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The spotlight has been turned off of Megan Corkrey on "American Idol." The tattooed 22-year-old single mother from Sandy, Utah, who crooned Bob Marley's "Turn Your Lights Down Low," received the least number of viewer votes on the popular Fox singing competition Wednesday — and the show's judges didn't bother to consider saving her.
With just under 100 million votes cast towards deciding this year's winner, American Idol pulled out all the stops for its two hour finale. And what a finale it was!
Tonight, the American Idol stage was seething with talent and I'm not talking about the Top 10 who awaited their fate. I'm talking about performances by the greats - Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder. It was a reminder that the Top 10 still have a long way to go.
American Idol this week might have been a tribute to the 50th anniversary of Motown, but for the contestants it was a chance to show what they could do with great music. And the guys really stepped up to the challenge this week with the some great, original performances.
To round out the full hour American Idol needs to give us the one name of the person being eliminated this week, we were treated to performances by three Grand Ole Opry members - Brad Paisley and a duet by Idol's own Carrie Underwood and guest mentor Randy Travis.
It's Grand Ole Opry Night on American Idol and that means Simon is going to be extra hard to please. We all know how little the Brit likes country music so it's a real test to see which of the Top 11 can impress him tonight.
The first elimination of American Idol's Top 13 saw the birth of a new rule and sent two hopefuls home after nearly 33 million votes. Now the field has narrowed to the traditional 11 contenders and the judges still have a save card they can play.
Finally, we've gotten to the part of American Idol I love - when the real competition begins. The performances tonight were a huge step above what we've been tortured with the last three weeks.
Tonight marked the first results show of American Idol's eighth season, but instead of sending just one or two contestants home the night ended with only three survivors.
The auditions are in the bag and Hollywood is but a faint memory as American Idol begins to whittle down the Top 36 to our Final 12. Tonight, the first 12 contestants pull out all the stops in their first live performance and Alexis Grace comes out swinging.
It looks like more faces survived this third cut of American's Idol's Hollywood week than didn't as the judges sent contestants of only one of four rooms home. Many of the top favorites put in stellar performances to seal their fate.
Drama was the name of the game during the second round of American Idol's Hollywood phase as contestants team up and the competition turns cut throat.
After nearly 15 minutes of fluff, American Idol opened its eighth season with auditions in Phoenix, Arizona in 106 degree heat in tonight's two-hour premiere.
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