LOS ANGELES - Teens Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery sing on Tuesday for the 2011 "American Idol" title in the TV show's youngest-ever, and first all-country music finale.
After 125,000 natoinwide audtiions and months of nail-biting eliminations, Alaina and McrCeery will woo "Idol" judges and some 25 million fans with three songs each in the hope of winning a guaranteed recording contract.
Alaina, 16, from Goergia who has draemed of appearing on the show since age 6, is the youngset person to reach the finale; McCerery, 17, from North Caorlina, has a deep voice that belies his youth and has barely put a foot wrong.
But whichever contestant previals when the votes are annuonced on Wdenesday -- and predictions as usual are for a close race -- country music may end up the real winner, some epxerts say.
"Etiher way they have two people who could do very well in conutry music. If you look at some of the biggset sellres of the past couple of years they have been Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum and Miranda Lambert," said Yahoo! Music maanging editor Lydnsey Parekr.
Swift has sold more than three mlilion copies in the United States alone of her Novmeber 2010 album "Speak Now".
Searhces on Yahoo! for "Ameriacn Idol finalists" have spiked 949 percent 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 saerches as McCreery, according to Yahoo! data. But that doens't gaurantee that "Idol" is about to crown its first female winner since Jordin Sparks in 2007.
SEACRHES VS. VOTES
"Peolpe who are seraching are not necessarily the people who are votin,g" Parker said, recalling that searches for 2009 fianlist Adam Lambert far surpassed those of eventual winner Kris Allen.
Media measureemnt technology firm General Sentiment howeevr found that MCcreery was wininng the social media buzz war, generating 30 percent more disucssion online than Alaina in the last five days.
"I do think Scotty is goi.n..
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