Now the fun can truly begin on American Idol.
The Fox competition whittled its contestants down to 40 last night - 20 men, 20 women - all of whom will head to Las Vegas next week for what the series is dubbing "Sudden Death Semifinals."
Who are the favorites? It's still early, but color us fans of Candice Glover and Lazaro Arbos.
As for a rundown of the complete Top 40, sit back and browse through the photos below. Who do you want to see win it all?
And then there were the final 40.
American Idol chopped eight men tonight, narrowing its number of males down to 20. But the evening for the most part once again belonged to the fairer gender, as many females took to the stage and only 20 were left standing by the end of the hour.
Did your favorites make the cut? Over whom are you most outraged?
Scroll down for a list of the Top 20 and remember to bookmark our American Idol videos section to watch performances all season long.
Do girls really run the world?
American Idol attempted to answer that question last night, giving the fairer sex a platform to perform in Hollywood.
The remaining 76 female contestants were shoehorned into 19 quartets, most of which included at least one troublemaker.
So, who advanced to the next round of cuts?
Candice Glover (above) stood out from the pack, as did Janelle Arthur for her rendition of "I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry."
On a night filled with tears and a few decent performances, American Idol passed 28 men on to the next round last night.
Did your favorite make the cut? Or are you already prepared to turn on Season 12 and its new panel of judges?
Scroll down for a list of many of the remaining males and sound off now...
It was The Hunger Games in Hollywood last night, as Keith Urban put it, with Season 12 heading to Tinsel Town and placing the men center stage.
Yes, in a change from past years, only males will be featured this week, as we witnessed a handful of quick Sudden Death rounds last night, followed by some painful group songs.
It was fast, it was furious - and Lazaro Arbos at least made it painless when he took the mic. Watch this 21-year old ice cream scooper from Naples make Nicki fall for him with a version of "Angels."
So much for Matt Farmer being crowned the American Idol Season 12 champion.
Following a successful audition in Long Beach, Farmer has come out and admitted that he's one giant liar.
That whole tale he told? About being injured in an IED explosion in Iraq? And being diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury? And how the medication he was assigned would supposedly make him sterile, until he ended up fathering a daughter named Cadence who joined him in front of the judges?
LIE, LIE, LIE.
The early American Idol auditions have finally come to an end. With Steven Tyler in drag.
Yeah. It's nice to be moving on to Hollywood.
But before we pick up and head to California, let's take a look at the best acts we've seen so far, shall we? Might one of the following be our next American Idol?
Yup, dude sure looks like a lady.
On the final audition night of American Idol Season 12, the judges were (sort of, but, come on, not really at all) surprised by one especially unusual contestant:
A manly-looking, overdressed woman with a blonde wig and large breasts and... hey, is that Steven Tyler?!?
Yup, the ex-panelists surprised Randy Jackson and the new team by showing up for an audition in Oklahoma. Watch the exchange now:
Overall, the hour-long show was dedicated to similarly wacky acts, from a woman who tried out with her ventriloquist dummy to the worst national anthem rendition of all-time.
The one hopeful with actual hope? Nate Tao. We could see him go places.
American Idol stopped by two cities over two hours last night, as hopefuls auditioned in San Antonio and Los Angeles.
The most buzzed-about name to come out of the latest Season 12 episode? Papa Peachez, 19-year Mississippi native who sang an original track and described himself as "a big black woman trapped in a little boy's body."
Intrigued? Listen to his audition now and decide if he deserved a ticket to Hollywood:
A quartet of former finalists have come out and vehemently denies charges that American Idol is racist.
Melinda Doolittle (Season 6), Vonzell Solomon (Season 4), Taylor Hicks (Season 5) and Casey Abrams (Season 10) all spoke to TMZ this week and defended the program against charges from nine other finalists that claim Idol shows a racial bias in disqualifying contestants.
Here is what each ex-Idol hopeful had to say:
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