Simon was on Jay Leno last night and when shown a picture of each contestant said that while he felt Chris was a better singer, since he is no longer in the competition Taylor Hicks now has a very good chance to win it all.
 

Taylor Hicks	Katherine McPhee	Elliot Yamin

Simon also said that Katherine McPhee would probably be in the final two and had an mediocre week last week.   Simon said she will do much better this week because he is choosing one of her songs for tonight's show. On Elliot, Simon felt he has one of the best singing voices of any contestant ever on American Idol. Ryan Seacrest also was a 'surprise' guest on the show with Simon, he came on the show shortly after Simon joked that he (Ryan) had the biggest ego of anyone on the show. I also think Taylor is now the front runner - because he knows how to play to the audience even though he doesn't necessarily have the best singing voice.

American Idol airs tonight on Fox at 8pm where the contestants will sing three songs each.  Then one will be eliminated on Wednesdays hour long show at 9pm.