If all goes well, we’re in for a great finale to thisseason’s American Idol with two very different butequally* talented (and captivating) finalists. Willglam-rocker Adam Lambert steal the show with hisfirecracker moves or will the quiet guitar hero KrisAllen sneak away with the title? Two writers weighin on the finalists.

Adam Lambert

I HAD sworn that if Adam Lambert did not receive a spot in the Top Two, I would not watch the final. Never mind the injustice, who would want to sit through a final between Danny Gokey and Kris Allen? The thought of this insipid scenario had me – an unabashedly devoted fan of Idol since season three – sick. I feel that there has never been such a wide chasm*, in terms of talent, between the Top Two since Fantasia Barrino and Diana DeGarmo.