American Idol Series - Part 16 (Complete)

[fireflies]

#16 - Night of Your Life - Jennifer Hudson (with David Guetta)


Total Points: 122
Hot 100: #81

toomuchboy - #2
ccarter1023 - #2
beyoncelover - #12
bigd79 - #14
fireflies - #16
nathanalbright - #18
.indulgecountry - #19
castleoblivion26 - #19
dee12 - #20

David Guetta is a French DJ and has had multiple hits. This was a promotional song for his album, "Nothing but the Beat". Congrats to fireflies for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

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 - 12 points
.indulgecountry - 6 points
ccarter1023 - 4 points
toomuchboy - 3 points
castleoblivion26 - 1 point
dee12 - 1 point 


Least Points:

.indulgecountry - 14 points
fireflies - 15 points
castleoblivion26 - 17 points
bigd79 - 23 points
dee12 - 32 points
nathanalbright - 34 points
toomuchboy - 37 points
ccarter1023 - 37 points
beyoncelover - 45 points

[nathanalbright]

I'm always happy when I'm not the worst on these.

[fireflies]

#15 - Let's Don't Call It a Night - Casey James


Total Points: 119
Bubbling Under: #11

ccarter1023 - #9
.indulgecountry - #9
castleoblivion26 - #9
bigd79 - #9
toomuchboy - #11
nathanalbright - #14
fireflies - #18
dee12 - #19
beyoncelover - #21

Casey jumps into the country scene with this romantic song. On Idol, he was one of the contestants being hailed as a heartthrob. Here is Casey's audition clip.

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#14 - Better Than I Know Myself - Adam Lambert


Total Points: 114
Hot 100: #76

castleoblivion26 - #5
toomuchboy - #8
fireflies - #9
beyoncelover - #11
nathanalbright - #12
dee12 - #14
ccarter1023 - #17
.indulgecountry - #18
bigd79 - #20

This was the lead single for Adam's sophomore album. Beyond solo music, Adam has kept busy with multiple projects. Touring as the lead for Queen is what he's best known for at the moment. Congrats to dee12 for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

#13 - Think Like a Man - Jennifer Hudson (with Ne-Yo & Rick Ross)


Total Points: 107
Hot 100: #90

nathanalbright - #4
beyoncelover - #8
ccarter1023 - #8
.indulgecountry - #10
toomuchboy - #13
fireflies - #14
castleoblivion26 - #16
bigd79 - #16
dee12 - #18

This was featured on the soundtrack for "Think Like a Man", which was a box-office hit. Kevin Hart was a funny addition to the music video. Congrats to toomuchboy for a perfect ranking! Here is the movie's trailer.

[fireflies]

#12 - Dirt Road Prayer - Lauren Alaina


Total Points: 106
Bubbling Under: #18

.indulgecountry - #5
castleoblivion26 - #6
bigd79 - #10
dee12 - #11
fireflies - #13
nathanalbright - #13
beyoncelover - #15
ccarter1023 - #16
toomuchboy - #17

This was the final song on Lauren's debut album, "Wildflower". Her album sold over 300,000 copies. It's neat to see that Scotty and Lauren started their careers at the same time and are both continuing in their successes.

[fireflies]

#11 - Free - Haley Reinhart


Total Points: 95
Bubbling Under: #4

nathanalbright - #3
toomuchboy - #6
beyoncelover - #6
castleoblivion26 - #12
bigd79 - #12
dee12 - #13
ccarter1023 - #14
.indulgecountry - #14
fireflies - #15

Haley came in 3rd place on season 10. She has gained a nice following throughout the years and is consistently making new music. Here is Haley's audition clip.

[fireflies]

Top 10 Player's Stats


Most Points:

toomuchboy - 13 points
fireflies - 12 points
dee12 - 10 points
.indulgecountry - 6 points
ccarter1023 - 4 points
castleoblivion26 - 1 point


Least Points:

fireflies - 29 points
.indulgecountry - 37 points
bigd79 - 41 points
castleoblivion26 - 42 points
dee12 - 44 points
nathanalbright - 55 points
toomuchboy - 57 points
ccarter1023 - 58 points
beyoncelover - 67 points

[fireflies]

Top 10:

1. Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson
2. Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson

3. Remind Me - Carrie Underwood
4. Good Girl - Carrie Underwood
5. Blown Away - Carrie Underwood

6. Crawling Back to You - Daughtry

7. Tough - Kellie Pickler

8. Never Close Our Eyes - Adam Lambert

9. Like My Mother Does - Lauren Alaina

10. This Time - Pia Toscano


Which two do you think will not make our top 8?

[toomuchboy]

I feel like the two to miss are most likely among the latter five, unfortunately. :(

[nathanalbright]

I'm hoping that these AI rankdowns will help me figure out where I soured on Kelly Clarkson. I really like her first two albums, and I loved "Don't You Want To Stay," for example, but there's something about the attitude of many of the songs I've ranked on this series that just rubs me the wrong way and I'm not sure where it went sour for me.

[fireflies]

Tonight's set of five are very close in points. They range from 90 to 88.

[fireflies]

#10 - Never Close Our Eyes - Adam Lambert


Total Points: 90
Bubbling Under: #10

castleoblivion26 - #4
nathanalbright - #5
fireflies - #6
ccarter1023 - #6
toomuchboy - #10
.indulgecountry - #12
dee12 - #12
beyoncelover - #14
bigd79 - #21

While Adam's singles did not perform as well as the songs from his debut album, his "Trespassing" album did debut at #1 on the Billboard 200. Congrats to toomuchboy for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

#9 - Like My Mother Does - Lauren Alaina


Total Points: 90
Hot 100: #20
GOLD

.indulgecountry - #4
fireflies - #5
nathanalbright - #6
dee12 - #6
beyoncelover - #9
bigd79 - #11
ccarter1023 - #15
castleoblivion26 - #15
toomuchboy - #19

While this barely misses our top eight, it recently just earned the winning position in our 'Runner-Ups' rankdown. This broke the tie over Adam thanks to the #9 ranking over a #10 ranking. Congrats to beyoncelover for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

#8 - Crawling Back to You - Daughtry


Total Points: 89
Hot 100: #41
PLATINUM

ccarter1023 - #5
bigd79 - #5
fireflies - #8
dee12 - #8
nathanalbright - #10
castleoblivion26 - #10
.indulgecountry - #13
toomuchboy - #14
beyoncelover - #16

This is the band's lead single for their 3rd album. He continues in the pop-rock lane and delivers another catchy tune. Congrats to both fireflies & dee12 for perfect rankings!

[fireflies]

Everyone's #1 picks all made the top 7. But, two of us will be losing them before the top 5.

[fireflies]

#7 - Tough - Kellie Pickler


Total Points: 88
Bubbling Under: #19

.indulgecountry - #1
castleoblivion26 - #2
toomuchboy - #7
nathanalbright - #7
bigd79 - #8
dee12 - #9
fireflies - #17
beyoncelover - #18
ccarter1023 - #19

This is another personal song for Kellie that deals with her growing up with a father that keeps going in and out of prison. Kellie's been quiet for a time now, so it'll be interesting to see what upcoming projects she has up her sleeve. Congrats to toomuchboy & nathanalbright for perfect rankings!

[fireflies]

#6 - Remind Me - Carrie Underwood (with Brad Paisley)


Total Points: 88
Hot 100: #17
2X PLATINUM

nathanalbright - #1
bigd79 - #2
.indulgecountry - #6
dee12 - #7
fireflies - #11
castleoblivion26 - #11
ccarter1023 - #12
toomuchboy - #18
beyoncelover - #20

In between albums, Carrie always seems to find a duet partner and release a stand-alone radio single. She and Brad have co-hosted awards shows together for over a decade, so this was bound to happen eventually. This won the tie over Kellie thanks to a #6 ranking over a #7. Congrats to .indulgecountry for a perfect ranking!

[fireflies]

Top 5 Player's Stats


Most Points:

toomuchboy - 42 points
fireflies - 27 points
dee12 - 25 points
.indulgecountry - 23 points
nathanalbright - 16 points
beyoncelover - 14 points
ccarter1023 - 4 points
castleoblivion26 - 1 point


Least Points:

fireflies - 52 points
dee12 - 52 points
.indulgecountry - 55 points
bigd79 - 62 points
castleoblivion26 - 66 points
nathanalbright - 70 points
toomuchboy - 85 points
ccarter1023 - 89 points
beyoncelover - 104 points

[castleoblivion26]

"Tough" deserved better. That song is easily better than many of the remaining songs, ESPECIALLY "This Time", "Mr. Know It All", and "Good Girl"

[toomuchboy]

Happy to see Pia made top 5, although I know she'll be of the first to go next considering Blown Away and Stronger/MKIA are some of Carrie's and Kelly's stronger singles. I've never been crazy about Good Girl though.

[fireflies]

#5 - This Time - Pia Toscano


Total Points: 73
Bubbling Under: #4

toomuchboy - #1
beyoncelover - #4
fireflies - #7
bigd79 - #7
.indulgecountry - #8
nathanalbright - #9
dee12 - #10
ccarter1023 - #13
castleoblivion26 - #14

Pia was a shock elimination on the tenth season of American Idol. She's had a rollercoaster of a ride with her music career, but her debut album, "I'm Good", comes out this Friday! Here is a clip of her during Hollywood week.

[.indulgecountry]

Pia is finally releasing an album?! Wow!

[fireflies]

#4 - Good Girl - Carrie Underwood


Total Points: 61
Hot 100: #18
3X PLATINUM

beyoncelover - #2
.indulgecountry - #3
fireflies - #4
ccarter1023 - #4
bigd79 - #4
dee12 - #5
castleoblivion26 - #7
toomuchboy - #15
nathanalbright - #17

Carrie begins her "Blown Away" era with this fun up-tempo. The video is fast paced and shows off some very stylish looks from Carrie. Congrats to fireflies, ccarter1023 & bigd79 for perfect rankings!

[fireflies]

#3 - Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson


Total Points: 58
Hot 100: #10

beyoncelover - #3
fireflies - #3
ccarter1023 - #3
dee12 - #3
toomuchboy - #4
bigd79 - #6
.indulgecountry - #7
castleoblivion26 - #8
nathanalbright - #21

Kelly's "Stronger" album is probably my favorite from her. There are so many catchy songs, including this debut single. Her personality shines through. Congrats to beyoncelover, fireflies, ccarter1023 & dee12 for perfect rankings!

[fireflies]

Six #1 rankings make up our top two!

[fireflies]

#2 - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson


Total Points: 49
Hot 100: #1
7X PLATINUM

beyoncelover - #1
fireflies - #1
ccarter1023 - #1
dee12 - #1
toomuchboy - #3
castleoblivion26 - #3
bigd79 - #3
.indulgecountry - #16
nathanalbright - #20

This is one of the most successful songs from an alum to date. This is a great power anthem for Kelly and I'm super glad this song was finally given an update for RIAA certification this year. 

Which means that:

#1 - Blown Away - Carrie Underwood


Total Points: 29
Hot 100: #20
4X PLATINUM

castleoblivion26 - #1
bigd79 - #1
fireflies - #2
nathanalbright - #2
.indulgecountry - #2
dee12 - #2
toomuchboy - #5
beyoncelover - #7
ccarter1023 - #7

This was a big smash for Carrie. Once she heard this song, she knew it had to be on her album. The music video is one of her most epic and has nice 'Wizard of Oz' references. Everyone put this in their top 7! Congrats to both castleoblivion26 and bigd79 for picking the winning song!

[fireflies]

Final Player's Stats


Overall Winners:

GOLD = bigd79
SILVER = castleoblivion26
BRONZE = fireflies


Most Points:

fireflies - 66 points (6 perfects)
dee12 - 45 points (4 perfects)
ccarter1023 - 43 points (4 perfects)
toomuchboy - 42 points (5 perfects)
bigd79 - 41 points (2 perfects)
beyoncelover - 34 points (2 perfects)
.indulgecountry - 23 points (4 perfects)
castleoblivion26 - 23 points (2 perfects)
nathanalbright - 16 points (1 perfect)


Least Points:

fireflies - 56 points
dee12 - 60 points
bigd79 - 68 points
.indulgecountry - 78 points
castleoblivion26 - 84 points
ccarter1023 - 104 points
toomuchboy - 106 points
beyoncelover - 114 points
nathanalbright - 124 points

[toomuchboy]

Good for Carrie, this was undeniably one of her biggest moments.