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Lainey's going for max spins 4/26-5/5.

Country artists in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame include Dolly, Willie Nelson, & Johnny Cash. Then there are artists who have dabbled & charted in country such as Sheryl Crow, Linda Ronstadt, John Mellencamp, etc.

It's a free theme, but Kayko will finally need to sing a cover.

I was thinking Roman, too.

Question: The voting last night did not open until after the show. Did this impact or change the results & the Top 10 that was voted through or did it not matter?

They are bringing the Idol contestants to CMA Fest. It's not just ABC. The last few seasons of FOX with Scott Borchetta as the label head also did the same thing. Nick Fradiani, Clark Beckham, Trent Harmon, etc. all were at CMA Fest due to Borchetta. Since the current label is mostly related to country music, it makes sense to go to CMA Fest.

Katy probably fought for him. She did say he gave an A performance.

The previous ABC Idol seasons contestants have said the producers tell them to write a list of songs they want to sing during the show. They will try to get them cleared. As long as there isn't a theme week, previous contestants have said they got songs that were on their list. Maybe it's not the first song on their list, but the one's that have talked about song choices have said songs were on their list they performed.

I was unsure of putting Triston as a frontrunner. Even though he's not my favorite, I picked him to win this season. Prior to last night, I was still considering him as a dark horse. He did well last night that I'm considering him more of a frontrunner, but I'm still unsure about labeling him that. If there's a tier in between dark horse & frontrunner that's where I would put Triston right now.

IMO KB was the potential dark horse. The frontrunners are Abi & Will.

4/15/24 2 1 MORGAN WALLEN Man Made A Bar f/Eric Church 8926 8251 675 38.251 3 2 SAM HUNT Outskirts 8637 8098 539 37.305 4 3 TYLER HUBBARD Back Then Right Now 7080 6719 361 27.968 5 4 JORDAN DAVIS Tucson Too Late 6909 6346 563 29.803 6 5 SCOTTY MCCREERY Cab In A Solo 6333 6194 139 26.327 1 6 PARKER MCCOLLUM Burn It Down 5905 8433 -2528 26.965 10 7 BAILEY ZIMMERMAN Where It Ends 6001 5413 588 25.051 7 8 LAINEY WILSON Wildflowers And Wild Horses 6095 6065 30 22.283 9 9 KENNY CHESNEY Take Her Home 5317 5292 25 22.604 13 10 JELLY ROLL Halfway To Hell 5041 4437 604 20.382 12 11 ASHLEY COOKE your place 4938 4688 250 19.508 11 12 JACKSON DEAN Fearless 4668 4589 79 19.285 14 13 CARLY PEARCE We Don't Fight...f/C.Stapleton 4300 4199 101 16.437 15 14 JASON ALDEAN Let Your Boys Be Country 3916 3679 237 15.956 17 15 BRYAN MARTIN We Ride 3586 3204 382 14.088 18 16 MEGAN MORONEY I'm Not Pretty 3160 3218 -58 12.080 19 17 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Out Of That Truck 3050 3083 -33 11.990 20 18 OLD DOMINION Can't Break Up Now f/M.Moroney 3035 2980 55 11.480 21 19 CHRIS YOUNG Young Love & Saturday Nights 3035 2682 353 12.594 22 20 NATE SMITH Bulletproof 2787 2393 394 11.450 23 21 CHASE MATTHEW Love You Again 2692 2508 184 10.836 16 22 CHAYCE BECKHAM 23 2115 3340 -1225 9.573 26 23 DUSTIN LYNCH Chevrolet f/Jelly Roll 1964 1813 151 7.425 24 24 JON PARDI & LUKE BRYAN Cowboys And Plowboys 1989 2031 -42 7.353 25 25 GARTH BROOKS & RONNIE DUNN Rodeo Man 2062 1963 99 6.958 31 26 CODY JOHNSON Dirt Cheap 1925 1573 352 8.091 27 27 TIM MCGRAW One Bad Habit 2004 1825 179 7.341 28 28 DILLON CARMICHAEL Drinkin' Problems 1920 1815 105 5.143 30 29 BRETT YOUNG Dance With You 1767 1548 219 5.623 32 30 JUSTIN MOORE This Is My Dirt 1711 1616 95 6.512 29 31 PARMALEE Gonna Love You 1766 1718 48 5.319 34 32 KEITH URBAN Messed Up As Me 1601 1542 59 5.197 35 33 DREW BALDRIDGE She's Somebody's Daughter 1625 1526 99 5.225 33 34 BEYONCE Texas Hold 'Em 1587 1705 -118 3.113 37 35 DAN + SHAY Bigger Houses 1376 1285 91 4.417 36 36 ZACH TOP Sounds Like The Radio 1347 1311 36 4.094 38 37 DIERKS BENTLEY American Girl 1079 1101 -22 3.125 40 38 TYLER CHILDERS In Your Love 1179 1097 82 2.997 39 39 CHRIS LANE Find Another Bar 1135 1102 33 2.471 52 40 DASHA Austin 901 656 245 3.077 42 41 DYLAN MARLOWE & DYLAN SCOTT Boys Back Home 933 907 26 2.031 46 42 LADY A Love You Back 917 898 19 1.601 48 43 DYLAN SCOTT This Town's Been Too Good To.. 841 722 119 1.956 44 44 GEORGE BIRGE Cowboy Songs 927 914 13 2.267 41 45 LUKE BRYAN Love You, Miss You, Mean It 794 900 -106 2.312 43 46 MATT STELL Breakin' In Boots 894 882 12 1.603 -- 47 COLE SWINDELL Forever To Me 824 0 824 3.055 45 48 CHRIS JANSON Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get 790 831 -41 1.457 47 49 TIGIRLILY GOLD I Tried A Ring On 834 785 49 1.244 49 50 CHRIS STAPLETON Think I'm In Love With You 689 684 5 1.411

I think if they keep Lionel & Luke, I don't think they want another judge that is a country artist. It has to be someone big enough to give buzz to the judging panel since Katy is leaving.

She was 15 when she auditioned for Idol. That was also the at home Idol season. If the season had normal shows like usual, I think the season & the finalists would have been different.

I don't think the producers want them for the Top 2. I think they want Abi as one of the Top 2. However, I think it's possible the audience might make this the Top 2. It depends how Triston does at the live shows because if he doesn't do well I could see him be eliminated earlier. I definitely think Will will be in the Top 3 right now.

CCUSA has Scotty as a host for 4/20-21 & Lainey the following week. Do you think it coincides with his push to #1 or not? If Scotty is pushing for #1 his hosting week, unless it's a huge push I think he could be too far back in spins & AI. Same with Lainey the following week.