Haley Reinhart is #1 - Ranking the American Idol 10 Top 4
Haley Reinhart was the most popular Idol on Rickey.org this week based on pageviews! Her season average is now #2 (tied with Scotty McCreery).
James Durbin was at #2 and his season average remains at #1. He is still the favorite to win American Idol.
Scotty McCreery was at #3 and his season average is at #2 (tied with Haley Reinhart).
Lauren Alaina was at #4 and her season average is at #4.
Jacob Lusk was at #5 and was eliminated from the competition getting the lowest number of votes.
Notes:
The chart includes both songs from the Top 5, but I used the higher song for each contestant to determine the ranking.
'House of the Rising Sun' was the breakout performance of the night and the season so far.
After adjustments, the #1 breakdown is as follows:
James Durbin - 5 (1 actual, 4 adjusted)
Haley Reinhart - 3 (3 actual)
Scotty McCreery - 2 (1 actual, 1 adjusted)
Lauren Alaina - 0
Since there are only 4 singers left, I calculate the season average based on the four of them relative to each other. For example in the Top 24, Scotty was at #6, Lauren at #7, James at #8 and Haley at #12 on the chart. The adjusted ranking for that week would be: Scotty #1, Lauren #2, James #3 and Haley #4.
Notice that Haley has the most #1 positions naturally without benefit of adjusted ranking. She is following the classic "peaking at the right time" trajectory (Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze). If she continues at this pace, she will win American Idol in 3 weeks. The numbers are finally on her side.