Social media picks its American Idol Top 3 finalists before the finale – John Foster, Jamal Roberts, and Breanna Nix take the lead

American Idol 2025 Top 7 RANKED. How would you rate the contestants? Plus Facebook numbers!

American Idol 2025 continues broadcasting LIVE COAST TO COAST. On Sunday (May 11) and Monday (May 12). Both nights are a celebration of Disney songs. The Top 7 song spoilers are out now. By the end of the episode, a Top 5 will be revealed. Then on Monday, it’s back to Disneyland and more Disney songs. The Top 5 will each perform two songs. Lin-Manuel Miranda will serve as mentor both nights. Season 21 winner, Iam Tongi will perform “Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride” from Disney’s new movie, Lilo & Stitch on Monday. By the end of the episode, the Top 3 heading to the May 18 finale will be revealed!

In the meantime, let’s rank the Top 7. The ranking below represents the “power” each contestant brings into the upcoming shows based on past performances and results. How would you rank the Top 7?

American Idol Top 8 & 7 Performances Facebook Rankings

But first, let’s take a look at Facebook Views. Posted below are numbers from both the Top 10 (Top 8 revealed)show from last Sunday and last Monday’s Top 8 episode (Top 7 revealed).

John Foster, the young country singer, is running away with the Facebook views. He doubles or nearly doubles the views of the second most viewed contestant, Jamal Roberts. Breanna Nix moved up into 3rd place for both episodes. She had been slipping a few weeks prior. Note that Gabby Samone came in 7th place after last Sunday’s show, but that climbed back up to 4th place after Monday’s show.

Once again, it’s worth noting that Josh King and Mattie Pruitt both ranked low views for Sunday night’s show, and then ended up in the bottom 2 on Monday’s show. That seems to be a trend. Josh was bound to go home no matter who was in the bottom 2 with him. The judges saved him once at the Top 14, they weren’t going to save him again.

Note that Thunderstorm Artis and Slater Nalley had the lowest number of views from Monday night’s show. Will they leave the competition on Sunday? I would not be surprised. Thunderstorm’s Sunday views improved after several weeks of low views. Slater also struggles week to week. At this point a John-Jamal-Breanna-Gabby-Mattie Top 5 seems reasonable. However, Slater or Thunderstorm could sneak in there instead of Mattie (she had to be saved last week, after all). John-Jamal-Breanna could very well be the Top 3 going into the May 18 finale.

John Foster will probably win the whole dang thing.

Top 7 (Monday May 5)

John Foster – I Cross My Heart by George Strait – 2M Views
Jamal Roberts – I Believe by Fantasia – 1.1M Views
Breanna Nix – Independence Day by Martina McBride – 605K Views
Gabby Samone – Hero by Mariah Carey – 381K Views
Mattie Pruitt – Always Been You by Jessie Murph – 361M Views
Slater Nalley – Atlantic City by Bruce Springsteen – 306K Views
Thunderstorm Artis – Faithfully by Journey – 251K Views

Top 8 (Sunday May 4)

John Foster – Something to Talk About by Bonnie Raitt – 1.1M Views
Jamal Roberts – Undo It by Carrie Underwood – 677K Views
Breanna Nix – Water Under the Bridge by Adele – 561K Views
Thunderstorm Artis – When We Were Young by Adele – 396K Views
Slater Nalley – Whoever’s in New England by Reba McEntire – 318K Views
Mattie Pruitt – The House that Built Me by Miranda Lambert – 252K Views
Gabby Samone – I Was Here by Beyonce – 203K Views
Josh King – Rolling in the Deep by Adele – 165K Views

American Idol 2025 Top 7 Rankings

7. Mattie Pruitt

Mattie holds the number 7 spot after the judges needed to save her last Monday. She may advance to the Top 5 anyway. That Top 5 spot is going to come down to either her, Thunderstorm or Slater. It depends on performances, performance order, etc. Mattie’s Top 7 song pick is Remember Me from Coco. It’s an emotional ballad, and if she connects to the audience–a thing she struggles to do at times–she could advance to the next round.

6. Thunderstorm Artis

As previously mentioned, Thunderstorm is either in the middle or bottom when it comes to Facebook views. His song choice for Top 7 is Colors of the Wind from Pocahontas. It’s a boring song choice. But Thunderstorm does have a knack for putting his own spin on songs. The judges seem to love him and may keep hyping him to advance.

5. Slater Nalley

Can You Feel the Love Tonight, from The Lion King, is Slater’s song choice. I’m trying to imagine the song all twanged up, and the image is failing me. A better choice would have been a Randy Newman cover like You’ve Got A Friend in Me. But John is already covering a Randy Newman song.

4. Gabby Samone

Gabby’s Top 7 song pick, How Far I’ll Go from Mulan has been covered a bunch on Idol, but it’s a good song pick for her. She’ll have no trouble breathing new life into the song. If she’s eliminated on Sunday, that will certainly be a shock boot. She’s been consistently terrific all season.

3. Breanna Nix

Breanna’s Top 7 song pick, Reflection from Mulan, has the potential to serve as a huge showstopper for the big voiced singer. She has pipes so sturdy and rangy she rarely falters. She’s Top 5 for sure.

2. Jamal Roberts

Could Jamal win it all? Never say never. John probably has this, but Jamal is the best all round talent left in the competition. He can sing, dance, deliver an emotional ballad. He can do it ALL. He’s my pick to win. This week, he swings for the fences with I Can Go the Distance from Hercules. All of his performances tend to be “moments” but Sunday could be huge.

1. John Foster

At this point, the competition is John’s to lose. He’s so popular, it probably doesn’t matter what he sings. His Top 7 song pick, Almost There from The Princess and the Frog will probably not be a huge moment for the singer. But it has the potential to show off John’s irresistible charm.

American Idol airs Sunday and Monday on ABC at 8 pm, streaming next day on HULU