Idol Chatter & Voice Views

Jamal Roberts with Ryan Seacrest and Lionel Richie following his Monday performance on American Idol. (ABC Photo)

Is Jamal Roberts emerging as the clear favorite on American Idol?

For the past two weeks, when I’ve checked YouTube views on American Idol performance videos, those from Jamal Roberts and John Foster have been the most popular.

Each week, John and Jamal each had the most popular video one night, the second most popular the other night.

This week, they’re at the top again. With one noteworthy difference.

Jamal’s performances from Sunday and Monday are both in the top spot, by a pretty healthy margin.

John is second both nights, with the rapidly ascending Gabby Samone close behind him, especially with her “Hero” cover from Monday’s show.

The number also indicate that Slater Nalley might be the next contestant on the bubble Sunday night, along with Mattie Pruitt, who needed a judges’ save to survive the cut from a Top 8 to a Top 7.

In terms of views, Slater’s performance ranked last among videos Idol posted from Sunday’s show and next to last on Monday’s.

See also …
Ranking the Top 7 on American Idol
Top performances last week
Top performance from two weeks ago

Monday’s Top 8 *

Jamal Roberts, “I Believe” — 344,124
John Foster, “I Cross My Heart” — 222,123
Gabby Samone, “Hero” — 215,888
Thunderstorm Artis, “Faithfully” — 152,648
Breanna Nix, “Independence Day” — 121,308
Slater Nalley, “Atlantic City” — 89,069
Mattie Pruitt, “Always Been You” — 85,764

Sunday’s Top 10 *

Jamal Roberts, “Undo It” — 295,709
John Foster, “Something to Talk About” — 259,029
Josh King, “Rolling in the Deep” — 184,816
Gabby Samone, “I Was Here” — 178,911
Thunderstorm Artis, “When We Were Young” — 176,050
Breanna Nix, “Water Under the Bridge” — 141,701
Mattie Pruitt, “The House That Built Me” — 132,215
Slater Nalley, “Whoever’s in New England” — 106,898

* American Idol does not post performance videos for the eliminated contestants, which would include Kolbi Jordan and Canaan James Hill from Sunday’s show and Josh King from Monday’s show.