American Idol Series - Part 16 (Complete)

[beyoncelover]

25. Aww I kinda loved "S.O.S. (Let the Music Play)" and thought this was an underrated single from Jordin. This sounds like a big hit and really should have been for her. :( Also wish this could habe ranked higher. But yay me being the highest ranker.

24. I also really enjoy Kelly's "All I Ever Wanted" but hmm I'm kinda surprised to see how low I ranked this. I forgot I did. But dang I wish I put "S.O.S." a spot higher so that could have outranked this but oh well. :haha:

23. Really solid original debut single from David Cook after his Idol single. "Light On" is really good and I really wish this could have ranked higher here as I did place this in my Top 10. :(

22. Okay finally a song where I ranked close to it's actual ranking, haha. I'm fine with "I Told You So" placement. Not one of my top favorites from Carrie but I do still really like it. Although another song I wish I placed a spot lower to have helped out "Light On," haha.

21. Ahh darn just a few spots off from a perfect ranking. I did really like "A Little Too Not Over You" from David A. It's sad this didn't do as well as "Crush" as this was a good single release from him.


Yayy Top 20 time!

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#20 - Stronger - Mandisa


Total Points: 173
Bubbling Under: #25
GOLD

ccarter1023 - #5
fireflies - #12
nathanalbright - #21
.indulgecountry - #21
dee12 - #21
beyoncelover - #26
bigd79 - #28
toomuchboy - #39

Mandisa came in 9th place on the very successful cast of season 5. She has a powerful voice and can easily make radio ready tunes. She won the tie over David A. thanks to a #5 ranking over a #6 ranking.

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#19 - Undo It - Carrie Underwood


Total Points: 168
Hot 100: #23
2X PLATINUM

ccarter1023 - #4
bigd79 - #9
nathanalbright - #15
beyoncelover - #20
.indulgecountry - #22
fireflies - #29
dee12 - #33
toomuchboy - #36

This song was tailor made for a concert setting. This can definitely pump up an audience. Another multi-platinum hit for Carrie = check!

[fireflies]

#18 - There's A Place for Us - Carrie Underwood


Total Points: 164
Bubbling Under: #7

dee12 - #10
toomuchboy - #14
.indulgecountry - #16
fireflies - #18
nathanalbright - #22
bigd79 - #22
ccarter1023 - #23
beyoncelover - #39

Carrie is no stranger to lending her voice for songs associated with soundtracks. This particular one is for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader". Congrats to fireflies for a perfect ranking.
Here is the Narnia trailer!

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#17 - Temporary Home - Carrie Underwood


Total Points: 162
Hot 100: #41
PLATINUM

bigd79 - #10
.indulgecountry - #11
fireflies - #13
dee12 - #16
toomuchboy - #24
ccarter1023 - #25
beyoncelover - #30
nathanalbright - #33

Three Carrie's in a row - yikes. But, we still have two more from her. I wonder where they'll land?
This is a wonderfully shot music video to coincide with the already emotional ballad.

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#16 - Terrified - Katharine McPhee (with Jason Reeves or Zachary Levi)


Total Points: 157
Bubbling Under: #16

dee12 - #7
toomuchboy - #11
fireflies - #15
beyoncelover - #21
ccarter1023 - #21
bigd79 - #23
.indulgecountry - #25
nathanalbright - #34

Katharine is another alum from season 5, the runner up to Taylor Hicks. Besides music, she's done a lot of acting as well. This is one of my favorite songs from her.

[fireflies]

Top 15 Player's Stats


Most Points:

fireflies = 30 points
toomuchboy = 19 points
ccarter1023 = 6 points
beyoncelover = 5 points
bigd79 = 1 point


Least Points:

dee12 = 149 points
fireflies = 184 points
.indulgecountry = 190 points
bigd79 = 203 points
beyoncelover = 211 points
nathanalbright = 217 points
ccarter1023 = 224 points
toomuchboy = 263 points

[beyoncelover]

20. "Stronger" is a really good song from Mandisa. Despite not putting this in my Top 20, I'm good with this making it there. She's very talented and am happy with all the success she achieved after her season. Also wow so many #21s for this. :o

19. "Undo It" is a really fun and really enjoyable song from Carrie. Dangg I was just one spot away from a perfect ranking. :( Although I will also admit I'm kinda sad to see this show up as there's still a number of Carrie songs I like less that I would have preferred showing up now, lol.

18. Ooh and speaking of, there it goes! Finally "There's A Place for Us" shows up now. This is a beautiful song with beautiful vocals from Carrie but it bores me and I have no strong connection to it, especially compared to many of her songs. But well done to the fans of this song getting this so high.

17. Ooh wow so many Carrie songs are dropping out now. OK this can stop now as the two remaining Carrie songs are two I love and have ranked the highest from her, so hopefully they can make the Top 15. Anyway, "Temporary Home" is another song I'm okay with showing up. It's really nice and pretty but another one that isn't amongst my top faves from her.

16. Ooh I'm kinda surprised that I didn't put "Terrified" in my Top 20. I think I wanted to put it there but didn't have room for it. Anyway, this is a really gorgeous and stunning song from Katharine. Really enjoy this and glad to see it make it all the way to 16th.

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#15 - I Do Not Hook Up - Kelly Clarkson


Total Points: 155
Hot 100: #20

ccarter1023 - #10
beyoncelover - #11
bigd79 - #13
.indulgecountry - #14
dee12 - #22
fireflies - #24
toomuchboy - #30
nathanalbright - #31

This is one of Kelly's more upbeat singles. After a change of pace from her "My December" era, this album really took Kelly back to having multiple pop hits!

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#14 - Don't You Know You're Beautiful - Kellie Pickler


Total Points: 144
Bubbling Under: #3

.indulgecountry - #2
fireflies - #6
nathanalbright - #12
dee12 - #14
toomuchboy - #18
bigd79 - #27
ccarter1023 - #27
beyoncelover - #38

I really enjoy this one from Kellie! It's got a similar theme to Martina McBride's "This One's for the Girls", another great song. Congrats to dee12 for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

#13 - Whataya Want from Me - Adam Lambert


Total Points: 139
Hot 100: #10

beyoncelover - #3
fireflies - #5
nathanalbright - #5
ccarter1023 - #17
dee12 - #18
toomuchboy - #20
.indulgecountry - #34
bigd79 - #37

This is one of Adam's biggest hits. He was very popular on the show, so it was nice seeing that translate into some big success for him post show!

[fireflies]

#12 - Crush - David Archuleta


Total Points: 138
Hot 100: #2

nathanalbright - #4
beyoncelover - #6
dee12 - #13
bigd79 - #18
toomuchboy - #19
fireflies - #22
.indulgecountry - #26
ccarter1023 - #30

David was one of the youngest contestants on the show. His first big single played strongly to this. It fit well with him and was probably relatable to many of his fans.

[fireflies]

The first song in the top 10:

Life After You

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The 2nd song:

My Life Would Suck Without You

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The 3rd song:

Cowboy Casanova

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The 4th song:

Live Like We're Dying

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The 5th song:

Don't You Wanna Stay 

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The 6th song:

Battlefield

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The 7th song:

Just A Dream

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The 8th song:

Already Gone

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The 9th song:

No Surprise

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The 10th song:

Best Days of Your Life

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#11 - September - Daughtry


Total Points: 138
Hot 100: #36
GOLD

bigd79 - #1
nathanalbright - #3
fireflies - #10
.indulgecountry - #12
dee12 - #12
beyoncelover - #31
ccarter1023 - #32
toomuchboy - #37

Chris Daughtry was so close in sending his three big singles to our top 10. Thanks in part to the singles off his 2nd album, he had another successful record. 
This was our last tie and Daughtry won it thanks to a #1 rank! 

[fireflies]

Top 10 Player's Stats


Most Points:

fireflies = 30 points
dee12 = 27 points
toomuchboy = 19 points
ccarter1023 = 6 points
beyoncelover = 5 points
bigd79 = 1 point


Least Points:

dee12 = 163 points
fireflies = 220 points
.indulgecountry = 239 points
bigd79 = 258 points
nathanalbright = 259 points
beyoncelover = 275 points
ccarter1023 = 285 points
toomuchboy = 322 points

[.indulgecountry]

Pretty solid top 10.

[beyoncelover]

15. Pretty good on Kelly's "I Do Not Hook Up" coming in at #15 despite not having many high rankings, with 10th as the highest rank. Overall decent set of rankings. I do really like this song from her but it did get buried in between MLWSWY and AG, imo.

14. Ahhh okay, I've been waiting a longgg while for "Don't You Know You're Beautiful" to show up. This is a cute and fun song from Kellie, and maybe my ranking of it was too harsh. But I just didn't really care for this as much as mostly everything else here.

13. LOL of course once my 3rd lowest ranked song shows up, then comes my 3rd highest ranked song. :lol: I do really love "Whataya Want from Me" and sad to see this miss the Top 10. :( I'm not a huge fan of Adam's overall but I do really love this song and think it's a great song from him. Definitely my favorite from him.

12. Oh wow, I forgot that I ranked "Crush" so high at #6, but I think I'm fine with this coming in 12th. Would have loved and preferred seeing this make the Top 10 though. This was a great debut single from David A and my favorite song of his as well.

11. "September" isn't one of my favorites from Daughtry so I'm fine with this missing out from making the Top 10. Ooh wow the rankings are really interesting and all over the place - with 2 super high rankings, 3 pretty good/high rankings and then 3 low rankings.

An overall pretty solid Top 10 here. No surprises that Kelly and Chris & Carrie have the most songs with 3 and 2 each, but I kinda like that they aren't totally dominating - and that we also got songs from Kris, Jordin and Kellie. Excited to see how this all turns out!


ETA: Just looked over my list... I got the following remaining: #1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 12, 14, 17, 18 and 23.

[fireflies]

#10 - Live Like We're Dying - Kris Allen


Total Points: 116
Hot 100: #18
PLATINUM

beyoncelover - #5
dee12 - #9
nathanalbright - #10
fireflies - #14
.indulgecountry - #15
ccarter1023 - #19
bigd79 - #21
toomuchboy - #23

This song has a fast pace for Kris, our winner from season 8. Kris always had a nice tone to his voice and quickly became a fan favorite during the show. Congrats to nathanalbright for a perfect ranking!

[castleoblivion26]

If I had the time to get a list in on time "Live Like We're Dying" likely would have been my #1 or at least in my top 5. Love this one, glad it made the top 10!

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#9 - Don't You Wanna Stay - Kelly Clarkson (with Jason Aldean)


Total Points: 115
Hot 100: #31
2X PLATINUM

nathanalbright - #2
dee12 - #4
bigd79 - #5
toomuchboy - #10
ccarter1023 - #11
beyoncelover - #17
fireflies - #30
.indulgecountry - #36

Kelly soars in this duet with Jason Aldean. This was a huge country single that let Kelly venture into a genre that wasn't straight pop.

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#8 - No Surprise - Daughtry


Total Points: 114
Hot 100: #15
PLATINUM

fireflies - #2
nathanalbright - #11
bigd79 - #11
toomuchboy - #15
dee12 - #15
beyoncelover - #18
.indulgecountry - #20
ccarter1023 - #22

After coming off of an amazing debut album, Chris definitely needed a song that could carry him into his next era. This was the perfect choice and is one of my favorite Daughtry singles.