iTunes has been careful to keep the popularity bars for Idol performances hidden this year, but they screwed up for the wildcard show.
Yoinked from primeminster’s post in the headlines thread: (lolz at the Tatiana comment)
Wildcard Ranking by Popularity Bars:
1. Matt Giraud (about 22% of Brookeà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sales)
2. Anoop Desai
3. Megan Corkrey(huge gap)
4. Jasmine Murray (about 50% of Mattà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sales)
5. Ricky Braddy
6. Jesse Langseth (about 50% of Jasmineà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sales)
7. Von Smith (about 50% of Jesseà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s sales)
8. Tatiana Del Toro (probably purchasing her own mp3 to boost her sale)
No surprises here, with the 4 that got through ranking highest, and Matt and Anoop on top. Although I wish Jesse and Ricky were higher…I guess viewers listened to Simon or I’m not in step with the vast American viewing public.
“Alone” is currently #100 on iTunes Top Songs chart–as you can see, these wildcard performances aren’t exactly chartbusters.
Thanks to Lady Madonna for the reminder that “Hello”, “Imagine” and “Hallelujah”–3 live semi-final performances from Season 7–all appeared in the iTunes Top 10. These sales are pretty pathetic by comparison.
I’m not surprised–the semi-finals are over, and there hasn’t been one watercooler-talk worthy performance, like “Hello”,”Hallelujah” or “Imagine” yet…
iTunes will probably not make this mistake again, but it would be interesting to see how the studio versions of the Top 13 performances sell.
Hi – larious!!! lol
I’m still hoping Matt G does Georgia again. I’m so buying that! So far, no one has performed anything that I have any desire to own. I love Anoop but I like the original My Perogative way better – it’s on my ipod. It’s really got to be amazing to make me download a cover… DC’s Billie Jean and Hello, Jason’s Halleluiah and Somewhere Over the Rainbow – amazing, imo.
^^Me too!!!
Maybe it’s because they’re hiding the band behind a screen but this season seems more karaoke-ish. Things seem sort of disjointed.
^^^ About the band… We all saw three backup singer ladies during the Wild Card show. There was also a glimpse of a drummer at one point. But I wonder if all the rest was being done with a single keyboard/synthesizer. I was listening to Anoop’s my prerogative and David Cook’s Hello/AllRightNow/HappyTogether. The production quality is COMPLETELY different. This year’s tracks sound very shallow and tinny.
Just because I did not download right after the show, I only tonight had the chance to download Jesse and Ricky, it just takes me longer. Long story as to why, but I cannot download itunes from my home, I have to take my laptop to a hot spot. I also hesitated because the invisible band sounds like crap.
I’ll never forget David Archuleta’s performance of “Who’s Loving You” from Star Search! It’s still somewhere out there on the internet I am sure. It was super cute.