Apart from bubbly pipsqueak Rachel Crow, whose elimination a few rounds ago was a tearful and emotional explosion, it's safe to say the best performers in the competition have made the final three in X Factor USA.
With silky smooth singer Marcus Canty getting the nudge last week, that leaves posturing bad-boy-done-good Chris Rene, gravelly crooner (and sometime rocker) Josh Krajcik, and the towering voice of Melanie Amaro to battle it out in this week's final two episodes.
On tonight's episode, the day after it screens in the United States, the remaining acts will perform their final numbers and then the two-hour results show screens on Friday.
Amaro is clearly the best singer, wrapping her tonsils and a heaving set of lungs around songs by everyone from R.E.M. and Adele to Whitney and Mariah.
And remember, she was the one who series creator, judge and mentor Simon Cowell let go - only to have second thoughts and make a special trip to her home to ask her to rejoin the competition.
