'American Idol' Race: Phillip Phillips Leads Top 13 Finalists on Twitter
The gravelly-voiced Georgia rocker, who's drawn comparisons to Dave Matthews, rules the micro-blogging site with 35,723 followers and counting.
If Twitter followers indicate future prospects of winning American Idol, then Phillip Phillips is already season 11's champ, with a slight edge over co-finalist and comic relief Heejun Han.
Obviously, it's way too soon to call: Phillips, 21, might a favorite of mentor Jimmy Iovine and judge Randy Jackson, who's compared the scruffy, scratchy-voiced Georgia rocker to Dave Matthews. But he's got tough competition from the likes of Jessica Sanchez, DeAndre Brackensick, Erika Van Pelt and Skylar Laine, all of whom have a star quality that could grow along with their Twitter followers.
As of Monday afternoon, here were the Twitter stats for the Fox contest's top 13 finalists:
1. Phillip Phillips (@PPhillipsAI11): 35,723
2. Heejun Han (@hhani11): 34,534
3. Colton Dixon (@cdixonai11): 34,199
4. Erika Van Pelt (@evanpeltai11): 29,979
5. Jessica Sanchez (@JSanchezAI11): 16,186
6. DeAndre Brackensick (@brackensickai11): 12,386
7. Skylar Laine (@SLaineAI11): 12,158
8. Shannon Magrane (@smagraneai11): 11,124
9. Hollie Cavanagh (@CavanaghAI11): 9,593
10. Jeremy Rosado (@JRosadoAI11): 9,435
11. Joshua Ledet (@JLedetAI11): 7,981
12. Elise Testone (etestoneai11): 6,416
13. Jermaine Jones (@JJonesAI11): 2,696
