American Idol is doing a special tribute to Michael Jackson on Monday, June 29th at 8 p.m EST. in honor of the King of Pop who passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2009.

American Idol is re-airing the American Idol Season 8 Top 13 episode of Michael Jackson songs, originally aired on March 10, 2009 on FOX.

This was the first time that American Idol had done an entire evening of Michael Jackson’s music, and I’m very happy that Idol is doing this special in memory of MJ.

Gawd, I can’t believe Michael Jackson is dead. Here’s the list of songs that will be performed on Monday’s special tribute to Michael Jackson:

• Lil Rounds – “The Way You Make Me Feel” VIDEO

• Scott MacIntyre – “Keep the Faith” VIDEO

• Danny Gokey – “Pretty Young Thing” VIDEO

• Michael Sarver – “You Are Not Alone” VIDEO

• Jasmine Murray – “I’ll Be There” VIDEO

• Kris Allen – “Remember the Time” VIDEO

• Allison Iraheta – “Give in to Me” VIDEO

• Anoop Desai – “Beat It” VIDEO

• Jorge Nunez – “Never Can Say Goodbye” VIDEO

• Megan Joy – “Rockin’ Robin” VIDEO

• Adam Lambert – “Black and White” VIDEO

• Matt Giraud – “Human Nature” VIDEO

• Alexis Grace – “Dirty Diana” VIDEO

The news of Michael Jackson’s death sent shock waves around the world, with Jackson fans in complete shock and disbelief that the King of Pop has died. Michael Jackson was only two years older than me, and I grew up listening to MJ’s music from the time I was little. Our family used to watch the Jackson Five variety show on television when Michael Jackson and his siblings were little boys and girls (LaToya and Janet), and we’ve never wavered in our admiration and deep respect for the genius that is Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson fans are rushing to buy up as much Michael Jackson memorabilia as possible, and I don’t blame them one bit. I already have quite a lot of Michael Jackson music and the collection just keeps getting bigger. In my heart, Michael Jackson will live on forever not only as the King of Pop, but also someone who was born into the same family religion as I did.

If you ever watched the show on television years ago describing Michael Jackson’s early childhood and the abuse he suffered that was detailed in the story, you know what I’m referring to. I choose to remember Michael Jackson as not only the King of Pop, but also someone whose early childhood was very similar to my own – except for the music career part. Michael Jackson will never be forgotten.

Tune into Fox on Monday to watch the American Idol Tribute to Michael Jackson.

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Who got voted off American Idol on 3/11/09 of American Idol Season 8? American Idol host Ryan Seacrest announced the “new rule”, where Idol judges can “veto” an elimination and save one contestant during American Idol Season 8, but only until the competition reaches the top five finalists. Once the competition reaches the Top 5, their fate is in the hands of American voters.

Up until that point, the judges can use their “veto vote” lifeline only once to save a contestant from being voted off, but the vote has to be unanimous amongst the judges.

Idol judges Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi and Simon Cowell have to choose wisely who to save, because the judges only get one veto vote. Let’s hope they make the right decision of who to save and who should go home.

So, who got voted off American Idol on 3-11-09, and who is safe to continue on?

Jasmine Murray and Jorge Nunez were both eliminated from the competition, and the judges decided against using their veto vote on these two American Idol contestants.

Here’s a breakdown list of the guys and girls who are safe:

Adam Lambert is Safe
Danny Gokey is Safe
Scott MacIntyre is Safe
Michael Sarver is Safe
Kris Allen is Safe
Matt Giraud is Safe
Anoop Desai is safe (after being in the bottom two)

Lil Rounds is Safe
Allison Iraheta is Safe
Alexis Grace is Safe
Megan Joy Corkrey is Safe (after being in the bottom two)

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