With only five weeks to go before “American Idol” is gone for good - which is bittersweet, really - the show teetered into its very last Top 8. All Top 10 singers performed this week: seven who made it safely through to the next round, thanks to last week’s audience vote, and three who had collected the fewest votes from viewers, landing in the bottom.
One by one, in no particular order, the seven contestants who had been voted through heard their names called and then took the stage to sing. That left three othersto compete for the eighth spot. Each of those singers then performed, leaving judges to decide —by majority vote —which one to keep and which two to send home in a “double dramatic elimination,” as the show put it, which ultimately wasn’t that dramatic at all.
There was a theme: the Grammys. This provided “Idol” an opportunity to note that its contestants had been nominated for and won quite a few of the prestigious music awards.
Here’s how this week’s performances went down:
Dalton Rapattoni is my pick to win this thing. That said, this was his first fumble. Tackling Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive,” he didn't re-imagine it, which has proven his strong suit. Looked like the kid knew he blew it too.
Lee Jean set out to make Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody” his own. Did he? Nah. But it was okay.
Sonika Vaid sang solidly and strutted admirably, but failed to recapture last week’s magic with this week’s take on the first Idol's “Since U Been Gone."
MacKenzie Bourg had fun with Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me),” and provided the first genuine entertainment of the evening.
La’Porsha Renae slayed it with Beyonce’s “Halo.” Lopez told Renae she loved watching her “come into your own” and “become a star in front of our eyes” and called her “the one to beat.” She might be right; it was a strong week - strongest yet.
Trent Harmon struggled theatrically with “When a Man Loves a Woman.” Judge Urban warned, though, that Harmon shouldn’t let “the facial expression awareness thing” keep him from “emoting.”
Tristan McIntosh, the last to snag a spot outside the bottom three, earned a standing ovation from Urban and Lopez after switching up her song choice and performing Vince Gill’s “Go Rest High on That Mountain,” accompanying herself on piano. She truly killed, and earned that Standing O.
That left Avalon Young, Olivia Rox and Gianna Isabella in the bottom three, with only one seat to vie for and everything riding on this week’s performance.
Young easily claimed the win with The Weeknd’s “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey).”
Rox, who ably tackled Pink’s “Trouble,” and Isabella, who seemed out of her depth with Alicia Keys’ “If I Ain’t Got You,” didn’t stand a chance.
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