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Billy Gilman leads The Voice Top 8 on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. (NBC Photo)

Billy Gilman of Team Adam Levine and Wé McDonald of Team Alicia Keys have an excellent shot at making next week’s Season 11 finale.

Billy is the social media leader on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. On Twitter and Facebook, he has nearly twice as many followers and fan as his nearest competitor on The Voice.

But remember, he came to the show with an already established fan base.

Perhaps more impressive are the numbers for Wé, who didn’t enjoy that luxury. Yet she now has 18,600 followers on Twitter. Sundance Head has the third most on the show and lags 2,000 behind her.

How important are the the social media numbers?

Well, I began tracking social media numbers in Season 3. Since then every winner of The Voice but one has ranked first or second in Twitter followers heading into the semifinals.

The lone exception: Josh Kaufman, who ranked dead last in Twitter support among the Top 5 in Season 6.

In particular, Twitter support will likely help determine who gets the fourth spot in the finals.

Remember, this week three contestants will be voted into next week’s Top 4.

If The Voice follows the format from past season, the lowest two vote-getters will automatically be eliminated.

That means the three who aren’t eliminated will have to compete for Season 11’s last Twitter save. It’s possible that could include Wé; she was only fifth in last week’s rankings on Twitter. It could also include Ali Caldwell, who’d be in a far less favorable position to get the save with the least Twitter support among the Top 8.

The following are social media numbers are of midnight Friday for each contestant. The links will take you to their various social media accounts.

Twitter

Billy Gilman (@BillyGilman): 55,000
We McDonald (@we_mcdonald): 18,600
Sundance Head (@SundanceHead): 15,800
Josh Gallagher (@joshgallmusic): `15,100
Aaron Gibson (@aarondgibson): 13,900
Christian Cuevas (@ccuevasmusic): 12,500
Brendan Fletcher (@brendanjfletch): 10,900
Ali Caldwell (@iamAliCaldwell): 8,277

Instagram

Billy Gilman (@billygilmanofficial): 36,900
We McDonald (@we_mcdonald): 29,100
Ali Caldwell (@iamalicaldwell): 18,500
Brendan Fletcher (@_brendanfletcher): 17,600
Christian Cuevas (@christiancuevasmusic): 15,900
Aaron Gibson (@aarongibsonmusic): 13,900
Josh Gallagher (@joshgallaghermusic): 11,900
Sundance Head (@sundancehead): 9,627

Facebook

Billy Gilman: 62,948
Josh Gallagher: 25,552
Sundance Head: 24,148
We McDonald: 12,033
Christian Cuevas: 11,489
Brendan Fletcher: 6,893
Aaron Gibson: 3,934
Ali Caldwell: 3,551