So there is some Buzz around American Idol as they gear up for the upcoming season. Got me thinking about the best performances on the show’s history. Now, I didn’t watch the first few seasons, but have been hooked for the majority of the show’s run at this point. I am 100% sure that I will leave out your favorite song (Fantasia and Clay never really did it for me and I turned in my Soul Patrol membership card long ago)…so leave it in the comments!
Honorable Mentions:
Carly Smithson – everything from her…I loved her!
Chris Sligh – “Typical”
Constantine Maroulis – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Jason Castro – “Hallelujah”
Blake Lewis – “Somewhere Only We Know”
10) Jordin Sparks – “A Broken Wing” – Completely unexpected excellence
9) Kelly Clarkson – “Stuff Like That There” – Nobody has embraced a theme week quite like her!
David Archuleta – “Imagine” – I was never a big Archuleta fan, but this was powerful.
7) Jennifer Hudson – “Circle of Life” – She’s incredible!
6) David Cook – “Hello” – I’m a huge fan of this underdog winner!
5) Adam Lambert – “Mad World” – This upped the game for every performance on the show moving forward.
4) Lakisha Jones – “And I’m Telling You” – She OWNED that stage and that song!
3) Carrie Underwood – “Alone” – The ultimate “chick rock” song done with tiny country twang and it WORKS!
2) Kris Allen – “Heartless” – Kris won over America when he performed this song, delivering a better version than Kanye West or The Fray could ever imagine.
1) Chris Daughtry – “Hemmorhage (In My Hands)” – Simply put, this was the single-biggest star-cementing performance I’ve seen on the show. At this moment, it was clear to me that we were looking at the genesis of a rock god. For me, no performance on the show has delivered the goods like this one.
Rascal Flatt's Broken Road by Carrie Underwood deserves a mention.
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