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Joshua Ledet leads this week’s Idol Meter

Joshua Ledet

No surprise: Joshua Ledet finds himself at the top of this week’s Idol Meter after singing Bruno Mars’

Runaway Baby. After all, Ken Barnes notes, that uptempo “contemporary distillation of classic R&B” was “just

what old-school soul balladeer Joshua needed to vary his attack.” Joshua gets a 41 for the week, more than half his points

coming because of the judges’ raves about his performance.

Big surprise: Elise Testone

is right up there with Joshua. Elise, who readers ranked among the most likely to be eliminated this week, also scored a 41.

She got some bonus points for getting a closing performance spot for her cover of Lady Gaga’s You and I. Notes Ken:

“Drawing the primo slot twice in three weeks is highly unusual. Somebody up there must like Elise.”

Down at the

bottom, there’s Phillip Phillips (19) and the beleaguered Hollie Cavanagh (14). Ken liked her Perfect performance,

writing, “There was much to like about Hollie’s performance — notably, a spare guitar-based arrangement which set up a

stark contrast with her well-executed glory-note climax.” The judges, on the other hand, didn’t seem to care much for

it.

So will Hollie go home tonight? And, for me, here’s the more significant question: Who’ll be the new person in

this week’s Bottom Three? Phillip, perhaps? Or does one of the other singers have a smaller fan base than we’ve previously

assumed?

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