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John Foster scored the most popular performance from the last two nights on American Idol. (ABC Photo)

Wondering who scored the most popular performances from the last two episodes of American Idol?

The answer might surprise you.

Because in neither episode was it the singer given the pimp spot by American Idol producers.

In fact, the same two singers scored the two most popular performances in each of the past two shows. They just flip-flopped positions from Sunday to Monday.

Easily the most popular performance from the two nights in terms of YouTube views was John Foster’s emotional performance of “Tell That Angel I Love Her,” an original written for classmates killed in a tragic car crash.

As of early Sunday morning, it had been viewed more than 600,000 times on the site. No other Idol performance video from the last two shows has more than 350,000 views.

John performed his original on the Top 20 show. Jamal Roberts has the second most popular performance video from that show with his performance of Jason Nelson’s “Forever.”

And from Monday’s show, those two singers were also the most popular, with Jamal’s version of “Try a Little Tenderness” viewed more than 300,000 times and John’s cover of Brooks and Dunn’s “Neon Moon” viewed more than 280,000.

Here’s a look at where all performance videos from the two shows rank.

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Ranking the Top 14 on American Idol
Song by song grades from Monday’s show
Song by song grades from Sunday’s show

Monday’s show

1. Jamal Roberts, “Try a Little Tenderness” — 327,582
2. John Foster, “Neon Moon” — 288,384
3. Canaan James Hill, “Stand” — 198,181
4. Thunderstorm Artis, “I Love You” — 156,807
5. Amanda Barise, “Ain’t No Way” — 136,156
6. Gabby Samone, “Don’t Rain on My Parade” — 119,502
7. Breanna Nix, “The Show Must Go On” — 97,855
8. Filo, “Skyfall” — 87,673
9. Desmond Roberts, “Titanium” — 80,564
10. Kolbi Jordan, “I’m Every Woman” _- 80,260
11. Slater Nalley, “This Ain’t It” — 77,728
12. Mattie Pruitt, “In the Stars” — 72,867
13. Che Chesterman, “Jealous Guy” — 71,006
14. Josh King, “Never Gonna Give You Up” — 68,358

Sunday’s show

1. John Foster, “Tell That Angel I Love Her” — 601,989
2. Jamal Roberts, “Forever” — 275,741
3. Canaan James Hill, “Better Days” — 235,938
4. Kolbi Jordan, “Amazing Grace” — 218,298
5. Filo, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” — 147,909
6. Gabby Samone, “I Am Changing” — 139,067
7. Thunderstorm Artis, “Reckless Love” — 112,547
8. Breanna Nix, “Up to the Mountain” — 110,773
9. Mattie Pruitt, “Rescue” — 97, 219
10. Slater Nalley, “Soulshine” — 91,368
11. Che Chesterman, “Redemption Song” — 90,343
12. Desmond Roberts, “Worship” — 76,495
13. Amanda Barise, “If I Ain’t Go You” — 64,173
14. Josh King, “You Are So Beautiful” — 55,321

Jamal Roberts talks with Ryan Seacrest after his performance on American Idol. (ABC Photo)