Before Show Facebook Fan count and Hometown Visits

Since the movie theme performance show is tonight, I thought I would take my latest snapshot of Facebook Fan counts. It had been 4 days since my last count, and the same trend continues with both Crystal Bowersox and Lee Dewyze gaining new fans and nobody else much moving at all. In the past 4 days Crystal has added 2,500 more fans (from 91,142 to 93,699) and Lee has gained over 2,000 as well (from 47,650 to 49,748). The person with the most new fans after them is the just eliminated Aaron Kelly, gaining over 450 to go from 32,179 to 32,639. Casey and Big Mike are stagnant with Siobhan and Tim both gaining more fans than either of them. Do you think the other two have already given up all hope?

One thing I noticed when searching Google News about their hometown visits, is you can read what is going to happen in Toledo, Ohio, for Crystal and in Mount Prospect and Arlington Park, Illinois, for Lee, but there is no mention anywhere about any celebrations for Casey in Texas or Big Mike in Florida anywhere. I tried Googling terms like "lynche idol visit" or "casey james hometown idol" and I find more articles about Crystal and Lee's upcoming hometown visits than for Casey and Mike. Their hometowns had better have something planned, since three of the four will need them, not just the top two! Part of Big Mike's problem is he grew up in Florida but is now living in the New York City area where his band is located, so I am not sure where his "hometown" would be. There must be some Forth Worth Idol fans pushing for Casey's parade and performance there too. Or are they still wishing Tim Urban was still in the running? I bet Sonestown, Pennsylvania would have been excited if Aaron Kelly had made it! Incidentally, with the elimination of the two Northeast residents in the past two weeks (Aaron and Siobhan, if you do not count Mike), it looks like it is down to two Midwesterners versus a Texan and a Floridian who has moved to NYC. Which region of the country will win out? It looks like most likely it will be the Midwest.