Heading into the 2012 Missouri State Fair Idol finals on Sunday, there was an excellent chance that the girls would end the guys’ two-year reign: All seven finalists at the Budweiser Stage were women.
“Maybe the girls scared them off,” suggested professional singer and Idol judge Kami Rodgers after the event.
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