Crystal Bowersox was the obvious winner of the evening following American Idol’s Top 16 girls’ perfomance show tonight. Bowersox did an amazing version of Tracy Chapman’s Give Me One Reason. She is by far the most authentic performer on the show this year.
Chapman released the song in 1995 on her album New Beginning (right). I’ve included the music video of her performance for those who may not be familiar with it.
Judging by the tweets being generated by Bowersox’s performance, she is the one to beat this year. MTV has already released a story stating that she is “dominating” American Idol.
I have uploaded the cover for Bowersox’s single as well as those for the other seven performers to the AlbumArtExchange gallery.
Crystal Bowersox - Give Me One Reason (Single)
MediaCurves.com polled 2,966 American Idol viewers’ perceptions of which contestants should be eliminated from the top 8 guys on tonight’s results show. The contestants with the lowest percentage of votes, who should be eliminated tonight, were Todrick Hall, with 5.1% of the votes, and Aaron Kelly, with 7.2% of the votes. The study will parallel American Idol voting to determine the weekly winners based on a democratic, “one person, one vote” methodology. More in depth results can be seen at: http://www.mediacurves.com/Entertainment/J7756-AmericanIdol-3-11-10/Index.cfm