The one lesson to take away from American Idol Season 10: Americans like country music and teenagers. Now that Haley Reinhart is out of the competition (bye, Haley, we await your debut album) Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina are the last two contestants standing. We’re sure many people are happy that after three years of young, white male rock-pop guitar-playing singers being crowned the champ, there’s finally some diversity in the finals, though not between the two contestants themselves — we’ve got one 16-year old Miley Cyrus-ish country-pop female, and a 17-year old Dubya look-a-like whose soul is pure country.
So who’s going to win? Let’s take a look at this week’s power list rankings and see which Southern star has the edge…
To recap: Scotty scored two additional points for this three great songs on Wednesday night, and Lauren nabbing just a single point for her one fantastic performance (and two ho-hum ones).
AMERICAN IDOL POWER LIST, WEEK #11 — TOP 2
1. Scotty McCreery (57, Last Week #1)
2. Lauren Alaina (33, Last week #3)
Scotty, who has hovered at the top of our weekly Power List since we started it, has 24 points on Lauren! Jacob Lusk, Casey Abrams and Pia Toscano all had more points when they were voted off than Lauren has has now in the Top 2!
Sure, our Power List is subjective to our personal tastes here at Idolator, but it’s baffling to see consistent, unique singers being passed over for a girl who often chose the wrong songs or failed to show much range.
So why did America decide she was good enough for the finals? Does she have one extremely supportive fan base who texted their votes til they developed arthritis? Are country music fans loyal to country music performers regardless of quality? Were people enamored with the spunky gal they first saw during her initial audition (who then strangely disappeared over the course of the season)? Or are we totally delusional, and Lauren has been killing it week after week?
But more importantly — can Lauren still win? As we saw with Power List toppers Pia and James, voters aren’t necessarily swooned by whoever gives the best performance, but by the contestant they just plain like. And with three guys winning Idol the past three seasons, voters may just want a girl to finally win, no matter who she is.
To be fair, Lauren can be a fantastic singer, and does seem incredibly marketable. (A pop crossover country artist like Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood is like a golden goose to a label.) But her performances have been nowhere near as consistent and emotionally resonant as other contestants’ performances have been — including Scotty, who hasn’t missed a note or given anything less than 100% since day one.
You tell us — who SHOULD win Nashville Star American Idol Season 10?
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I think Lauren is a much more gifted singer than you do. I hope Lauren wins. I thought James Durbin was a much more gifted artist that any of the contestants.
Stupid Scotty cant sing for sh*t!
Excuse my language but its very true!
I feel like giving those young teens a piece of my mind, and show them what good music sounds like.
Lauren gets my vote for the win!
James Durbin should have won it all!!
“Sure, our Power List is subjective to our personal tastes here at Idolator, but it’s baffling to see consistent, unique singers being passed over for a girl who often chose the wrong songs or failed to show much range — and who also wound up in the Bottom 3 quite a bit.”
If this is about Lauren Alaina I would like to call this writers bluff out about even being an Idol fan or watching the show at all…if she did watch the show she would know that Lauren was not in the Idol bottom three until the top 5 portion of the show. But if she is talking about this websites power list then maybe she should make it known instead of assuming we all know what she is talking about. To be honest this website is biased and she totally admitted it in the paragraph I hope Lauren proves everyone one wrong and wins the whole F-ING show.
We’ll admit when we’re wrong — we double-checked and Lauren has only been in the Bottom 3 once. We were actually thinking of our own Power List, which had Lauren sinking at the bottom (or right near it) practically all season. So thanks for pointing that out, and we’ve changed the copy. (But for the record, I’m a big Idol fan and have watched every episode for the past 10 years – even before it became part of my job.)
Adding onto what I said not only did Lauren pick the right songs for her voice she followed every bit of advice the judges gave her. Also Lauren shows that she has the range. How can you say this girl who is just 16 failed to show off her vocals. She is still very raw but has a very powerful voice with a beautiful tone she can ONLY GET BETTER. She doesnt have to scream like other singers that where on this show.
Scotty’s the only good one left–SCOTTY’S IN IT TO WIN IT!!!!!!!!
I really think Lauren should win because Scotty sounds just like Josh Turner who has the same kind of voice as him and I think that we shouldn’t have a person who sounds exactly the same as another. Plus a girl hasn’t won in a long time, it is time for them to shine.
Jesse, I think it’s hard to say that Scotty shouldn’t win just because he sounds like someone else – I think Lauren also sounds like a generic female country singer. I was gunning for Lauren the first half of the season, but I felt that vocally she lost steam from her audition & only picked it up again at the very end (she came across as very bland in a Pia sort of way.)
I think Scotty should win because he seems the most ready, he already performs on Idol like they’re his own concerts. I think Lauren is incredibly talented, but I also think she needs to grow a bit more, especially emotionally. Scotty seems like he’ll have a better handle of himself if in the spotlight, but I think Lauren needs a little time to toughen up.
Best of luck to both though!
Scotty IS emotionally ready, which is exactly why he wil be successful and able to navigate the music industry much easier on his own, without the Idol structure. I think Lauren would benefit more from the Idol mentoring that could provide structure and guidance to help her grow. Having said all this, I’ve been a Scotty fan from the beginning and am very conflicted! I won’t be disappointed no matter who wins!
no scotty is going to win so shut the hell up you bitch
i agree and the bitches that are hating need to shot up
losers be quiet scotty is going to win so peoplez stop hating omz yall arguing on the internet stop hating and know that scotty is in it to win it and ruth just cuase scotty dosent sing hip hop or rap dont mean he cant sing he is probably better than you, but you dont say cuz you want to feel good. i know they can both sing better then me, but lauren aint that good so scotty will win all you haterz need to shut yalls moeyh.
WINNER:
SCOOOOOOTTTYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH HAHAHA LOSERS
THATS WHAT MY OPINION IS AND IT GOING TO SAY IT NEXT WEEK ON AMERICAN IDOL SO I AINT TRIPPN RUTH IS A LOSER AND CAN SHUT UP
Scotty Mccreery the legendary boy.
Never, never, never underestimate the power of a young woman. A stellar singing young woman. Who has grown and matured and created a artistic name for herself this season – before our very eyes. The very essence of what American Idol means.
Shades of Carrie Underwood are seen in stellar singer Lauren Alaina. She just needs five more years of believing in herself to be Carrie Underwood. And that will come.
Carrie Underwood hopefully will be singing with Lauren Alaina next week on the finale – that would be my dream, and I am certainly it would be Lauren Alaina’s dream too.
Scotty McCreery – he has it made with needing to be named the American Idol. He IS country – through and through. The next Randy Travis – only huger and bigger. And more charismatic.
Lauren’s voice sounts like more than one. See Lee Ann
That exactly what i thought, she is not ready to be the winner. I will vote for her in five years, when she mature enouth not to make mistakes in her singing.
This type of thinking make idol results be unfair. This is how Adam Lamber and Katherine McPee lost. Everyone was thinking they are solid and they will be ok even thought they are second place. Well, this is not the right way to see. I will vote for Scotty for his voice, talent, work, soul. If Lauren had worked as much, I would probably vote for her, but is not the case.
If you vote, vote for the one you like, and the one that diserve. This voting system is wrong as it is. I heard Lauren brother saying he voted for two hours, and i understood how she is now in the final two.
I totally agree!