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?
