Tonight on American Idol, the Top 4 will sing songs from two different themes. Lieber and Stoller songs, and Songs That Inspire. An Idol “spoiler” was released by mistake by last week’s boot recipient Jacob, who announced in an interview that James Durbin will sing “Don’t Stop Believing” tonight. Oops.
This is American Idol!, says Ryan Seacrest. The Season 10 Top 4 contestants take the stage. Ryan says in just 14 days, one of the finalists will be named winner of this season. The Idol Finale will be here very soon Idol fans! Lady Gaga mentors the finalists for tonight’s performances.
James Durbin is up first singing “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey. 1-866-436-5701 or 1-866-436-5705 to vote for James. Good job James! The audience clearly loved the performance. Steven Tyler says this gives viewers a strong clue of what’s to come from James. Jennifer said the song choice was great, great performance, great job. Randy says Journey was one of the greatest rock bands, and when it comes to the highest level of difficulty, “you did it!!!”.
Steven Tyler’s new book is a best seller, as was just announced. Congrats Steven!
Haley Reinhart is up next singing “Earth Song” by Michael Jackson. 1-866-436-5702 or 1-866-436-5706 to vote for Haley, or vote online at AmericanIdol.com. Roaring applause from the audience. Great great performance by Haley tonight. Casey Abrams is in the audience and he applauded loudly. Jennifer says she loved the performance, that Haley really connected with the song, but. Jen says the song has a beautiful message but she needs to consider what other songs are choosing to perform in this competition. Randy says the song choice confused him, it didn’t showcase who she wants to be a singer, and the song needed her to “deliver it” aka Michael Jackson. Wait a minute! If the contestants sing their songs spot-on and sound just like the original singer, then they’re scolded for “not making it your own”. WTH?! Haley stands by her choice saying she felt it and it has an important message. Steven Tyler says both Jennifer and Randy are wrong, she nailed it, don’t believe the other judges comments.
Scotty McCreery talks with Ryan about how important it is to him to last into the Top 3 Finalists. Scotty sings “Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning” by Alan Jackson. 1-866-436-5703 or 1-866-436-5707 or vote online. Now that’s an inspirational song if there ever was one. Randy Jackson says it’s a great song and he can tell that the song was a perfect choice for Scotty, and the lyrics speak well of who Scotty is as a performer. Steven says he could tell in the middle of the performance that Scotty was emotionally moved by the lyrics, and it was a great performance. Jennifer says Scotty is meant to do this, that he was clearly moved by the words of the song. For a moment it seemed as though the audio seemed to fail with his microphone but maybe it was just Scotty’s emotional connection that made his voice break slightly.
Ryan, Scotty Abrams and Paul McDonald remind Idol fans to make plans to get their tickets to the Idol Live Tour coming up.
Lauren Alaina sings “Do It Anyway” by Martina McBride. 1-866-436-5704 or 1-866-436-5708 to vote for Lauren. Smooth performance, very nice. Perfect pitch, strong vocal. Judges applause. Steven says “you did it again”. Right on pitch, a blue plate special, and he loves the buckles on her shoes. “You’re the whole package, I love you” finishes Steven. Jennifer says Lauren is clearly listening to the judges critiques to help her get there to the finish, the night when all the confetti comes falling from above. Randy says “Lauren is back, she’s in it to win it, that was HOT!”. Absolutely nothing was wrong with that performance says Randy. Very well done. Lauren tells Ryan that the song lyrics means everything to her, it’s so inspirational.
Ryan asks Jennifer “Who won round one tonight?” Jenn says everyone did a great job but she’s not going to say who was best so far. Randy says “it’s a tie between Lauren, James and Scotty, but Haley can easily up her game in the next round”. Ouch, that’s gotta hurt Haley’s feelings, and yes, she turns her back as the screen fades to commercial to hide her tears.
Round 2: Lieber and Stoller songs with Lady Gaga mentoring
Haley Reinhart starts round two singing “I Who Have Nothing”, and the rehearsal video clip sure sounds great. 1-866-436-5702 or 1-866-436-5706. Very nice! Dramatic and powerful! The judges give her a standing ovation! Great job! Jennifer says “this is why we can’t take it easy on you, because you are that amazing! You are amazing! One of the best performances of the year!” Randy says she came back and “baby, you just had a moment right here and puts you in it to win it! One of your best vocals ever!” Steven says this was a classic moment, it was beautiful. Randy hugs Haley as a show of support. Very very strong performance by Haley tonight.
The full versions of tonight’s Top 4 song performances are available for download after the show.
Scotty McCreery sings “Young Blood”. During the mentoring phase, Lady Gaga told him to treat the microphone as if it’s his girlfriend, that he’s making love to “his girlfriend” (the microphone) and keep his mouth on it. Woah! 1-866-436-5703 or 1-866-436-5707 or vote online. Randy says Scotty had a good time and that we just saw the two sides of a Scotty concert, serious and fun. Steven loved the performance and the humorous side, and the comical mentoring with Gaga. Jennifer says wants to see a whole different side of him next week, but she loves how versatile his song choices are.
Lauren Alaina sings “Trouble” by Elvis. 1-866-436-5704 or 1-866-436-5708 or vote online. Lauren looks and sounds HOT tonight! Steven says it was very well done and he loves her. Jennifer says she loved the “attack” transformation-character Lauren presented from the beginning, a very mature, sexy, great performance. She loved it. Randy says Lady Gaga gave Lauren really good advice and she a great job tonight. Great performance by Lauren! Oh my gosh, the predictions of who will be voted off tomorrow night are going to go wild! No guesses from me though, this season is anyone’s game!
James Durbin sings “Love Potion No. 9″. 1-866-436-5701 or 1-866-436-5705, or vote online at American Idol. Spectacular performance by James tonight!!! He Killed It! Jennifer says that showed her he can sing anything. Really, really great performance, she says. Randy Jackson says all four contestants are in it to win it. Randy says James is having a moment every single week. Steven says it was a beautiful thing, that anything James thought he couldn’t do, he just did.
What a great night of performances from the Top 4! We’ll see you tomorrow night with the results and announcement of who gets voted off. They were all great though! Vote, Vote, Vote for your favorite! You have two hours to vote!
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