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Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Maddie Poppe and Catie Turner backstage on American Idol. (ABC Photo)

Catie Turner, the quirky aspiring rock star. In a landslide.

As of noon Monday, Catie’s Sunday night performance of “Take Me to Church” had been viewed nearly half a million times on YouTube.

Her next nearest competitor: Gabby Barrett, who closed Sunday’s show with an excellent cover of “The Climb.”

That should be good omen for Catie heading into tonight’s American Idol. Six singers will advance via fan voting.

Then the other eight members of the Top 14 will perform, hoping to get one of four wild card spots form the judges.

Here’s how the performances stacked up at noon in terms of YouTube views. Note that the top four viewed videos are from female cast members.

Will voting follow the same trend? If so, it would be a refreshing change on Idol. On FOX’s version, cute guys drew more votes than talented ladies season after season after season.

1. Catie Turner, 473,000
2. Gabby Barrett, 279,500
3. Jurnee, 262,000
4. Mara Justine, 258,500
5. Michael Woodard, 198,453
6. Michelle Sussett, 196,000
7. Cade Foehner, 168,500
8. Maddie Poppe, 153,500
9. Ada Vox, 148,500
10. Caleb Lee Hutchinson, 121,500
11. Dennis Lorenzo, 108,500
12. Jonny Brenns, 107,000
13. Garrett Jacobs, 77,000
14. Marcio Donaldson, 63,000

See also …
Song by song grades for the Top 14
Top 14 performances ranked, in photos
Live voting coming to American Idol