The American Idol results show on FOX was aired live from Hollywood on Wednesday night, April 8. On hand to entertain was 50’s crooner Frankie Avalon who sang Venus, in a nod to Simon Cowell – who was born in 1959.
Kellie Picker entertained the crowd with Best Days of Your Life, a song that the season five Idol alum co-wrote with Taylor Swift. Flo Rida also took the stage in a crowd pleasing performance of Right Round.
Landing in the bottom three this week were Lil Rounds, Anoop Desai and Scott MacIntrye. Lil was sent back to safety first and Ryan Seacrest told the remaining two contestants that a mere 30,000 votes separated them. Then he broke it to MacIntyre that he would be the one singing in an attempt to persuade the judges to use their one time save option.
MacIntyre’s second rendition of The Search Is Over, this time without electric guitar, was hurried and lackluster. Cowell fretted that the judges were split on whether to use their save. In the end, Simon made the decision that it was the end of the line for the blind musician who had touched the hearts of so many during his Idol journey.
The strongest contender continues to be Adam Lambert. Check out his rendition of Mad World here.
Check out videos of Pickler, Flo Rida and an arrangement put together by the top eight contestants, who sang Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. We’ve also added a performance of Venus by Frankie Avalon. It is not from last night – the minute that one shows up on YouTube, we’ll be sure to swap it out.