busy, busy, busy...

While the fans and the pundits still debate the outcome of last night's elimination, there is no rest for the three remaining kids, as each of them have appointments in their respective hometowns to partake in hometown activities all the while being filmed for those always-fun hometown videos.

And because so many have asked about the Clive show, here's how it should go down, pretty much the same as it has in the past. Taylor, Elliott and Katharine will each sing three songs. Clive Davis, music mogul extraordinaire who will also produce the winner's CD and who will be a guest judge, will choose one song for each of them. (He usually does a good job of doing that, too.) Then the three judges will select one song for one kid. (This is where one worries about the Paula selection. Last year she chose for Bo and selected Satisfation. In season two, she picked for Clay, telling him she chose Mack the Knife, the ultimate lounge song, so that Clay would stop being compared to a lounge singer.) Then, each of them will choose a song they haven't performed yet to round out the three performances.

But they have to travel home to appear on television, on radio, at parades, ballgames and Wal-Marts before they can even think of Tuesday.

Elliott is already home in Virginia, with plans to throw out the first pitch at the Richmond Braves' baseball game, followed by a flurry of activites tomorrow, including a television interview and a performance. At one point of his visit we should learn his judges' selection. [For Elliott's sake, let's hope Randy gets to choose.]

Taylor's starting off Friday with an appearance on Good Day Alabama, followed by a parade and a performance with his band. No word on whether he will sing over the loudspeaker at the Wal-Mart as fellow Birminghamian Bo Bice did last season. And I sure hope he pops in to the Rick and Bubba Show. That's always good for some great photos.

No word yet on Katharine's hometown plans. But, after all, she does have to travel the very long 20 minutes by car to get there, so they might be holding off announcing her itinerary just in case she's delayed. Are there Wal-Marts in Sherman Oaks? But when I find out her plans, I will certainly pass them along.

And of course, we're all waiting to watch Extra tonight to see exactly which band is going to be offering fourth-place Chris a job. (Which of course now we know is the band Fuel.)

It's gonna be a busy week.