Idol Scandal! Are the Final 4 already decided?

A scandal is brewing at 'American Idol'!

A female Idol staff member is telling people that the last 4 contestants will be Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace, Lil Rounds, and Adam Lambert.

Asked if this was opinion or actual fact, the staffer vehemently retorted, “Those ARE the people,” saying it wasn’t mere speculation.

But the girl took it a step further, claiming that the PTB (Powers That Be) at the hit Fox show are having a problem with two of the top contenders.

“Adam Lambert and Lil Rounds are better singers and musicians than Gokey and Grace, but they’re too much like past winners and Idol successes,” the woman said. “Adam’s too close in style and sound to Chris Daughtry, while Lil Rounds is a dead ringer for Fantasia. Even their background stories are similar!"

“The producers really want it to be Danny or Alexis. They think they’re very commercially viable, have a good image and a great story.”

Danny’s sad story of the death of his wife, Sophia, during heart surgery a month before his audition is “a huge reason viewers are tuning in,” said the staffer. “Fox likes the attention that he’s getting, and they’ve taken to giving Danny much more airtime as a result.”

While Fox’s reps had no comment on the allegations, another TV insider told us, “It’d be very hard to manipulate the entire final four. Sure, the judges get one vote to save someone, but that’s before the top five, so theoretically, it’s just delaying the inevitable."