Predicting Casey and Hung in the Top Three has been pretty much a given for the past few weeks, especially since Howie and Sara bit the dust.  Dale beating Brian into the final round was only a slight surprise, when you remember the formula for all of these Bravo “reality” shows; the final three must contain:

1. A hypertalented jerk; AKA “the Santino/Marcel role”
2. A hot babe (afficionados call this “The Chloe position”)
3. A loveable, often gay, guy (AKA “The Vosovic”)

Dale and Brian could both cover the three slot, and Dale is funnier.  So picking the final three was no great shakes.

But who’s gonna win?

I’m not so much concerned about the actual food they do on the grand finale tonight, as I am trying to parse the various clues the producers (who are, in the end, the only “judges” that matter on the show) have dropped. 

Am I nuts, or have the producers been showing Hung to be much more…fallible than he used to seem, lately?  About the same time Casey moved from perpetually-on-the-bubble to constant contender, about five weeks back?

Prediction:  tossup between Casey and a late dark-horse surge by Dale, either of whom would make a much more telegenic personality for the show’s next few seasons than the almost-Teutonically-perfect cooking machine Hung.

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