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I'm caught up to the top 12 episode, including the wildcard performances (which I initially skipped). I have no idea what counts as a finalist these days so I'm just gonna stick with the top 10 that America chose. Like Elliott said, the contestants the judges save inevitably get eliminated again the next week, so that seems like the fair cut-off point to me.   Here are my rankings of the "bottom 10": 1. Ajii - Honestly? Low key robbed. He had a fun personality, a very eclectic music taste, made risky song choices and sang them all well, to boot. He's not my #1 favorite of the season or anything, but I definitely would've had him in the top 10. 2. Odell - I thought "The Door" was pretty good and think he should've made the top 10 off that performance. Other than that, I wasn't feeling anything he did. "Uptown Funk" was lacking the energy that song requires and his WC performance was a massive misstep. On the plus side though, he was my coworker's favorite, and my coworker happens to be wonderful, so he has that going for him at least. 3. Jayna - Holy horrible song choices, Batman. She's this high in my rankings because she's a talented pop singer, but a diva she was not so I don't know why she bothered dipping into the Mariah/Whitney songbook. She didn't have the power to support those huge songs, thus she resorted to shouting which is never good. I also found her voice to be lacking in character--like I wouldn't recognize her if she showed up on the radio. All of that is probably the reason she didn't make it very far tbh. 4. Jordan - I touched on this before, but he disappointed me. I actually really dug his tone and appreciate how he at least tried to work the stage, being in a season with so many contestants who remained glued to one spot. His wildcard performance was definitely his best, so kudos for pulling that out at the correct time. That Whitney song choice though... not a risk that was worth taking imo. 5. Quintavious - He was alright. Since this season was so stacked with talent, he probably left at the correct time. 6. Nya - Like I said before, Cabaret with a capital C. I also didn't care for most of her song choices, minus the wildcard one I guess... that was her best performance so I understand why the judges advanced her. Definitely left at the right time, though. 7. Kennedy Reid - "Fancy" was karaoke in the worst way, but I thought "Love Can Build a Bridge" was legitimately good. She's a talented singer, but lost out because again, this season was stacked, and she instantly went back to the second-rate karaoke route with the Carrie/Miranda song. Overall, not a huge loss. 8. Roman Collins - Couldn't get off my screen fast enough. He was essentially all of Joshua Ledet's worst qualities with none of his good ones. I don't understand why they advanced so many gospel singers this season. It's been proven that genre doesn't resonate with the voters, unless it's in country music form I guess. Harsh reality but the truth nonetheless. 9. Jennifer Jeffries - Her voice annoyed me. 10. Mackenzie Sol - Also not very good, but I'll always remember him for that X Factor clip they showed. Hilarious how they showed Sharon Osbourne but not Simon!

Yeah, I forgot to mention that doing songs that she had a personal connection with was her strategy, and that was why she followed the second rule, and I probably should have mentioned it.

I think there's a crucial thing you missed in your write-up that encompassed Abi's entire strategy, which was even hinted at in her mentor session with Bon Jovi.   When Bon Jovi asked what does the future look like for Abi, she said she'd be doing dark songs with a bit of happiness, which described pretty much every song Abi chose from the Top 24 onward.   Hence Abi succeeded 'cause she chose songs she has a personal connection with, not to check off the uptempo box or some other superficial reason that a lot of non-winning contestants do.   If Abi had listened to IDF about singing happy songs, she probably would've lost since she was singing songs she couldn't connect with instead of songs that spoke to her lived experience.

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