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Didn’t that only get released a couple years ago

And they shoved him to the last audition of the season, so he had a possibility of not being able to audition. And last auditioners rarely go far on the show

Yep, they sang a few songs that weren’t as known or covered and some that weren’t as old as Wendy’s. One of them sang from a much more known group of artists

All three were in your Top 2 of their seasons

Jessica Sanchez actually did perform at least 3 of Wendy’s songs nationally. She sang I Will Always Love You and How Will I Know on Idol and she sang You’re All I Need to Get By at the DNC.

She was great all three prelive rounds. I was convinced that she was going to be in John’s Top 2 until the playoffs happened.

I think Wendy is #2. Girl Named Tom sang a lot more artists that haven’t been covered as much and some of their songs weren’t around as the Idol Not to mention, I kept seeing names of singers that Wendy covered when I checked the lists. The Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Marvin Gaye, Dolly Parton… yeah. GNT has Fleetwood Mac and Coldplay but not much else.

Thanks for putting video links because I forgot about most of these performances Josh at #48 does make sense, since he clearly seemed nervous in his audition and had a montaged battle elimination. I honestly forgot all about him for a while. Rachel at #47 seems pretty accurate. I wasn’t a fan of her audition due to that style not being my cup of tea, but her battle seemed pretty interesting, but again, being a montaged battle elimination seemed to hurt her placement. Matt at #46 makes some sense, since he was another forgettable battle elimination. Surprised how you didn’t mention how another Matthew Johnson sang Never Too Much the very next season, and yeah, that battle was definitely better. Lela at #45 makes some sense, seeing how she is another contestant I forgot about and we didn’t see her battle. I think I would have her higher than everyone else in the set as well, considering I enjoyed her audition the most out of them. Weirdly enough, the one battle elimination I specifically remembered not liking was in this set (although a certain story contributed to me remembering him better).

This thread can’t be complete without mentioning Girl Named Tom This is from their finale ballad

There was a contestant the next season that shares the exact same name as him as well, and they even sang the same song

That could be him. I honestly forgot about him (like a lot of contestants that didn’t go far this season), so that makes sense Since I’m not ranking this season, I’m not going to be very detailed, also because I don’t remember many of these performances well

Rankings that were the same Clint Sherman and Jershika Maple Rankings where I ranked them 1 higher KCK3, Berritt Haynes Rankings where I ranked them 1 lower Hailey Green, Ryleigh Plank, Parker McKay, Janora Brown, Sophia Bromberg Wendy and GNT will fit in here somewhere Rankings where I ranked them 2 spots higher Joshua Vacanti, Gymani, Shadale, Katie Rae, The Joy Reunion, Wyatt Michael, Chavon Rodgers Rankings where I had them 2 spots lower Hailey Mia, Carolina Alonso So there are 11 acts that were within 1 placement and 20 acts that were within 2 placements. I feel like the difference in placements is definitely more significant the further up you go. Having a contestant in the middle of the pack 6 spots higher or lower really doesn’t matter that much

I know that Matt Johnson and one of Lela and Foushee are in this set. I’m guessing Lela since Kennedy was her opponent. I can’t get the other two. I don’t know whose name was Brian

The most significant disagreement for me is that Raquel is way higher than I would put her, but Paris being much lower is probably second because of how high I have him. Aaron and Jonathan’s low placements stuck out the most after that, but they’re middle of the pack. Lana is significant compared to those around her. We have the same 4-6, but in reverse order, and the same Top 2, but the order is unknown

The fact that I was able to enjoy multiple performances from her in the T12 rounds helps her in my rankings.

This seems like a really cool idea. Maybe I’ll try something as well. I used to make Season Redos a while ago, and I know that some places might change from those. Some of my opinions may have shifted since I may have realized that a performance wasn’t as good or bad as I thought a long time ago. Also, I feel that redos definitely make it easier to advance contestants that didn’t go as far. And this happens to be one of those seasons where I really didn’t agree with many of the contestants’ placements, so it would be cool to see this particular season get ranked.

S19 definitely had some in there. Lain at #7 and Sid at #16 were definitely controversial, and debatably Ian at #31, and a lot of placements that season really didn’t correlate with their IRL placement. For S20, the main placement was Carolina at #4, considering her shorter run and that more people wanted Savannah to win the 4WKO

This is my actual Top 2, so either would make sense as a winner. However, for me personally, there was one contestant who I lost interested in for part of their run and another who I never lost interest in, and there is one performance that summarizes the difference well.

Exactly who I was thinking

I didn’t even need to read all of the choices to know who I was picking. One of the best performances of that particular season, and I’ve mentioned on here more recently how I really liked that performance. I don’t need to say the performance or contestant, but I would have been happy if this contestant managed to win their season.

I have to go with Tessanne’s performance. That performance was very good.

3. I had Lana at #9. I think you know that I didn’t like her nearly as much as you did. The thing about her for me was that I’m not a fan of modern country, so I didn’t like some of her song choices. I didn’t like her audition on first listen, though it grew on me a bit. I don’t think this song really worked for a blind audition, and it was my least favorite of the episode and of the speculated Top 20. Her battle with Hailey wasn’t too bad, though it was probably the second weakest steal/save battle. I can’t argue about her getting saved though, especially considering Blake’s other choices for the save. In the Knockouts, she delivered what I consider to be her breakout performance, and I said earlier that she deserved to win that Knockout against Carson. After my obvious Top 3 for the night, that was my next favorite. In the playoffs, I didn’t like the beginning of her performance but it got better. I’d say it was #3-4 on her team, after Wendy and Paris. I can’t argue with her getting the save, especially since I was one of the few people here that didn’t like LiBianca’s performance. I enjoyed her Humble and Kind performance in T13, and considered it to be better than at least half the performances that night. Her T11 was a meh performance for me, I didn’t like the song choice at all, and thought it was terrible for the show. I can say that she was in my Bottom 2 with Jim and Sasha. Her T10 was probably her best performance in the Lives. She was one of the only contestants that thrived in challenge week, a round where so many contestants gave one of their weakest performances, and actually gave her best performance in the Lives. This was important because it helped her avoid Bottom 3. Her Semifinals was what I consider her worst performance on the show. She got an upbeat Carrie song, just like another country girl in recent seasons, and while it was definitely not a good performance, it wasn’t as bad as that one. It was one of the only 2 performances I didn’t like (I loved so many of the other performances that night). She ended up in the Bottom 4, which was around time, and delivered my #3 performance in the save, and lost the save. Lana was a contestant who my opinion kept changing on the most. I liked her one week, didn’t like her the next, then went back to liking her and then went back to not liking her. My inconsistent enjoyment of her compared to others is why she lands where she does for me.

This clue really was tricky, considering all three of them fit in some way I’m relieved that we get the dream T2 (and the actual T2 for the season). Definitely one of the best Top 2’s of all time for me

I’m thinking the logic for them is more in “The Voice not The Voices”

I couldn’t see it, but I had a feeling it would be him. Well known country song + 4 chair turn + early elimination. I think Kenzie Wheeler being on within the past year made it easier to guess, because people kept saying this could be a huge moment for him and it wasn’t quite the moment it could have been