This week the top five on “American Idol” Season 10 sang songs from “Then & Now.” In other words, one current tune, one oldie-but-goodie. We definitely saw some range from a couple of the finalists. A couple stayed in their safety zones and the last, well, it’s time to go home Jacob.
Scotty McCreery proved himself the one to beat with his double song choices of “Gone” by Montgomery Gentry, and later “Always on My Mind” by Elvis Presley. Both perfectly safe song choices, but Scotty has such a cool country voice he’s fun to hear. Song choice and stage presence have been McCreery’s biggest flaws, if you really want to be picky, and tonight he nailed them both twice.