Flashback: Charles Grigsby's "How Sweet It Is to Be Loved By You"

Charles Grigsby did not last very long in the second season of Idol thanks to an extra strong field of male competition, and his rendition of Marvin Gaye's classic "How Sweet It Is to Be Loved By You" was one of his two showings for the American public while in the finals. Refresh your memory of the performance below:

The performance, which came during the Motown theme of Top 12 week, was very underwhelming and was seen as more of a karaoke offering than a serious effort by a real contender.

Still, Idol was in its early stage at this point, and Charles was a better vocalist than a few of his peers in Season 2, but could not get his act together in time to show what he could really do. For this, Charles' performance is worthy of a revisiting.

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Poll of the week: Amanda tops Alexis in battle of the 11th placers

In the second installment of the second annual IDOL LIVE poll of the week champion series, Season 7 once again came out on top of Season 8 when Amanda Overmyer scored 30 (35%) votes over Alexis Grace's 20 votes (23%).

The results do come as somewhat of a surprise, as Alexis was considered to be one of the finalists that should have made it farther in the competition than she did. Although there was not much additional competition, Charles Grigsby of Season 2 garnered an impressive 15 votes, or 17% of the total take of 84 votes.

In the next installment of IDOL LIVE's poll of the week champion series, readers are asked which 10th-place finalist is their favorite of all eight seasons. Voting will be open for exactly one week.

Charles Grigsby 15 (17%)
Matt Rogers 9 (10%)
Mikalah Gordon 3 (3%)
Kevin Covais 3 (3%)
Stephanie Edwards 4 (4%)
Amanda Overmyer 30 (35%)
Alexis Grace 20 (23%)

Total votes: 84

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IDOL LIVE poll of the week - Stephanie Edwards (woo!)

As expected, IDOL LIVE viewers were not too enthusiastic about voting for their favorite 11th-place finalist of all seven seasons. This gave Season 6's Stephanie Edwards the perfect opportunity to place first in the poll. Stephanie did just that, as her pitiful seven votes were enough for 46% of the vote.

Her competition was weak, as evidenced by second-place finisher Amanda Overmyer's four votes, good for 26%. Hopefully this week's poll is more exciting. In this week's poll of the week, we ask who your favorite 12th-place finalist is. You have exactly one week to vote.

Charles Grigsby 1 (6%)
Matt Rogers 2 (13%)
Mikalah Gordon 0 (0%)
Kevin Covais 1 (6%)
Stephanie Edwards 7 (46%)
Amanda Overmyer 4 (26%)

Total votes: 15

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