Good luck to Maddi tonight! Really hope we get another Stay moment for her!

Top 9 Questions   1. Which 4 singers will be voted through by the public? (80 points) - Nathan - Josh - Karen - Asher   2. Who will land in the Bottom 5? (100 points) 30 bonus points if you guess the order correctly. - Bryan - Tae - Serenity - Madison - Maddi   3. Who will win the Instant Save? (40 points) - Madison   4. Who will open the Top 9? (30 points) - Asher   5. Who will close the Top 9? (30 points) - Karen   6. Who will be the first person called safe by America? (30 points) - Asher   7. Which team will finish second on Monday night (finish = all members have performed)? - Reba   8. Will someone pull the God card (singing gospel / CCM, songs with God in the title…) on Monday night? (30 points) - No   9. Every team will be represented in the finale, yes or no? (20 points) - No   10. How many contestants will use a mic stand during their performance? (20 points) - 3   Bonus Questions   Who will be the third contestant interviewed by Carson Daly? (30 points) - Serenity   Predict the song choice of one of the Top 9 contestants.. You can only make one guess (if you get the artist right, 20 pts, if you get both song and artist, 40 pts)  - Songchoices are already reavealed   Super Bonus Question   Can you guess the Top 9 trios? (30 points if you get one right, 60 points if you guess all 3) - Asher, Bryan, Nathan - Maddi, Madison, Serenity - Josh, Karen, Tae

OH. MY. GOD.   I think the most exciting thing about this panel is the potential artists that they will be casting for them. We finally now have a legit excuse to cast jazz and crooner artists. That alone is incredibly exciting to me. Y'all keep moaning about Gwen being back but seasons with her always attract interesting artists out of the woodwork.   Michael Buble is a fantastic choice that is also very smart in terms of getting the audience they lost from Blake's exit back. He's basically the ACM equivalent of Blake. And he's really funny in real life. He'll fit right in. I'm surprised it took this long for him to get in the spinning chair. My mom is gonna FREAK when she finds this out.   Snoop Dogg will be the wildcard this season, but I think he's a much safer choice than Chance. Snoop has enough cachet in the minds of the American TV viewer thanks to his reality shows and connection to Martha Stewart. And he's really affable the few times I've seen him on TV this past decade. I'd much rather have him than Chance.

It wouldn't be the first time a contestant has done great most of the show just to be hit with a meh song choice. (Dana Monique comes to mind)   Btw, I'm not questioning Asher's ability to do the song. But the song itself just doesn't have much room for vocal moments.   You did mention he could slow it down, I hope that's what happens.

Live Top 12: Performances Bryan Olesen - Don’t Stop Me Now - 5.5 Tae Lewis -19 You + Me - 8 Maddi Jane - Happier Than Ever - 7 L Rodgers - Up to the Mountain - 7.5 Madison Curbelo - Yesterday - 9.5 Asher HaVon - I’ll Make Love To You - 8.5 Zoe Levert - Stick Season - 9 Karen Waldrup - I Hope You Dance - 8.5 Serenity Arce - traitor - 7 Nadege - He Loves Me - 8 Josh Sanders - Angels - 7.5 Nathan Chester - Higher and Higher - 9.5 Live Top 12: Results  L. Rodgers - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me - 5 Nádege - Smooth Operator - 7 Zoe Levert - Slow Burn - 7.5 Tae Lewis - The Church On Cumberland Road - 7.5