Your Top 8 final results:


Contestant>>>>>Performance>>>>>Avg Rating

1. James Durbin – (Heavy Metal) - 7
2. Casey Abrams – (Nature Boy) - 7
3. Lauren Alaina – (The Climb) - 6
4. Stefano Langone – (End of the Road) - 5.9
5. Scotty McCreery – (Cross My Heart) - 5.8
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6. Jacob Lusk – (Bridge Over Troubled Water) - 5.3
7. Haley Reinhart – (Call Me) - 4.3
8. Paul McDonald – (Old Time Rock n Roll) - 4.3

You wanted Paul sent home, and he was sent home!

Week average: 5.7 down from 6.1 last week 0.1

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Rate the Top 7 Performances:

Closing next Thursday midnight (same deadline as Kyle's prediction game to make it less confusing)

Ratings on a scale of 1-10.

Please keep the same format, it makes it a lot easier to calculate. Thanks you to everyone who has participated so far for keeping it.

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My ratings

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 6
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 8.5
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 8.5
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 3
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 7.5
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 4
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 7

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 4
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 7
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 9
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 5
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 7
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 4
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 5

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 8
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 5
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 7
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 4
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 4
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 4
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 6

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 7 - I don't know what the judges were seeing and hearing
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 4 - again, what were the judges hearing. The start was very good but the high notes were totally tuneless and nothing more than screaming.
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 8 - very good vocal
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 6 -
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 8 - great overall performance
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 4 -
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 5 - one of Lauren's weaker performances

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 7 (played safe)
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 9 (really entertained me)
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 6 (looked pretty, performance was so, so)
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 3 (bored me)
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 9 (performance made me smile throughout)
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 3 (dancing was cringe worthy)
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 6 (played safe)

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 6
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 7
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 8
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 7
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 9
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 5
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 6

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 7
James Durbin – (Uprising) – 9.5
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 8.5
Jacob Lusk (Dance With My Father) – 4
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 8
Stefano Langone – (Closer) – 2.5
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) – 6.5

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 1 (probably my least favourite performance of the series)
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 9
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 8
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 4
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 8
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 5
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 6

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 4
James Durbin – (Uprising) - ?? ***
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 8
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - went from a 4 to a 7
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - ?? ***
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 3
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 3

*** Can't really join in this week as I still don't know what to make of James & Casey's performances.

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 9
James Durbin – (Uprising) – 7
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 8.5
Jacob Lusk (Dance With My Father) – 8
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 7
Stefano Langone – (Closer) – 7
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) – 8

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 7
James Durbin – (Uprising) – 5
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 8
Jacob Lusk (Dance With My Father) – 7
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 8
Stefano Langone – (Closer) – 5
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) – 6

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 7


James Durbin – (Uprising) - 5


Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 8


Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 6


Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 8


Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 5


Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 6

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 6 (love Scotty, but he does play too safe)
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 10 (wow, loved it)
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 9 (fave performance she's done, really enjoyed it)
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 7 (shame about the start, but i thought he sang the rest well)
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 6 (it was alright, but i wasn't bowled over)
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 7 (best i've seen him perform, i liked it)
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 7 (enjoyable, i love her voice)

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 7 ........ not his best but nowhere near as bad as the judges were making out
James Durbin – (Uprising) – 4 ............... liked the start, vocally and visually, but those high notes were abysmal
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 8 ............ one of the better performances of the night
Jacob Lusk (Dance With My Father) – 7 ....... not his best but deserves credit for coping with the wrong backing track
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 8 ................. the other best performance of the night
Stefano Langone – (Closer) – 5 .......... not his worst but no surprise that he went out
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) – 6 .......... some parts brilliant, some parts ordinary

Scotty McCreery - (Swingin) - 7
James Durbin – (Uprising) – 8
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 4
Jacob Lusk (Dance With My Father) – 2
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 6.5
Stefano Langone – (Closer) – 1,987, 654321 lol go for 10 to make the maths easier
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) – 7

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Results so far:

Contestant>>>>Performance>>>>Avg Rating

Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 7.7
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 7.5
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 6.8
Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 6.3
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Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 6.2
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 4.9
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 4.8

Quite different from the real results!

Well, the bottom two are the same. Are we sure that the other singer in the the bottom three actually has the third least number of votes? I seem to recall that on at least one show the producers manipulated the bottom three.

It's not really measuring the same thing, though. Last week I rated Haley last but I would probably have voted for her the most.

By now people will be voting for their favourites based on past performance as much as the latest performance. This thread, as far as I see it, is all about the specific performance on the night which isn't necessarily going to reflect who people want in the bottom three.

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 4 No
James Durbin – (Uprising) – 8 Yes
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 7 Right
Jacob Lusk (Dance With My Father) – 5 Sad
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 6 Wrong
Stefano Langone – (Closer) – 5 Grind
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) – 6 Filling

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 7 ......... his weakest so far but still better than most of the rest of the night
James Durbin – (Uprising) – 4 .......... was this even supposed to be serious? Congratulations to the choreographer on his "vision". It was great, shame it was wasted.
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 8 .......... best vocal of the night and nice presentation.
Jacob Lusk (Dance With My Father) – 6 ........ not deserving of a bottom three place, particularly after hir great rescuing of the sabotage.
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 8 ......... second week in a row that he has given a performance that has justified his save. Oh how I'd laugh if the saved man won or at least made the final against Scotty.
Stefano Langone – (Closer) – 5 ............... better than one who stayed in.
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) – 6 ........ not Lauren's best but still good.

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 5 (dull song choice, his worst by miles)
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 7 (great staging, poor Muse song choice)
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 9 (great song choice, her best by miles)
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 4 (naff)
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 7 (invigorating)
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 6 (some nice moments, didn't quite hang together)
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 7 (still has her foot hovering over the brake pedal)

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin') - 5
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 8
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 6
Jacob Lusk (Dance With My Father) - 6
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 7
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 4
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 4

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 6 (I didn't like the song but he did as well as could be expected with it.)
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 4 (Four points for the staging, nothing for anything else. Inexplicable choice of artist and song when your high register sounds like a cat in labour. Oh and the attire? Hareem pants? Really?)
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 8 (Inspired)
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 6 (I should give him more than that just for rescuing the situation but his whole vocal suffered for it unfortunately. Still, they didn't succeed in getting him voted out as intended and I'm pleased about that.)
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 7 (Every week I'm more pleased he was saved and find it more difficult to understand how he could ever have polled the lowest votes in the first place.)
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 6 (Not bad but too little too late.)
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 6 (I'm still left with the feeling that Lauren hasn't shown us in the live shows what she can really do as she threatened to in the auditions and I don't know why.)

If you're referring to the week that Adam and Kris were bottom 2 and 3, that wasn't manipulated. Adam was bottom 2 and Kris was bottom 3 whether their fans want to accept it or not. In fact the way so many of Adam's fans were openly carrying on that week they would only have had themselves to blame if he'd been voted out.

Scotty McCreery – (Swingin) - 5
James Durbin – (Uprising) - 8
Haley Reinhart – (Rolling In The Deep) - 4
Jacob Lusk (Dance For My Father) - 6
Casey Abrams – (Harder to Breathe) - 8
Stefano Langone – (Closer) - 3
Lauren Alaina – (Born to Fly) - 6