David Archuleta
The Long and Winding Road
After botching the lyrics to We Can Work It Out, David A. takes the short and straightforward road to his safehouse: the tearjerking ballad. He takes an already showstopping song, decorates it with a crateful of runs—he refers to it as "getting really sensitive"—and turns out a rendition that would do any Disney animated movie soundtrack proud. He will get five billion votes this week.