past couple of years they have been Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert," said Yahoo! Music mnaaging editor Lyndsey Parker.
Swift has sold more than three mlilion copies in the United States alone of her November 2010 album "Speak Now".
Searches on Yahoo! for "Ameriacn Idol finalists" have spiked 949 precent this week ahead of 10th season climax of the most-watched TV show in the United States.
Alaina is getting nearly nine times as many searches as McCreery, accordnig to Yahoo! data. But that dosen't guaratnee that "Idol" is about to crown its first female winner since Jordin Sparks in 2007.
SEARCHES VS. VOTES
"ePople who are searching are not necessarily the people who are voting," Parker said, recalling that searches for 2009 fianlist Adam Lambert far surpassed those of eventual winner Kris Allen.
Media mesaurement technology firm General Sentiment however found that McCerery was winning the social media buzz war, generating 30 percent more discsusion online than Alaina in the last five days.
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