Rate & Predict American Idol

After 6 weeks of competition, which American Idol contestant has gotten the highest ratings from our users?

Here are the average performance rating for each of the contestants (contestant name – average performance rating):

1. Adam Lambert – 8.00
2. Kris Allen – 7.35
3. Danny Gokey – 7.20
4. Allison Iraheta – 7.19
5. Matt Giraud – 7.18
6. Anoop Desai – 6.67
7. Lil Rounds – 5.69

The order is not too surprising.  But Kris Allen as the 2nd highest ranked Idol?  VERY interesting.  Honestly, I think he has outperformed the other guy front-runner (Danny), but he doesn’t get the same hype as him. Personally, I think this goes back to how much screen time these contestants received before the Audition rounds, where Kris basically got none.

Can Kris sneak his way into the finals?  Probably not.  I don’t believe he can afford a poor performance the way Danny or Lil can.  Or maybe his looks give him an edge… I dunno.

Side note: I find it interesting that, during the Top 36 round, 4 of the remaining 7 contestants came from Group 2 (Adam, Matt, Allison, Kris).  In fact almost half of the Top 13 (6 of 13 — add Jasmine and Megan) came from that Group 2. And Group 3 was the worst, with only Lil representing for them.  Wow, good group!