Ultimate American Idol Power Ranking

Ranking 120 contestants was really hard! Omigosh. I'm also a bit surprised at the final ranking -- and I completely disagree with it! LOL Constantine Maroulis and Adam Lambert ranking higher than Clay Aiken and Chris Daughtry? Umm, no.

But thanks to Shirley Halperin for including me in her 'Idol' panel! Follow the link to the L.A. Times to see the complete list.

From L.A. Times:

The judging panel consisted of several journalists (a couple from the L.A. Times, others, such as People's Cynthia Wang and In Touch Weekly's Steve Gidlow, from national magazines); "Idol" bloggers Rickey Yaneza of Rickey.org and Lyndsey Parker of Yahoo's Reality Rocks; a handful of die-hard fans; and one former contestant, who prefers to remain anonymous.

6. Fantasia

"Fantasia still holds the greatest 'Idol' performance of all-time with "Summertime." It has become the gold standard on the show. It's so good that even after some bad press over the last couple of years, many people, including Simon Cowell, still consider her one of the best singers to have come out of the last decade."

-- Rickey Yaneza, Rickey.org

16. Kellie Pickler

"Her post-'Idol' success is stunning. Kellie Pickler is the female Chris Daughtry, but people tend to underestimate her (just like on the show) because of Carrie Underwood's success. She has sold more albums than Taylor Hicks, and most of her bad performances on the show have been forgotten. All we remember is that small town, wide-eyed country girl wanting to make it -- and she did." -- Rickey Yaneza

Source L.A. Times