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Top 12 Perform/Top 10 Reveal Template Abi Carter - All Too Well by Taylor Swift - 6.5 Will Moseley - Starting Over by Chris Stapleton - 6.5 Jayna Elise - Diamonds by Rihanna - 7.5 Mia Matthews - Over You by Miranda Lambert - 8 Roman Collins - Roar by Katy Perry - 5.5 Jack Blocker - Blinding Lights by The Weeknd - 7 Emmy Russell - Lose You to Love Me by Selena Gomez - 3.5 Triston Harper - Beautiful Crazy by Luke Combs - 3 Julia Gagnon - Something in the Orange by Zach Bryan - 9 Kaibrienne - Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus - 5.5 McKenna Faith Breinholt - Cardigan by Taylor Swift - 7.5 KAYKO - Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye - 3

Anya's was my favorite (I'll admit I have some bias re: the song choice) but Holly would be a close second S25 had at least a few more standouts imo.

Top 14 Perform/Top 12 Reveal Template Triston Harper - Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley - 5.5 (vocals were fine, but it was really really cheesy) Julia Gagnon - Run To You by Whitney Houston - 7.5 (impressive, messy in parts) Roman Collins - You're All I Need to Get By by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - 8.5 (I actually really liked this? the song is suitable for oversinging imo) Kaibrienne - I Hate Myself for Loving You by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - 9.25 (ok she kinda slayed this) Jayna Elise - I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston - 9 (shouldn't have needed the WC!) Mia Matthews - Those Memories of You by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt - 7 (it was fine, just didn't wow me) KAYKO - High and Dry by Radiohead - 4 (verses were fine, but the second half was not good) Emmy Russell - I Can’t Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt - 7.25 (it wasn't perfect but I actually thought her voice worked for this song and arrangement) Jordan Anthony - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) by Whitney Houston - 5 (had nice moments, just too off the rails in the upbeat part) McKenna Faith Breinholt - Hard to Say I’m Sorry by Chicago - 3 (I mean I know she was sick but oof) Jack Blocker - Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right by Bob Dylan - 6 (I feel like the rasp in his voice is a little forced/not natural sounding and he used it a lot) Nya - I Say A Little Prayer by Aretha Franklin - 7.5 (this wasn't going to change anyone's mind about her, but I enjoyed it) Will Moseley - Night Moves by Bob Seger - 7 (I liked this more than I thought I would?) Abi Carter - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John - 10 (periodt)

Those ratings are really low and I thought I was a harsh grader Then again everyone uses the scale differently (i.e. they could have 9=A, 8=B and so on or they could have 5 being average) so I wouldn’t read too much into it.

Also I do think some people do too much with it but if you really have that much of a problem with people here preferring female artists, then maybe this isn’t the site for you lol

I honestly don’t pay attention to Reddit or instagram or other communities, I just didn’t like Kayko lol (the first half of his Radiohead performance was nice though and I agree he’s cute )

Playoffs - Episode 1 Nathan Chester - Oh! Darling - 7 (this was vocally impressive but it wasn't for me) Karen Waldrup - Heart Like a Truck - 7.25 Kamalei Kawa'a - No Woman, No Cry - 6.5 Anya True - All Too Well - 7.5 Bryan Olesen - Africa - 10 Olivia Rubini - I'll Stand By You - 5.5 Mafe - Someone Like You - 10 Tae Lewis - Runnin' Outta Moonlight - 7 Zoe Levert - Iris - 8.75 Madison Curbelo - Landslide - 8.5

Bryan and Mafe were my top 2 of the night

I think the PO was more vocally impressive but I connected with her KO more

Idk who I would've swapped out for Anya but I wish she made it, her KO is my most replayed performance of the season

Olivia wasn't bad but why did she have to do those squeaks in her voice lmao, it was almost comical

Madison was really good but I feel like it kinda failed to stand out among the versions of that song? Still definitely deserving of moving on though

Bryan ate

Adam is the better vocalist but I prefer Kris

I haven't seen the shows yet but I like having wildcards? Even if they get eliminated the next weeks it's a chance for the judges to get a final say and those people get 1 or 2 more performances.