The Top 5 Sing

This week the top 5 finalists each performed two songs that were suggest from fan tweets and video submissions.

It's no surprise at all that the best of the night was once again Alex Preston. His first song, Sweater Weather, was a selection that was a little more up-tempo for than usual, but it was still perfect for him. But he was completely amazing on his second song. He took the totally awful Say Something and he made it more emotional and listenable than ever. All you have to do is look at the itunes chart to see that people are buying it and it keeps climbing higher and higher.

Jessica Meuse completely shined tonight as well very successfully elevating both of her songs to an entirely new level that that original artists were not capable of. First she improved Human with her amazing vocals and then she absolutely re-invented Summertime Sadness and made us completely forget the dreadful version by Lana Del Rey.

The worst of the night and prediction for the bottom two is still Jena Irene and Sam Woolf. Jena is and always will be that annoying girl in your high school who gets the lead in the musical, but she has absolutely no star quality to really make it in the real world. She has even less staying power than previous Idol finalist, Haley Reinhart. Sam Woolf was saved by the judges and now we are suffering the consequences. His completely funkless version of Ed Sheeren's Sing was just plain sad. The boy is blank and expressionless while he tries to sing, but he has absolutely no vocal range. He should definitely be the one sent home this week.