Idol Chatter & Voice Views

Taylor John Williams performs Monday night on The Voice. (NBC Photo)

Monday marked another night of crowd-pleasing performances on The Voice.

How crowd pleasing?

Well, Tuesday morning found Craig Wayne Boyd, Anita Antoinette and Taylor John Williams sitting atop genre charts on iTunes.

Voting hadn’t even ended, and five performances from Monday had already cracked the Top 50 on iTunes, including DaNica Shirey’s cover of “I Have Nothing.”

For song by song grades from Monday’s show, head here. For a look at where everyone is landing on iTunes, head here.

Meanwhile, my predictions for tonight follow. Check back at 8 p.m. for a live blog as the results come in.

No reason to worry: I’m not at all surprised that Craig Wayne Boyd’s rendition of “I Walk the Line” was the most popular from Monday night. Mark my word, the guy will be in the finals. I’m guessing the same will be true of Matt McAndrew, who was splendid again and shouldn’t have any problem overcoming the jinx of having to sing first on Top 10 night. The screams from the crowd at the end of John Taylor Williams’ performance tell you how well he’s being received.

Shouldn’t have to worry: There were better stage performances than DaNica Shirey’s “I Have Nothing” on Monday, but was there a better vocal? I don’t think so. Damien waited until the last 90 seconds of his performance to remind us of what a great singer he is, but that was quite a reminder. For sheer energy on stage, no one outdid Luke Wade, DaNica’s colleague on Team Pharrell.

Special treatment, again: Wow, last week, Chris Jamison gets to sing next to last when all three other saved contestants from the live playoffs had to sing first. This week, he got to close the show. Which would be one thing if he delivered a show-stopping performance. On Monday, there were at least six that were better.

Better rally their Twitter armies: Anita Antoinette was perfectly fine on Passenger’s “Let Her Go.” Among a group this talented, that might not be quite enough. I fear young Reagan James might be done in by a song choice that was likely a bit too young for lots of Voice viewers. And Ryan Sill had the night’s most forgettable performance. If that truly is the bottom three, I’ll be tweeting #SaveReagan at about 8:55 p.m. Unfortunately, it won’t be 8:55 p.m. in Burleson, Texas, which might be a problem for the teen.