As much as we thought Karen Rodriguez improved in the last week (read our thoughts of the Top 12 performances here), we weren’t exactly shocked when she was voted off American Idol last night. There’s eleven contestants left in the competition, and at this point, it’s looking more and more like a Pia-James finale. Don’t believe us? Check out our Idol Power List below.
Pia (11 points), James (10), Scotty (9) and Stefano (8) were our favorites from Birthday Year week, while Thia (7), Lauren (6), and Paul (5) delivered good, but not great, performances. And as much as we love Casey (4) and Jacob (3), we could barely get through their songs without grimacing. Haley (2) and Naima (1) finish up our Power List at the very bottom, and it appears you agree with us, America – since they were in the Bottom Three with Karen, they get deducted another point, leaving Haley with 1 point and Naima with zip for the week.
Basically, Pia – who topped our Power List last week as well – is still in the lead, with James slowly catching up with her. Casey better pull it together for next week’s performance, because screaming Nirvana didn’t do him any favors.
AMERICAN IDOL POWER LIST, WEEK #2 — TOP 11
1. Pia Toscano (23 points, Last Week #1)
2. James Durbin (21, Last Week #2)
3. ↑Scotty McCreery (18, Last Week #4)
4. ↓Casey Abrams (14, Last Week # 3)
5. ↑Stefano Langone (14, Last Week #6)
6. ↓Lauren Alaina (14, Last Week #5)
7. ↑Thia Megia (11, Last Week #9)
8. ↓Jacob Lusk (10, Last Week #6)
9. ↑Paul McDonald (7, Last Week #11)
10. ↓Haley Reinhart (5, Last Week #8)
11. ↓Naima Adedapo (3, Last Week #10)
Check back every Friday to see how the contestants rise or fall in our power rankings! And, of course, we welcome debate in the comments.
Please say you meant a Pia-James finale. I like Jacob, but I can’t imagine him getting that far. Casey is too much of a novelty to get there, and Alaina will probably be this year’s fourth-place contestant. I’m interested to see how Stefano develops.
Ack! I DID mean James. Darn those J names getting confused in my brain! Thanks, I’ve changed.
i couldnt disagree more with this post. Haley should of left before karen. naima or her should go next week. I love ALL THE BOYS this season and i def…. think one of them will win. Pia’s good but i don’t i’ll liking the music she’ll end up selling. Casey is my favorite. then james. then stefano then jacob then paul. Haley murdered that whitney houston song and SHOULD NEVER SING HER AGAIN. LAUREN’S CUTE and should stay awhile longer. I thought thia did well last night but needs to sing something up beat.
Naima Adedapo needs to go this was her week to sing ‘the final song of shame’ and go home, what the hell happened?
Casey, while he may be the unusual suspect, is in it to win it, it might not have been his best week but he will rebound I have no doubts.
1. Pia Toscano – OK voice, but she’s always sharp when she hits those loud high
notes.
2. James Durbin – My favorite but needs to learn how to easily transition from his
upper register back down to his lower register after hitting those
high notes.
3. ↑Scotty McCreery – My second favorite.
4. ↓Casey Abrams – Good artist, but not my thing.
5. ↑Stefano Langone – OK
6. ↓Lauren Alaina – Very good, but needs to mature as a performer.
7. ↑Thia Megia – Good
8. ↓Jacob Lusk – Good but leaves the song behind once he gets caught up in the
gospel.
9. ↑Paul McDonald – Doing his thing.
10. ↓Haley Reinhart – Good luck.
11. ↓Naima Adedapo – Good luck.
I think Pia is by far the best of the bunch. I like James too. But Pia is knocking it out of the park week after week. Cant wait to see what she is going to do next week, If she keeps doing what she is doing. She just might win the competition. She will be a Deva after the show is finished.