current hyperfixation

Who were the groups who got rated higher than PTX for their 6th performance?

After their Britney Spears medley, Pentatonix ranked second out of the 7 remaining groups in the competition. The group who got ahead was:

THE DARTMOUTH AIRES - performing their Queen medley.

And in third place:

VOCAL POINT - performing their Elvis Presley medley

But let’s not forget the queens:

They’re on a roll, and no one surpasses them during Hip-Hop Week.

Rubbing shoulders with them at the top was:

AFRO-BLUE - performing Killing Me Softly

Then:

DELILAH - performing How To Love

THE DARTMOUTH AIRES - performing Club Can't Handle Me

Pentatonix's iconic performance:

Who were the groups who ranked higher than PTX for their 4th performance?

Well... none of them! Pentatonix blew everyone's minds and came out on top of their 5-group pool for Guilty Pleasure Week.

The group who got first place as well was:

THE COLLECTIVE - performing I Will Survive

And in second place came:

THE YELLOWJACKETS - performing Wannabe

URBAN METHOD - performing Poison

You can compare with Pentatonix being fabulous:

Who were the groups who ranked higher than PTX for their 2nd appearance?

Pentatonix got third place in their 6-group bracket after performing Your Love Is My Drug by Kesha and Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin.

The groups who ranked higher than third place in their respective brackets were:

VOCAL POINT - performing Never Say Never & The Way You Look Tonight

NORTH SHORE - performing The Lazy Song & Unchained Melody

THE DARTMOUTH AIRES - performing Animal & Pinball Wizard

URBAN METHOD - performing Just Can't Get Enough and Dance To The Music

(As a reminder, here was Pentatonix:)

Comparing Pentatonix with the cream of the crop of their Sing-Off competitors in 2011, you start to narrow down the specific ways in which they managed to stand out in a sea of amazing a cappella performers.

Who were the groups that ranked higher than Pentatonix for their 1st performance?

Rankings weren't really a big deal in this competition except for the groups at the bottom. I'll still be using them to identify who the strongest contenders were week after week.

For their rendition of E.T. by Katy Perry, Pentatonix came in second in a 4-group pool. The groups who got first place in their respective pools were:

DELILAH - performing Grenade

THE DARTMOUTH AIRES - performing Higher Ground

NORTH SHORE - performing Runaround Sue

VOCAL POINT - performing Jump Jive an' Wail

And here's Pentatonix's performance as a bonus.