I currently live in the Raleigh area and this weekend was when the final 3 went to their hometowns. Scotty came home and really conquered ! He was mobbed everywhere he went and gave a concert for approximately 30,000 fans, Some of them having staked out a spot in the park it was given for over 8 hours and it was hot and humid yesterday ! The concert and much of his trip was televised on a local station here. During the concert, he started singing Josh Turner's "Your Man" , got about 30 seconds into the song, turned around and Josh Turner was standing there. He was so surprised he about fell on the floor. They ended up singing 2 songs together. You could tell that the whole day was very emotional for him and he cried openly several times during the day.
He is truly a sincere, talented young man with God given abilities. I don't know if he will win the whole thing but he really doesn't need to. He will have a very good professional career when this is all over and you couldn't ask for more for such a nice young man.
If you are interested, WRAL TV recorded much of his visit. Here is a link to an article which has several links on the left hand side including the entire concert he gave.
http://www.wral.com/entertainment/story/9596709/