In the paper at the end of last month, I wrote:

It amuses me to no end that the producers of Grease: You’re the One That I Want! are trying to ramp up the drama by suggesting that the musical could fail if the wrong Danny and Sandy are chosen for the Broadway cast. Clearly, they’ve worked hard to end up with 12 viable options for the public to vote on (starting on tomorrow’s show at 8 p.m. on NBC). But all the hand-wringing looks silly now that we know that $1.3 million in tickets were sold for the Broadway production in the first two days they were available this month. I think they’re going to be all right.

The next episode, the producers brought back two people who had been cut -- Ashley Anderson and Matt Nolan -- as wild card contestants. And, since it turns out that cutting these two the first time was the right thing to do, now the producers might actually have a problem. Ashley and Matt are adorable and personable, but at this point way too nervous (her) and way too inexperienced (him) to anchor a Broadway show. But "America" (as all these shows like to term the voting base) just lurrrrrrrves to vote for the underdog (witness Kevin Covais on American Idol), regardless of whether it makes sense. If either Matt or Ashley makes it to the end, the all the dramatic hand-wringing might be justified. But only because of a situation that the producers themselves created, so don't feel too sorry for them.