With Colton Dixon's elimination on Thursday I realized something. Back in the beginning of March I made a
silly little post about the heights of the Top 13 American Idol contestants for Season 11. And now that there are only 6 remaining, all 5 that I guessed to be the tallest are out of the competition: Jeremy Rosado, Jermaine Jones, Shannon Magrane, Erika Van Pelt and Colton Dixon. And all 3 of the short ladies remain! The only other people who have left have been the shortest guy (DeAndre Brackensick) and one medium height guy (Heejun Han). I am guessing that all three of Skylar Laine, Hollie Cavanagh and Jessica Sanchez must be about 5 feet tall or shorter, and Phillip and Joshua are both maybe 5' 9" to 5' 11". Elise is a little shorter than Phillip and Joshua, Maybe 5' 4" to 5' 6", a fairly average height woman. We have never had a Top 6 that was half composed of women 5 feet and under. In fact if we look over the past 4 years there have always been only 2 ladies in the Top 6 until this year when two thirds are female:
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Actually for
Season 8 they went from a Top 7 with two ladies to a Top 5 with only one when Lil Rounds was eliminated the same week as Anoop Desai. I could have put 1 1/2 there for Top 6 for Season 8 but that would have been weird. In the Top 5 for Season 8 there was only one lady, Allison Iraheta, who left at #4.
Season 9 had two in the Top 6, but Siobhan Magnus left the next week, leaving only Crystal Bowersox in the Top 5, although she did finish as the runner up. Finally last year in
Season 10, the Top 6 included two ladies, Haley Reinhart and Lauren Alaina who remained to end up #3 and #2 for the season. This year we will definitely have 3 ladies (and possibly 4) in the Top 5 with at least two of them being quite short!
Another interesting thought is that the last two female runners up, Lauren and Crystal, were both about 5' 6", and the only other Top 5 ladies since Season 8, Allison and Haley were about 5' 2" and did not make it to the finale. Hmmm, is that good news for Elise Testone?
