I post my Power Rankings the day before the next round starts which gives me a week to write it. Since The Playoff start the day after the end of the Battle Round II I this will short. Not that is much to say other than the Battle Round II sucked massively. The conceit was stupid, the song selection was horrible, and the coaches’ decisions were even worse, I actually disagree with everyone the coaches picked last night (combined with about half of who they picked last week). It seems as if Shakira wants to take Christina Aguilera’s worst coach in the history of the show crown. Adam looks like he has takes Blake’s philosophy from last season of letting a new coach win, while Usher looks to be employing Adam’s previous philosophy of having one chosen one (Bria) and sabotage the rest of his team so they have less of a challenge in the Live Shows. He could have had the best team and three of the final four with Bria, Madilyn, and Morgan, but now he will probably end up taking Stevie Jo and T.J. to the Live Show , the latter two will probably gone after everyone from Shakira’s team is sent home. And Madilyn and Morgan probably will not make it that far as all the coaches shed their Steals before America is allowed to vote. So congratulations Blake, go ahead and make room for another trophy because you have the best chance of winning because you again picked amassed a team of singers that America will want to vote for. Since I have nothing to say about the Battle Round II aside that all the battles sucked aside from Have a Little Faith in Me, here is the latest power ranking with just a list, no comments.
2. Madilyn Paige (Team
3. Josh Kaufman (Team
4. Sisaundra Lewis (Team Blake)
5. Audra McLaughlin (Team Blake)
6. Morgan Wallen (Team
7. T.J. Wilkins (Team Usher)
8. Bria Kelly (Team Usher)
9. Delvin Choice (Team Adam)
10. Patrick Thompson (Team
11. Melissa Jimenez (Team Usher)
12. Jake Worthington (Team Blake)
13. Jake Barker (Team
14. Kat Perkins (Team Adam)
15. Stevie Jo (Team Usher)
16. Christina Grimmie (Team Adam)
17. Ryan Whyte Maloney (Team Blake)
18. Dani Moz (Team Shakira)
19. Deja Hall (Team Shakira)
20. Kristen Merlin (Team Shakira)
Oh Shakira, what were you thinking? You had my favorite team coming out of the Blind Auditions and now you have maybe the worst team ever to go into the Playoffs, yes, as bad as Christina in seasons one and three. Twice Shakira said she was going to go with who she thought she could help the most. No Shakira, pick who was the best, or the very least has the most potential. If you want to help someone who needs it, do it on your own time. Oh well here are how the teams stack up if you award a point to the last place and twenty to number one:
Blake – 65
Usher – 61
Adam – 47
Shakira – 37
But who cares what I think, here is a look at how high everyone charted on the top 1500 on the iTunes charts. It looks like music buyers hated the new Battle Round as much as I did.
1. Jake Worthington (100)
2. Sisaundra Lewis (184)
3. Christina Grimmie (189)
4. Morgan Wallen (216)
5. Stevie Jo (303)
6. Tess Boyer (334)
7. Deja Hall (351)
8. Josh Kaufman - Happy (416)
9. T.J. Wilkins (422)
10. Jake Barker (434)
11. Sam Behymer – Give Me Love (570)
12. Audra McLughlin (612)
13. Kristen Merlin (632)
14. Jake Worthington – It Goes Like This (645)
15. Josh Kaufman (745)
16. Madilyn Paige – Everything Has Changed (821)
17. Delvin Choice (894)
18. Madilyn Paige (919)
19. Jake Worthington - Don’t Close Your Eyes (1002)
20. Christina Grimmie – Wrecking Ball (1191)
21. Christina Grimmie – I Knew You Were Trouble (1342)
The first thing that pops out to be is that of the four steal, three of the stolen singers charted higher than the person that “won” their battle, so apparently I was not the only one who thought the coaches did a horrible job picking their teams this season. The next thing that jumps out at me is that the week old Sam Behymer song charted higher than eleven people who are moving on. Six of the top twenty could not even crack the top 1500. Compared that to last year when only one person failed to chart during the Knockout Round.
To show you just how bad the coaches were at picking their teams, if you look back at the top ten Blind Audition sales, six of them (Dawn and Hawkes, Clarissa Serna, Josh Kaufman, Madilyn Paige, Morgan Wallen, and Emily B) lost their round two Battle. A seventh (Alaska & Madi) did not even make it this far.
1. Jake Worthington (213)
2. Christina Grimmie (237.3)
3. Josh Kaufman (349.3)
4. Madilyn Paige (412)
5. Stevie Jo (421)
6. Sisaundra Lewis (511.6)
7. Morgan Wallen (531)
8. Jake Baker (539)
9. Kristen Merlin (563.3)
10. Audra McLaughlin (718.3)
That is not good that only half of the top twenty managed to have all three of their songs chart in the top 1500. For comparison, last year fifteen of them did. Of the other five, four of them had two songs chart. Only one had only one song chart. And of those five, all five did not get voted through by America during the Playoffs (Kat Robichaud was saved by her coach and managed another week because of the stupid Twitter Save) This season there were five who only charted two, three that only charted one. And there were two that did not chart at all in the top 1500. Here is how those other ten charted.
11. Bria Kelly (126, 459, NC)
12. T.J. Wilkins (714, NC, 422)
13. Delvin Choice (416, NC, 894)
14. Kat Perkins (451, 943, NC)
15. Deja Hall (1190, NC, 351)
16. Tess Boyer (NC, NC, 334)
17. Ryan White Maloney (917, NC, NC)
18. Dani Moz (NR, 1314, NR)
19. Melissa Jimenez / Patrick Thompson did not reach the top 1500 once
That is really embarrassing. It is really laughable that Melissa and Patrick are still in and Dawn and Hawkes, Clarissa Serna or even Sam Behymer and Kaleigh Glanton who were able to sell both of their songs, are all sitting at home. And since the coach decide the top 12 this season by themselves, I have a feeling their coaches will favor their own team over steals which may means Josh, Madilyn, and probably either Morgan or Jake will also not make it to be voted on by the public despite outselling most people who advance. I suggested this last season, but for the Live Show, they should introduce a fifth judge (be it Chris Martin, or breakout star Jill Scott) who picks three outcasts to rejoin the competition. I bet a team of Dawn and Hawkes, Clarissa, and Sam (or Josh, Madilyn, and Morgan if it comes to that) would be better threesome then any come this season will come up with. Or next season replaces these coaches with people who can actually spot talent.
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