After a lackluster effort a week ago, Scotty McCreery sought to expand the range of his delivery with his performance of “You’ve Got a Friend” Wednesday.
While imperfect, it was still a distinct vocal performance that showed improvement from the guy, and that won raves from both the judges and audience.
Watch him sing the Carole King song that James Taylor popularized here and tell us if you think he has the skills to make the finals of American Idol …
Meanwhile, Scotty and Lauren Alaina sang their third duet of the season, and while they each sound lovely on their solo lines, together it didn’t quite mesh.
At least we didn’t think so. You decide after the jump:
What do you think? Who was the best last night?