I've finally caught up on the latest Season of American Idol.
I definitely had performances that I enjoyed and some that I definitely didn't.
I genuinely didn't appreciate having two Disney nights plus a Mother's Day round back to back on each other, there's only so much Stilton that I can handle in one go.
Overall I would definitely say that it's one of the weaker Seasons from American Idol, probably just above Season 15 for my taste.
I also preferred the winner in the first few Live Shows, they kind of took their character away from them in the later rounds, which I think was sad to see personally.
Anyway here's my personal rankings for each round.
Live Show 1 - Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame:
1. Slater Nalley - Your Song
2. Mattie Pruitt - Piece Of My Heart
3. Jamal Roberts - Shout
4. Thunderstorm Artis - Fire And Rain
5. Filo - With A Little Help From My Friends
6. Gabby Samone - Saving All My Love For You
7. Breanna Nix - Open Arms
8. Che Chesterman - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
9. John Foster - Jailhouse Rock
10. Desmond Roberts - Jesus Is Love
11. Kolbi Jordan - You're All I Need To Get By
12. Canaan James Hill - Mary, Don't You Weep
13. Josh King - The Longest Time
14. Amanda Barise - I Can't Help It - It was a special performance.
Live Show 2 - Iconic American Idol Moments:
1. Jamal Roberts - Heal - A very striking performance for Jamal.
2. Mattie Pruitt - Because Of You
3. Thunderstorm Artis - The House Of The Rising Sun
4. Slater Nalley - Angel From Montgomery
5. Canaan James Hill - Goodness Of God
6. Gabby Samone - A Song For You
7. Breanna Nix - Tell Your Heart To Beat Again
8. Filo - And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going - Surprise! He went.
9. Kolbi Jordan - Over The Rainbow
10. John Foster - I Told You So
11. Che Chesterman - Dancing On My Own
12. Josh King - All By Myself
Live Show 3 - Ladies Night (but no mens night, hmm...
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1. Gabby Samone - I Was Here
2. Thunderstorm Artis - When We Were Young
3. Mattie Pruitt - The House That Built Me
4. Slater Nalley - Whoever's In New England
5. Jamal Roberts - Undo It
6. Josh King - Rolling In The Deep
7. Canaan James Hill - Love Wins
8. Kolbi Jordan - The Chain
9. John Foster - Something To Talk About
10. Breanna Nix - Water Under The Bridge
Live Show 4 - Judges Song Contest:
1. Slater Nalley - Atlantic City
2. Mattie Pruitt - Always Been You
3. Thunderstorm Artis - Faithfully - It was sung well, despite being incredibly cheesy imo.
4. Gabby Samone - Hero
5. Jamal Roberts - I Believe
6. Breanna Nix - Independence Day
7. John Foster - I Cross My Heart
8. Josh King - Home - I will always say it, it is an unfair punishment to inflict Michael Buble songs at a general audience.
Live Show 5 Round 1 - Disney Night Part 1:
1. Slater Nalley - Can You Feel The Love Tonight
2. Mattie Pruitt - Remember Me
3. Breanna Nix - Reflection
4. Thunderstorm Artis - Colors Of The Wind
5. Jamal Roberts - Go The Distance
6. Gabby Samone - How Far I'll Go
7. John Foster - Almost There
Live Show 5 Round 2 - Mother's Day:
1. Thunderstorm Artis - Out Of The Blue
2. Slater Nalley - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. Mattie Pruitt - Those Kind Of Women
4. Breanna Nix - Like My Mother Does
5. Jamal Roberts - A Change Is Gonna Come
6. Gabby Samone - Home
7. John Foster - Believe
Live Show 6 Round 1 - Disney Night Part 2:
1. Jamal Roberts - Ain't No Mountain High Enough - It was a **** round tbh.
2. Breanna Nix - This Will Be
3. Slater Nalley - You've Got A Friend In Me
4. John Foster - The Bare Necessities
5. Thunderstorm Artis - A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
Live Show 6 Round 2 - Even more Disney songs:
1. Slater Nalley - Born To Be Wild
2. John Foster - Rainbow Connection - Let's just say that I was surprised when he turned out an actual good performance. I really liked it.
3. Jamal Roberts - Beauty And The Beast
4. Thunderstorm Artis - Find Yourself
5. Breanna Nix - You'll Be In My Heart
Live Show 7 Round 1:
1. John Foster - Courtesy Of The Red, White, And Blue (The Angry American)
2. Jamal Roberts - First Time
3. Breanna Nix - In Jesus Name (God Of Possible) - I'm trying to be polite about Breanna's performances, but I'm starting to struggle here.
Live Show 7 Round 2:
1. John Foster - Take Me Home, Country Roads
2. Breanna Nix - The Climb
3. Jamal Roberts - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)