Lauren Alaina or Scotty McCreery as 'American Idol' champ?

Lauren Alaina or Scotty McCreery is about to become the "American Idol" winner -- and our ace Newsday panel is split on who it's going to be.

Below are our final predictions of what's been an up-and-down season. Put your own in the comments.

Ronnie Gill (25 points, 6-6)
-Scotty McCreery

Peggy Lundquist (24 points, 5-7)
-Scotty McCreery

Daniel Bubbeo  (23 points, 3-9)
-Lauren Alaina

Jamshid Mousavinezhad (22 points, 5-7)
-Scotty McCreery

Glenn Gamboa (22 points, 6-6) 
-Lauren Alaina

David Lopez (20 points, 4-8)
-Scotty McCreery

Anne Bratskeir  (17 points, 3-8)
-Lauren Alaina

Jonathan McCarthy (16 points, 2-9)
-Lauren Alaina