Michael Lynche, Aaron Kelly and even Lee DeWyze are the top contenders to be eliminated tonight on "American Idol," according to our prescient Newsday team of experts.

For the first time all season, everybody got at least one vote from our panel to be in the bottom three -- so Crystal Bowersox, Siobhan Magnus and Lee might get their first taste of teetering on the brink.

Jonathan McCarthy jumps back into first place after getting maximum points last week, with Peggy Lundquist nosing out two others via the tiebreaker for second.

Here are all our picks, below. (Scoring system: You get one point for each contestant correctly predicted to be in the bottom three, with an extra point if you pick who went home.)

Jonathan McCarthy (4-2, 19 points)
-Aaron Kelly (going home)
-Casey James
-Michael Lynche

Peggy Lundquist (5-1, 17 points)
-Michael Lynche (going home)
-Crystal Bowersox
-Casey James

Adam Abramson (4-2, 17 points)
-Michael Lynche (going home)
-Casey James
-Aaron Kelly

Jamshid Mousavinezhad (4-2, 17 points)
-Michael Lynche (going home)
-Crystal Bowersox
-Casey James

Glenn Gamboa (3-3, 14 points)
-Michael Lynche (going home)
-Lee DeWyze
-Siobhan Magnus

Verne Gay (3-2, 13 points)
-Aaron Kelly (going home)
-Michael Lynche
-Siobhan Magnus

Daniel Bubbeo (3-3, 13 points)
-Michael Lynche (going home)
-Casey James
-Aaron Kelly

Eileen Fredes (3-2, 12 points)
-Aaron Kelly (going home)
-Casey James
-Michael Lynche

Ronnie Gill (1-5, 12 points)
-Lee DeWyze (going home)
-Michael Lynche
-Siobhan Magnus

Anne Bratskeir (2-1, 6 points)
-Aaron Kelly (going home)
-Crystal Bowersox
-Casey James

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