Idol Chatter & Voice Views

For the second straight week, La’Porsha Renae scored the most popular performance on YouTube among American Idol Season 15 contestants.

But the margin of views between her and her nearest competitor wasn’t nearly as wide as the week before, when her cover of Rihanna’s “Diamonds” attracted more than 1.2 million views.

And there’s a new singer with the week’s second most popular video — 15-year-old Tristan McIntosh.

As of 11 p.m. Wednesday, La’Porsha’s cover of “Halo” had been viewed more than 430,000 times on YouTube. Tristan’s performance of “Go Rest High on That Mountain” had attracted more than 350,000 views.

A week ago, YouTube popularity was a pretty good indicator of who was going home on the show. The four least popular videos belonged to Avalon Young, Gianna Isabella, Olivia Rox and Lee Jean.

Olivia and Gianna ended up going home; Avalon needed the judges’ save to hang around.

If that’s the case, who might be in trouble this week?

Check out the list below as last week’s performances are presented in order of popularity. The number above each video is the views as of 11 p.m. Wednesday.

See also …
Ranking the Top 8 on American Idol
Song by song grades for the Top 10

1. La’Porsha Renae — “Halo” — 437,529

2. Tristan McIntosh — “Go Rest High on That Mountain” — 358,198

3. Avalon Young — “Earned It” — 200,423

4. Sonika Vaid — “Since U Been Gone” — 180,223

5. Trent Harmon — “When a Man Loves a Woman” — 171,397

6. Dalton Rapattoni — “Radioactive” — 156,944

7. MacKenzie Bourg — “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” — 156,554

8. Lee Jean — “Use Somebody” — 110,977