Melinda goes home...
9:36 Ford commercial: “Everybody Wants You”…We first see kids as the Idols and then they get in the car. Good casting on the kids…They end up at a red carpet event with lots of photographers…
9:37 Time for Melinda’s homecoming video. She still seems out of sorts…
9:38 The governor declares it Melinda Doolittle Day in Tennessee…She travels to Belmont University, where she’s overwhelmed by some girls who spell out Melinda on their stomachs…
9:40 They unveil the Melinda Doolittle Way sign and she performs for the crowd, and then goes to her church.
9:41 Melinda on stage with Ryan. What’s up with the “Death Cheater” t-shirt?...It’s another fakeout, of course. Melinda looks like she’s going to be sick. Ryan gives her a hug, while Jordin and Blake hold hands. Couldn’t they just let all three of them make the finale?...After the break…