Nearly 100 Performances In: Top 15 Performances of the Season

When the 7th performer takes the stage tomorrow evening, we will have arrived at the 100th performance of this season of American Idol. In honor of reaching this milestone, I have compiled my list of the Top 15 performances of the season so far. I will check back in each week to see which of these performances hold up, and which new performances get added.

A few interesting notes about this list:

-9 of the 15 entries are from the Semifinals -- a remarkable 60%! Does this mean that the contestants started out the competition strongly but have lost a bit of steam? How many of these semifinal performances will remain on the list as we get deeper into the competition?

-3 of these performances are from contestants who have now been eliminated. How long will they hold up?

-Melinda Doolittle dominates this list at the moment, with 4 of the Top 15 entires. LaKisha Jones and Blake Lewis are the only other 2 contestants to have more than one entry on the list.

TW	Name	Song	Round
1	Melinda Doolittle	My Funny Valentine	SF #2
2	LaKisha Jones	And I Am Telling You	SF #1
3	Jordin Sparks	I Who Have Nothing	Top 11
4	Blake Lewis	Time of the Seasons	Top 11
5	Melinda Doolittle	Woman	SF #3
6	LaKisha Jones	God Bless The Child	Top 12
7	Gina Glocksen	I'll Stand By You	Top 10
8	Sabrina Sloan	Never Loved a Man	SF #1
9	Chris Richardson	Geek in the Pink	SF #2
10	Blake Lewis	Somewhere Only We Know	SF #1
11	Phil Stacey	Every Breath You Take	Top 10
12	Chris Sligh	Trouble	SF #2
13	Melinda Doolittle	Since You Been Gone	SF #1
14	Melinda Doolittle	Heaven Knows	Top 10
15	Stephanie Edwards	Dangerously in Love 2	SF #3