
The American Idol Season 17 Top 3 of Madison VanDenburg, Alejandro Aranda and Laine Hardy. (ABC Photo)
But there are YouTube videos. YouTube videos with hundreds of thousands of views to tell us which performances and which performers are favorites with fans.
And those videos indicate Alejandro Aranda and Laine Hardy are locked in a tight battle for the Season 17 title.
And that Alejandro, the singer judges hailed as turning in the show’s best audition ever, might have a slight edge.
Below, you can check out all the solo performances from the Top 3 of Laine, Alejandro and Madison VanDenburg since Top 14 week.
Alongside, I’ve listed the number of views each video had as of Thursday evening.
Madison has turned in some incredibly popular performances, with more than a half million views of her Disney night performance and more than 750,000 for her cover of Alicia Keys’ “Fallin’.”
But in every round, she trails both Laine and Alejandro, meaning she’ll be the long-shot when the Season 17 finals begin Sunday at 8 p.m.
In the eight solo rounds from Top 14 night forward, Alejandro has the most popular performance five times, Laine on three occasions.
Alejandro also has the most popular performance in the last eight rounds of songs, with 1.4 million views on his Top 14 night performance of “One Dance.”
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Top 5 Dedication Round
Alejandro Aranda, “Blesser” (original) — 606,000
Laine Hardy, “Hey Jude” — 294,000
Madison VanDenburg, “To Make You Feel My Love” — 134,000
Elton John Round
Laine Hardy, “Something About the Way You Look Tonight” — 421,000
Alejandro Aranda, “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word” — 239,000
Madison VanDenburg, “Your Song” — 171,000
Bobby Bones rounds
Alejandro Aranda, “No Woman, No Cry” — 551,000
Laine Hardy, “Can’t You See” — 136,000
Madison VanDenburg, “What About Us” — 119,000
Top 6 Showstopper Round
Alejandro Aranda, “Poison (original) — 825,000
Laine Hardy, “Johnny B. Goode” — 451,000
Madison VanDenburg, “I Surrender” — 251,000
Top 6 Woodstock Round
Alejandro Aranda, “White Rabbit” — 251,000
Laine Hardy, “I Don’t Need No Doctor” — 190,000
Madison VanDenburg, “Piece of My Heart” — 134,000
Top 8 Queen Round
Laine Hardy, “Fat Bottomed Girls” — 727,000
Alejandro Aranda, “Under Pressuree” — 460,000
Madison VanDenburg, “The Show Must Go On” — 229,000
Top 10 Disney Night
Laine Hardy, “Oo-De-Lally” — 769,000
Alejandro Aranda, “Remember Me” — 681,000
Madison VanDenburg, “How Far I’ll Go” — 552,000
Top 14
Alejandro Aranda, “One Dance” — 1.4 million
Laine Hardy, “That’s All Right” — 885,000
Madison VanDenBurg, “Fallin'” — 760,000
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Alejandro is the most talented musician I have ever heard on any
show …ever. His abilities exceed any “star” I have ever heard. It’s amazing no one has ever spotted this and had him make a record! Blesser is an amazing song that I can’t get enough of. I’ve played it several times already. He definitely is a Special Guy With a Special Talent….