What a season it’s been on American Idol. As of last night, the hopeful contestants have been winnowed down to 6 plus 1 judge “save” and I’m sure we can all agree these 7 are solid! Who gets eliminated next, no matter which one, will feel like a tragedy (although I have a prediction on the two that might not make it to the next round). In the episode Monday night, judges picked songs for the singers and to fill up the 2-hour episode, there were also renditions of judges’ songs performed by groups. Mattie and Breanna did “Something In The Water” by Carrie Underwood. Gabby, Jamal, and Josh did “Dancing On The Ceiling” by Lionel Richie. But a performance that might be talked about for seasons to come was from Slater Nalley, Thunderstorm Artis, and John Roberts. They did “Huntin’, Fishin’, and Lovin’ Every Day” by Luke Bryan.
Goodness gracious. I haven’t heard an Idol group sing something this memorable in a month of Sundays. Also, thanks to Jelly Roll for reminding me of that southern phrase ;). If Jamal was in that group, making it a quartet, we’d have watched the top 4 singing together. But it’s not that easy to predict, is it?
I’m worried about Slater.
He’s my pick to win it all and I’m sticking by that but the numbers have my attention. I check YouTube pretty consistently and his view count is usually near the bottom of the group. Who’s at the top? Jamal… and by a long shot! Others in the upper levels are Gabby and John Foster (who’s sounding more and more like Kenny Chesney every passing day). If it were up to me the top 3 would be Slater, Jamal, and Thunderstorm but I only get 30 votes! And yes, their voting system is weird but who am I to judge? I sometimes ‘like’ my own Instagram posts. 😵💫
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