Jessica Sanchez and Joshua Ledet waged an epic duel on "American Idol" with what may have been the most memorable back-to-back performances ever on the show.
Ledet channeled James Brown on "It's a Man's World," taking over the stage with vocal power and charisma.
I never heard anything like that in my life!" Steven Tyler said, with Randy Jackson calling it, "one of the greatest performances in the history of any show!"
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And then Sanchez closed the show with an emotional, over-the-top version of Jennifer Holliday's "And I'm Telling You. Meanwhile, USA Today, a national American daily newspaper, had Sanchez coming in second after Ledet with a forecast they called as a “pseudoscientific gauge of contestant momentum.”
In a prediction titled “Eyeing the Idol Odds,” USA Today ranked Sanchez second with 46 points after Ledet with 71 points.
Predicting the results on American Idol isn't a science,” USA Today said. “But it's fun to approach it that way. We've come up with a pseudoscientific formula to gauge each finalist's momentum heading into the next round of competition.”
The news site scores the contestants based on these criteria: song choice, performance order, performance quality, “exceptional circumstances,” judges’ verdict, Dial Idol, online buzz, and results show outcome.
Music industry legend and Interscope Records chairman Jimmy Iovine also coached the “Idol” finalists, the AI website said.
According to AI, “the number of fan and media comments about the show on Twitter and other social networking sites, which has skyrocketed this year, running six times higher than last year.”
Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe said, “You listen to these performers and it’s easy to understand the mind-blowing excitement that American Idol has generated this year
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