American Idol Series - Part 16 (Complete)

[fireflies]

#20 - Trouble - Jennifer Hudson (with Iggy Azalea)


Total Points: 110
Hot 100: #67
GOLD

beyoncelover - #11
.indulgecountry - #16
fireflies - #20
nathanalbright - #20
dee12 - #21
bigd79 - #22

This is another fun video for Jennifer. The energy goes high with this song and I'm glad it was a decent sized hit. This probably would have done a little better here if there was more Jennifer and less Iggy. Congrats to both fireflies and nathanalbright for perfect rankings!

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#19 - Ghost Town - Adam Lambert


Total Points: 100
Hot 100: #64
GOLD

beyoncelover - #13
bigd79 - #14
nathanalbright - #16
dee12 - #16
.indulgecountry - #20
fireflies - #21

This is the debut single for his third album, "The Original High". Adam continues to be one of the most successful alumni. He just recently released his latest album, "High Drama," which is a covers disc.

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#18 - I Was Made for Loving You - Tori Kelly (with Ed Sheeran)


Total Points: 89
Bubbling Under: #10
GOLD

nathanalbright - #4
bigd79 - #13
beyoncelover - #16
fireflies - #18
.indulgecountry - #18
dee12 - #20

Tori Kelly was a season 9 contestant and was famously cut right before voting rounds. She had been given a ton of screen time during the initial rounds. This song was a popular album cut from, "Unbreakable Smile". Congrats to both fireflies and .indulgecountry for perfect rankings! Here is her audition clip.

[.indulgecountry]

This is off to a really good start, but with only 6 people having submitted, I know it's bound to go south fast.

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#17 - Feelin' It - Scotty McCreery


Total Points: 86
Hot 100: #84
GOLD

bigd79 - #10
dee12 - #10
fireflies - #11
nathanalbright - #12
.indulgecountry - #21
beyoncelover - #22

This is a fun summer jam from Scotty. He got to work fast after his season 10 Idol coronation. He started off with these decent sized hits only to later become a very consistent #1 radio staple!

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#16 - You Sound Good to Me - Lucy Hale


Total Points: 86
Hot 100: #88

dee12 - #9
.indulgecountry - #11
nathanalbright - #15
fireflies - #16
bigd79 - #16
beyoncelover - #19

Lucy Hale was one of our five winners in the Idol spinoff, "American Juniors". She had a superstar presence even as a young teenager. While her singing career didn't take off, she was cast in the ever-popular T.V. show, "Pretty Little Liars". Congrats to both fireflies and bigd79 for perfect rankings! Lucy won the tie over Scotty thanks to a #9 ranking. Here is her audition clip.

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Most Points = only perfect rankings will give you points (Ex. - #1 will get 22 points ; #22 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:

fireflies - 16 points
bigd79 - 7 points
.indulgecountry - 5 points
nathanalbright - 3 points
dee12 - 1 point


Least Points:

fireflies - 10 points
.indulgecountry - 18 points
bigd79 - 21 points
dee12 - 22 points
nathanalbright - 28 points
beyoncelover - 37 points


*I will resume reveals on Thursday evening.*

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#15 - Still Rolling Stones - Lauren Daigle


Total Points: 81
GOLD

fireflies - #4
.indulgecountry - #12
nathanalbright - #13
dee12 - #15
beyoncelover - #18
bigd79 - #19

This was the final single from Lauren's sophomore album. All of her radio singles from both albums have gone GOLD or higher. She is set to release her latest album early this year. Congrats to dee12 for a perfect ranking!

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#14 - Nobody Love - Tori Kelly


Total Points: 73
Hot 100: #60
GOLD

beyoncelover - #6
nathanalbright - #8
.indulgecountry - #8
fireflies - #15
bigd79 - #18
dee12 - #18

Tori has a soulful voice that has found its way into pop music. This started off a string of hits for Tori. Both Lauren Daigle and Tori Kelly were Season 9 contestants and both are beginning their new era of music this year.

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#13 - Raging Fire - Phillip Phillips


Total Points: 72
Hot 100: #58

nathanalbright - #1
fireflies - #8
bigd79 - #9
.indulgecountry - #17
dee12 - #17
beyoncelover - #20

Here is yet another catchy tune from Phillip. I enjoyed the music video a lot. We were practically split in half on where this song should have ended. We do lose our first #1 though. Of the six lists we got, we each picked a different song to top our lists.

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#12 - Beautiful Life - Nick Fradiani


Total Points: 70
Hot 100: #93

fireflies - #5
nathanalbright - #9
beyoncelover - #12
dee12 - #13
.indulgecountry - #14
bigd79 - #17

This is one of my favorite Idol winning singles. This suited Nick really well and the video seemed to have been a lot of fun to make. Congrats to beyoncelover for a perfect ranking!

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#11 - Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson


Total Points: 67
Hot 100: #21
PLATINUM

dee12 - #7
beyoncelover - #8
.indulgecountry - #9
bigd79 - #11
fireflies - #13
nathanalbright - #19

Kelly begins another album era with this lead single. This proved to be another successful song for Kelly. It's nice to see that a contestant from the very first season has been able to have such a great music career and is still going strong. Congrats to bigd79 for a perfect ranking!

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Top 10 Player's Stats


Most Points:

bigd79 - 19 points
fireflies - 16 points
beyoncelover - 11 points
dee12 - 9 points
.indulgecountry - 5 points
nathanalbright - 3 points


Least Points:

.indulgecountry - 35 points
dee12 - 35 points
fireflies - 36 points
bigd79 - 38 points
beyoncelover - 58 points
nathanalbright - 59 points

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The Top 10:

1. Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson
2. Piece by Piece - Kelly Clarkson
3. Somethin' Bad - Carrie Underwood
4. Something in the Water - Carrie Underwood
5. Little Toy Guns - Carrie Underwood
6. Smoke Break - Carrie Underwood
7. Heartbeat - Carrie Underwood
8. Waiting for Superman - Daughtry
9. Should've Been Us - Tori Kelly
10. Hollow - Tori Kelly

Which two do you think will miss out on our top 8?

[fireflies]

#10 - Should've Been Us - Tori Kelly


Total Points: 67
Hot 100: #51
PLATINUM

beyoncelover - #5
.indulgecountry - #7
fireflies - #12
nathanalbright - #14
dee12 - #14
bigd79 - #15

This has been a good stretch of songs from Tori, with two of them making the top 10 here. This won the tie over Kelly's "Heartbeat Song" thanks to a #5 ranking.

[fireflies]

#9 - Piece by Piece - Kelly Clarkson


Total Points: 63
Hot 100: #8

fireflies - #1
bigd79 - #6
beyoncelover - #10
dee12 - #12
.indulgecountry - #13
nathanalbright - #21

This is one of Kelly's best. This song is very personal and the video packs all the right punches. I'm glad this became another top 10 for her on the Hot 100! This was helped due to her amazing American Idol performance that went viral. Here is that performance.

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#8 - Somethin' Bad - Carrie Underwood (with Miranda Lambert)


Total Points: 61
Hot 100: #19
2X PLATINUM

.indulgecountry - #5
dee12 - #5
bigd79 - #8
beyoncelover - #9
fireflies - #17
nathanalbright - #17

This is the first of five Carrie Underwood songs to leave us. She finally made a duet with Miranda Lambert, something that a lot of her fans had wanted for a while. Congrats to bigd79 for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

#7 - Hollow - Tori Kelly


Total Points: 56
Hot 100: #68
PLATINUM

.indulgecountry - #6
beyoncelover - #7
fireflies - #10
nathanalbright - #10
dee12 - #11
bigd79 - #12

This was a song that was added onto her "Unbreakable Smile" album for its re-issue. Following her last two hits, I thought this was a smart choice to release. Congrats to beyoncelover for a perfect ranking!

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#6 - Smoke Break - Carrie Underwood


Total Points: 54
Hot 100: #43
PLATINUM

bigd79 - #1
dee12 - #3
.indulgecountry - #4
nathanalbright - #11
fireflies - #14
beyoncelover - #21

This is her debut single for the "Storyteller" era. The music video created a nice, relaxed story that drew audiences in. This is another hit to be added in her healthy catalogue.

*3 #1's out now, with 3 making it into the top 5*

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Top 5 Player's Stats


Most Points:

bigd79 - 34 points
beyoncelover - 27 points
fireflies - 16 points
dee12 - 9 points
.indulgecountry - 5 points
nathanalbright - 3 points


Least Points:

.indulgecountry - 48 points
dee12 - 52 points
bigd79 - 56 points
fireflies - 66 points
beyoncelover - 80 points
nathanalbright - 92 points

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#5 - Waiting for Superman - Daughtry


Total Points: 43
Hot 100: #66
PLATINUM

dee12 - #2
fireflies - #3
bigd79 - #3
nathanalbright - #5
beyoncelover - #15
.indulgecountry - #15

This was such a wonderful lead single to his new era of music. The concept for the music video was fantastic and really brought the song to life. It's a shame that this was the band's last mainstream hit. I would love for Daughtry to make a comeback on these charts again. Congrats to nathanalbright for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

#4 - Underneath the Tree - Kelly Clarkson


Total Points: 38
Hot 100: #12

beyoncelover - #2
bigd79 - #4
dee12 - #6
nathanalbright - #7
fireflies - #9
.indulgecountry - #10

This Christmas tune from Kelly has now become a holiday staple. For the last few years, the song has re-entered the Hot 100. It should continue to do this for many Christmases to come and will someday land another entry inside the top 10! Congrats to bigd79 for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

It is a Carrie Underwood top 3!

The final results will be revealed tomorrow afternoon!

[.indulgecountry]

Glad one of the Carrie songs is going to win!

[bigd79]

Although i do love Underneath the Tree, i find it incredibly hard to rank christmas songs alongside regular songs. Kinda wish christmas songs would get their own rankings

[bigd79]

Mar 25, 2023 23:14:52 GMT -5 fireflies said:

#5 - Waiting for Superman - Daughtry


Total Points: 43
Hot 100: #66
PLATINUM

dee12 - #2
fireflies - #3
bigd79 - #3
nathanalbright - #5
beyoncelover - #15
.indulgecountry - #15

This was such a wonderful lead single to his new era of music. The concept for the music video was fantastic and really brought the song to life. It's a shame that this was the band's last mainstream hit. I would love for Daughtry to make a comeback on these charts again. Congrats to nathanalbright for a perfect ranking!

Perhaps you know this already, but Daughtry has basically given up on HAC/pop. He's no longer with RCA and his last album was all focused on mainstream/active rock, which he ended up with 2 top 10 hits and a third that peaked in the 20 range i think)...and now he has a standalone single with Lizzy Hale thats also currently in the top 10 and still climbing.... a remake of Journey's song "Separate Ways"

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bigd79

Yes, I loved his last album. "Heavy is the Crown" was a great single.
I am glad he's finding success in the lane of music he's in now.

[beyoncelover]

I'm so behind so I will try to catch up quickly.

- Aww I'm kinda sad seeing "Shame" and "Lights Shine Bright" show up so soon. :( I get why "Shame" was so low as Jennifer Hudson was just a backup singer on that song. Enjoyed both of these.
- Ughh nooo, it's a real shame seeing "Trouble" showing up already. Really like that song and it's such a fun and unexpected collabo from Iggy and Jennifer.
- LOL I'm doing terribly.... "Ghost Town" up and that's 4 songs in a row where I'm the highest ranker..
- Okay good that "feelin' Good" didn't make it higher than 17th. Scotty is talented in what he does but I just don't care for his voice or music (outside of a few of his Idol performances).
- Fine with the rankings for the following: "You Sound Good to Me," "Still Rolling Stones"
- Aww wished "Nobody Love" could have been higher. :(
- "Raging Fire" is a little too high for me but okay with its ranking. It's interesting how this song got 3 high ranks and 3 low ranks.
- Yesss @ a perfect ranking for "Beautiful Life." Perfect spot for this to come in at 12th.
- Kinda surprised that "Heartbeat Song" missed the Top 10 but it's not really one of Kelly's most memorable songs. But it's cute and I do really like it though.


Wow Carrie got 5 songs in the Top 10 - that's very impressive. :o

[beyoncelover]

- Aww I really like "Should've Been Us" and wish that this song could have made it higher. But I am so glad my #5 rank helped this make it to the Top 10, at least.
- I did not know which version of "Piece by Piece" we were ranking so figuring out a ranking for this was hard. #9 is a good spot for this. If I were ranking the Idol performance version, I would have ranked it much higher.
- I was curious which Carrie song would have showed up first. Not surprised that it was "Somethin' Bad" but I wish it was something else. This was a really fun and feisty duet from Miranda & Carrie.
- I think "Hollow" was my lowest ranked Tori Kelly song? Very happy this made it to 7th and I got another perfect rank here.
- Oh phew, "Smoke Break" was the Carrie song I was hoping to see miss out making the Top 5 but I was also hoping this would have been the first Carrie song to show up. I just never really cared much for this song.
- OMGG lol it's so insane how "Waiting for Superman" got 3 Top 3 rankings and then the rest all #15 rankings. That's so insane. I didn't remember this song but it was nice. I also forgot/didn't realize that this was their last mainstream hit. :o
- Aww I'm sad that "Underneath the Tree" missed out from making it to the Top 3. I do love the remaining Carrie songs but really do wish Kelly could have gotten a song in there but oh well.


I am definitely rooting for a certain Carrie song to win, so fingers crossed that can pull off the win here!

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#3 - Heartbeat - Carrie Underwood


Total Points: 28
Hot 100: #42
PLATINUM

.indulgecountry - #1
beyoncelover - #3
nathanalbright - #3
fireflies - #6
bigd79 - #7
dee12 - #8

This is a beautiful ballad from Carrie. I believe this to be one of her highlights from the "Storyteller" album, so I was excited when this became the second single. Congrats to both beyoncelover and nathanalbright for perfect rankings!