American Idol Series - Part 16 (Complete)

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#21 - A Change Is Gonna Come - Adam Lambert


Total Points: 150
Hot 100: #56

bigd79 - #15
ccarter1023 - #16
ClevelandRox - #17
fireflies - #19
.indulgecountry - #20
toomuchboy - #21
castleoblivion26 - #21
dee12 - #21

Adam got rave reviews for his performance. He was able to show off his big range! Congrats to toomuchboy castleoblivion26 and dee12 for starting us off with perfect rankings! Here is a clip of Adam's audition!

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#20 - No Boundaries - Adam Lambert


Total Points: 134
Hot 100: #72

ClevelandRox - #14
fireflies - #15
ccarter1023 - #15
castleoblivion26 - #16
dee12 - #17
.indulgecountry - #18
bigd79 - #19
toomuchboy - #20

Kris and Adam, our top two of season 8, were both given this song to sing as the winner's song. While I prefer Kris' version, Adam belts this out just fine. This song was co-written by Idol judge Kara DioGuardi. Congrats to toomuchboy for back-to-back perfect rankings!

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#19 - You Pulled Me Through - Jennifer Hudson


Total Points: 132
Bubbling Under: #16

ccarter1023 - #9
castleoblivion26 - #12
ClevelandRox - #16
.indulgecountry - #16
toomuchboy - #19
dee12 - #19
fireflies - #20
bigd79 - #21

This is a very emotional song for Jennifer. This charted just a few months after a big tragedy occurred in her life. Her mother, brother and nephew had all been murdered at the end of 2008. Congrats to dee12 for a perfect ranking and toomuchboy for his third perfect in a row!

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#18 - Hold Up My Heart - Brooke White


Total Points: 120
Hot 100: #47

toomuchboy - #9
ClevelandRox - #11
fireflies - #12
ccarter1023 - #17
bigd79 - #17
castleoblivion26 - #17
.indulgecountry - #17
dee12 - #20

Brooke was a contestant from season 7, a season that had a nice group of people in it. I enjoyed listening to Brooke a lot. I'm glad that this managed a top 50 placement on the Hot 100! Here is her audition clip!

[ClevelandRox]

Hold Up My Heart is good but Life is Okay with Michael Johns is stellar. 😍 Really wish that or his song Heart on my Sleeve had made these rankdowns.

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#17 - Goodbye - Kristinia Debarge


Total Points: 108
Hot 100: #15
PLATINUM

ClevelandRox - #8
bigd79 - #9
fireflies - #10
.indulgecountry - #10
dee12 - #12
toomuchboy - #18
castleoblivion26 - #20
ccarter1023 - #21

I find this pop hit to be very catchy and radio friendly. Kristinia was actually a contestant from the brief spin-off, American Juniors! Here is a clip of her singing to Disney's "Mulan".

[ClevelandRox]

Future Love, Sabotage and Powerless were BOPS too!

[bigd79]

Aug 23, 2021 19:20:36 GMT -5 fireflies said:

#21 - A Change Is Gonna Come - Adam Lambert


Total Points: 150
Hot 100: #56

bigd79 - #15
ccarter1023 - #16
ClevelandRox - #17
fireflies - #19
.indulgecountry - #20
toomuchboy - #21
castleoblivion26 - #21
dee12 - #21

Adam got rave reviews for his performance. He was able to show off his big range! Congrats to toomuchboy  castleoblivion26 and dee12 for starting us off with perfect rankings! Here is a clip of Adam's audition!

In absolute shock i was the highest ranker of this song lol

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#16 - Apologize - Kris Allen


Total Points: 108
Hot 100: #66

castleoblivion26 - #4
ClevelandRox - #7
bigd79 - #13
.indulgecountry - #14
toomuchboy - #16
fireflies - #18
ccarter1023 - #18
dee12 - #18

Our season 8 winner nicely performed this cover of the huge OneRepublic song. This won the tie over "Goodbye" thanks to a #4 ranking - our first top 5 loss this rankdown. Congrats to toomuchboy for another perfect ranking!

[toomuchboy]

ACIGC was not a good pick for Lambert's voice, even if the message might've suited him. The funny thing about No Boundaries is Kara DioGuardi made it obvious she wrote it with Lambert in mind when she commented on Kris being out of his range on the song during the finale, lol, but Kris Allen's voice sounds much better on it to me against all the odds?

As bad as the song is, I admit I sort of enjoy Kris' version. There are quite a few of the cheesy coronation songs that are guilty pleasures for me.

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Most Points = only perfect rankings will give you points (Ex. - #1 will get 21 points ; #21 will get 1 point)

Least Points = you get points on how close you are to the actual ranking (Ex. - a perfect ranking would get you 0 points)


Top 15 Player's Stats


Most Points:

toomuchboy = 12 points
dee12 = 4 points
castleoblivion26 = 1 point


Least Points:

toomuchboy = 10 points
dee12 = 12 points
.indulgecountry = 16 points
bigd79 = 21 points
fireflies = 23 points
ccarter1023 = 27 points
castleoblivion26 = 27 points
ClevelandRox = 38 points

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#15 - Permanent - David Cook


Total Points: 102
Hot 100: #24

castleoblivion26 - #1
bigd79 - #11
toomuchboy - #12
.indulgecountry - #12
fireflies - #13
dee12 - #15
ClevelandRox - #19
ccarter1023 - #19

This is another very emotional entry this time around. David's older brother passed away after battling brain cancer. David sang this on Idol a few weeks after the tragedy. Congrats to dee12 for a perfect ranking and sorry to castleoblivion26 for our first #1 loss.

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#14 - No Boundaries - Kris Allen


Total Points: 100
Hot 100: #11

fireflies - #9
ClevelandRox - #9
.indulgecountry - #9
castleoblivion26 - #10
toomuchboy - #13
ccarter1023 - #14
dee12 - #16
bigd79 - #20

Kris Allen won season 8 with this as his winning song. I think his voice sounds really well with this Kara co-write! He was just one position away from a top 10 hit Hot 100 hit. Congrats to ccarter1023 for a perfect ranking! Here is his winning moment!

[castleoblivion26]

"Permanent" has no business not being in the top 10 here. So disappointed with that

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#13 - If This Isn't Love - Jennifer Hudson


Total Points: 99
Hot 100: #63

fireflies - #5
toomuchboy - #8
ccarter1023 - #11
dee12 - #11
.indulgecountry - #13
ClevelandRox - #15
bigd79 - #18
castleoblivion26 - #18

This is one of my favorite J-Hud singles. The music video is well done and this should have been even bigger than what it was. Congrats to .indulgecountry for a perfect ranking!

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#12 - Ain't No Sunshine - Kris Allen


Total Points: 99
Hot 100: #37

toomuchboy - #5
ClevelandRox - #6
dee12 - #10
bigd79 - #12
ccarter1023 - #13
castleoblivion26 - #13
.indulgecountry - #19
fireflies - #21

Kris was known as the 'dark horse' in this competition. The judges praised this performance for his arrangement and gave him the boost he needed in utilizing his strengths. Congrats to bigd79 for a perfect ranking! Here is his audition clip.








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Kris won the tie over Jennifer. They each had a #5 ranking, but Kris' #6 ranking edged out J-Hud's #8 ranking.

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#11 - Home Sweet Home - Carrie Underwood


Total Points: 91
Hot 100: #21

ccarter1023 - #6
bigd79 - #7
.indulgecountry - #7
ClevelandRox - #12
dee12 - #13
toomuchboy - #15
castleoblivion26 - #15
fireflies - #16

This song served its purpose on American Idol by sending off eliminated contestants to their 'Home Sweet Home". It got a lot of weekly promo and proved successful!

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Top 10 Player's Stats


Most Points:

toomuchboy - 12 points
dee12 - 11 points
bigd79 - 10 points
.indulgecountry - 9 points
ccarter1023 - 8 points
castleoblivion26 - 1 point


Least Points: 

dee12 - 20 points
toomuchboy - 30 points
.indulgecountry - 35 points
ccarter1023 - 39 points
bigd79 - 40 points
fireflies - 52 points
castleoblivion26 - 55 points
ClevelandRox - 56 points

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Top 10 Songs:

1. I Do Not Hook Up - Kelly Clarkson
2. Already Gone - Kelly Clarkson
3. If I Can't Have You - Kelly Clarkson
4. Keeping Score - Kelly Clarkson
5. No Surprise - Daughtry
6. Best Days of Your Life - Kellie Pickler
7. Battlefield - Jordin Sparks
8. Come Back to Me - David Cook
9. Heartless - Kris Allen
10. Mad World - Adam Lambert

Who will miss out on making the top 8?

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#10 - Come Back to Me - David Cook


Total Points: 86
Hot 100: #63

bigd79 - #4
fireflies - #6
castleoblivion26 - #6
dee12 - #6
toomuchboy - #11
.indulgecountry - #15
ClevelandRox - #18
ccarter1023 - #20

This is a great single for David. I really liked the concept of the video with everything going backwards. I'm glad David enjoyed a successful debut album era!

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#9 - Heartless - Kris Allen




Total Points: 84
Hot 100: #16

toomuchboy - #4
ClevelandRox - #5
ccarter1023 - #5
dee12 - #7
.indulgecountry - #11
bigd79 - #16
fireflies - #17
castleoblivion26 - #19

This is arguably Kris' most memorable performance on his time on Idol. It garnered so much praise that he decided to include it on his debut album!

[.indulgecountry]

Better than the original don't @ me

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#8 - Keeping Score - Kelly Clarkson (with Dan + Shay)


Total Points: 79
GOLD

ClevelandRox - #2
.indulgecountry - #6
fireflies - #8
ccarter1023 - #8
bigd79 - #10
castleoblivion26 - #14
dee12 - #14
toomuchboy - #17

I wish Dan + Shay had released this as an official single. Radio would have loved this one. This was a very popular song with the fans and it could have been huge! Congrats to fireflies and ccarter1023 for perfect rankings!

[.indulgecountry]

This was a missed hit opportunity for sure.

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#7 - If I Can't Have You - Kelly Clarkson


Total Points: 71
Bubbling Under: #18

ccarter1023 - #4
.indulgecountry - #4
toomuchboy - #6
dee12 - #8
ClevelandRox - #10
castleoblivion26 - #11
fireflies - #14
bigd79 - #14

This album cut was barely able to make the list. She had a strong era with this album, so it was nice to see this catchy song gain a little traction in people's minds.

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#6 - Mad World - Adam Lambert


Total Points: 67
Hot 100: #19

ccarter1023 - #2
castleoblivion26 - #2
ClevelandRox - #4
bigd79 - #8
dee12 - #9
toomuchboy - #10
fireflies - #11
.indulgecountry - #21

Adam had a rough start to this rankdown with losing two right off the bat. But, this iconic performance of his was generally loved here and almost cracked the top 5.

[.indulgecountry]

I forgot this was still in.

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Top 5 Player's Stats


Most Points:

ccarter1023 - 22 points
fireflies - 14 points
toomuchboy - 12 points
dee12 - 11 points
bigd79 - 10 points
.indulgecountry - 9 points
castleoblivion26 - 1 point


Least Points:

dee12 - 36 points
toomuchboy - 50 points
ccarter1023 - 60 points
.indulgecountry - 62 points
bigd79 - 64 points
fireflies - 76 points
ClevelandRox - 79 points
castleoblivion26 - 83 points

[ClevelandRox]

How is the worst song of Kelly's career still in this?