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The final step before the finals is the “American Idol” tribunal. Each of the remaining 44 hopefuls, with no lawyer present, has to get out of the elevator and take the long walk across the hardwood to sit in an uncomfortable chair in front of the table where Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson sit in judgment.

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Of the remaining contestants, Brett "Ace" Young looks to be the early candidate for the "heartthrob" label, while Chris Daughtry is the "rocker" and Taylor Hicks the "guy who looks like your father and sings like he's escaped from a 70s band."