American Idol Season 11 Contestant Rankings - Week 4

Welcome to the second installment of American Idol 2012 rankings, powered by CompughterRatings.com. The Week 4 shows have come and gone and we are now down to 8 contestants. As predicted last week, Heejun Han was sent packing tonight on the live show. This week’s contestant rankings are posted below.

Rank	Contestant	Rating	Status	Movement
1	Jessica Sanchez	100.000	Alive	+1
2	Joshua Ledet	99.989	Alive	+2
3	Elise Testone	96.171	Alive	+4
4	Phillip Phillips	96.168	Alive	+1
5	Hollie Cavanagh	94.362	Alive	-3
6	Colton Dixon	90.962	Alive
7	DeAndre Brackensick	90.915	Alive	+1
8	Skylar Laine	90.839	Alive	-5
9	Erika Van Pelt	87.727	Eliminated
10	Heejun Han	87.652	Eliminated
11	Shannon Magrane	72.824	Eliminated
12	Jeremy Rosado	62.004	Eliminated
13	Jermaine Jones	60.000	Eliminated

Elise Testone was the biggest upward mover, jumping 4 spots to #3 overall. Personally, I thought her rendition of Led Zepplin’s “Whole Lotta Love” was the most entertaining number of the show, so I’m glad to see Elise moving back up. Skylar Laine was our biggest mover overall, dropping 5 spots to #8. After seeing Miranda Lambert live in concert just a couple of months ago, I thought Skylar’s version of “Gunpowder and Lead” was decent, but it apparently didn’t impress the voters as she ended up in the bottom 3 this week.

For this coming week, I expect to see Skylar Laine and DeAndre Brackensick in the bottom 3. According to my rankings, Colton Dixon would also be in the bottom 3, but if he delivers another knock-out performance this week then I just don’t see that happening. He’s awesome, but he’s also up against some really stiff competition.

So my prediction this week is a tough one. I like Skylar better than DeAndre personally, but my “Compughter” algorithm has Skylar ranked slightly lower. I’m going to have to go with my gut on this one and predict that DeAndre goes home next week.

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