var priorities=['quick','fox', 'the'];

    var liveData=[{"id": 'quick'},{"id": 'brown'},{"id": 'fox'},{"id": 'the'},{"id": 'haha'}];

    var output=[],temp=[];  

    for ( i=0; i<liveData.length; i++){

        if( $.inArray( liveData[i].id, priorities) ==-1){

            output.push( liveData[i]);

        }else{

            temp.push( liveData[i]);

        }

    }

    var temp2=$.grep( priorities, function(name,i){

            return $.inArray( name, temp) >-1;                             

    });

    output=$.merge( temp2, output);

​

/* testing output code */

​

$.each( output, function(i, item){

  $('body').append( item.id +'<br>')

})

​