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* In season 5, the top 4 was made up of early favorites Taylor Hicks, Chris Daughtry, and Katharine [[Mc Phee]], as well as Elliott Yamin, who had not received much, if any, screentime before making the top 24. Despite being widely regarded as a fantastic singer, he was predicted to be the contestant to leave once the final 4 were announced due to him being less popular than the other three. But not only did Elliott sing well enough to escape elimination, he ''escaped the bottom 2 entirely'' while Kat and Daughtry wound up in danger (I think we all remember how that ended...); the fact that a contestant received more votes than two early favorites (possibly three; he could have easily beat out Taylor) due solely to his two fight-back performances that night is a fantastic achievement. Elliott went home the following week, but it's hard to deny him the awesomeness of his acheivement of outlasting the best-selling male AI contestant ever. |
* In season 5, the top 4 was made up of early favorites Taylor Hicks, Chris Daughtry, and Katharine [[Mc Phee]], as well as Elliott Yamin, who had not received much, if any, screentime before making the top 24. Despite being widely regarded as a fantastic singer, he was predicted to be the contestant to leave once the final 4 were announced due to him being less popular than the other three. But not only did Elliott sing well enough to escape elimination, he ''escaped the bottom 2 entirely'' while Kat and Daughtry wound up in danger (I think we all remember how that ended...); the fact that a contestant received more votes than two early favorites (possibly three; he could have easily beat out Taylor) due solely to his two fight-back performances that night is a fantastic achievement. Elliott went home the following week, but it's hard to deny him the awesomeness of his acheivement of outlasting the best-selling male AI contestant ever. |
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** Going on to outsell the two contestants who beat him is pretty awesome too. |
** Going on to outsell the two contestants who beat him is pretty awesome too. |
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* Season 10's James Durbin, who was diagnosed with Tourette's and Asperger's as a kid, brought [[ |
* Season 10's James Durbin, who was diagnosed with Tourette's and Asperger's as a kid, brought [[Heavy Metal]] into the show [[And Now for Someone Completely Different|for the first time in its history.]] He managed to bring in Zakk Wylde and got to perform with [[Judas Priest]] in the finale. |
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* The saves of Season 10 and 11: |
* The saves of Season 10 and 11: |
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** In Season 10, the judges saved Casey Abrams by cutting him off almost as soon as he started to sing, which made him think he was getting eliminated, and then telling him he was saved, which almost literally shocked him. |
** In Season 10, the judges saved Casey Abrams by cutting him off almost as soon as he started to sing, which made him think he was getting eliminated, and then telling him he was saved, which almost literally shocked him. |
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