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It’s getting down to the wire on American Idol!

We’re down to the top three finalists on the singing competition: Haley Reinhart, Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina. Last night, the contestants sang three songs, one of their choosing, one of Jimmy Iovine’s choice and the last being the judge’s choice. Read our full recap here!

We took a poll of our readership and 47 percent of our readers polled said that the felt Haley would be making her exit tonight. Ryan revealed that they’ve received 95 million votes last night for Idol’s top three.

The three top finalists, along with James Durbin, visited the Bad Robot Productions studio, where they were treated to a screening of the movie, Super 8. Afterward, they were given cameras to videotape their hometown visits.

Tonight is the show’s Hometown Heroes show, showing each of the top three contestants visiting their respective hometown cities. Haley went to Wheeling, IL, where she was greeted by a ton of fans! She cried as she captured some moments on her Super 8 camera. She said it had been three months since she’s seen her family, but it felt like forever.

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It’s that time again, where we’re asking your opinion on who will be eliminated on tonight’s elimination episode of American Idol! We’ve given our official recap of the show and you can also view the performance videos yourself!

Last night, the contestants sang a song of their own choice, along with one picked out by Jimmy Iovine and another of the judge’s choice.

Here’s the quick run-down of the contestants and their songs:

Haley Reinhart:

Her choice: What Is And What Should Never Be by Led Zeppelin
Jimmy Iovine’s choice: Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac
Judge’s choice: You Oughtta Know by Alanis Morissette

Scotty McCreery:

His choice: Amazed by Lonestar
Jimmy Iovine’s choice: Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not by Thompson Square
Judge’s choice: She Believes In Me by Kenny Rogers

Lauren Alania:

Her choice: Wild One by Faith Hill
Jimmy Iovine’s choice: If I Die Young by The Band Perry
Judge’s choice: I Hope You Dance by Lee Ann Womack

So who do you think is going home on tonight’s show??? VOTE IN OUR POLL!

If you’ve missed last night’s performance episode of American Idol, then jump over to our recap!

On last night’s show, it got down to the wire as the top three performed their picks, Jimmy Iovine’s song choices, along with the judges’ choices. Here is the breakdown:

Beyonce mentored the contestants for the show last night and also premiered her new video for Run The World (Girls). Contestant Haley Reinhart also fell during her performance of Led Zeppelin’s song, What Is And What Should Never Be. On a good note for her, she got right back up and went on with the song, barely missing a beat.

Check out all of the performance videos from last night’s show, after the jump! (continue reading…)

Tonight on American Idol, we’re down to the top three! Viewers will have to decide between Scotty McCreery, Haley Reinhart and Lauren Alania. Idol favorite James Durbin was ousted on last week’s show in a shocking elimination. Read our full recap here.

Beyonce is premiering her new video, Run The World (Girls) video on the show tonight and she is also mentoring the contestants during tonight’s show.

Round One

Scotty is singing his favorite song first, which is Lonestar’s Amazed. Beyonce called him a “cutie pie” and said, “That’s m,y boy!” He is doing a great job and we’re sure someone is going to tell him that he’s “in it to win it”. Randy? J-Lo? He is definitely going to be the one to beat this season.

Steven said that Scotty got angry and kicked the song into next week and took the song up a notch. Jennifer said he has grown since the beginning of the season. She said it was a great way to start the show. Randy said it was a great song choice and it’s an amazing song. He said there were a couple of pitchy spots and commented “That’s money.” (continue reading…)

Tears ran down the face of James Durbin as he made his American Idol exit performance of Paul McCartney’s song, Maybe I’m Amazed. Ryan Seacrest announced that Lauren Alania was safe first last night, leaving all of the viewers thinking that Haley Reinhart to be eliminated.

We were under the impression that James would be safe, considering that he has a whole lot of talent. Most of our audience polled came to the conclusion that Haley should’ve left last night due to her attitude. So when she was announced as the second person safe, all bets were off.

Then, as the night progressed, we had to ponder who exactly could be sent home out of the guys. Both James and Scotty McCreery gave pretty excellent performances last night, so we had to think that the rumors of “no one” being eliminated were true.

We covered the show live last night, check out our FULL RECAP here.

Check out the elimination video, below:

When it was announced that Scotty McCreery was going to be part of the top three in the singing competition, a collective shock swept across the nation. He performed well and cried during his final song.

What did you think of the results??? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

American Idol is heating up! We’re down to the top four in the singing competition — and it’s anyone’s guess who’s going to sent home tonight! In case you missed last night’s performances, check out our recap right here!

The competition has been narrowed down to Haley Reinhart, James Durbin, Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alania. James really wow’ed the judges last night, with them laying most of the night’s criticism on Haley.

Next week, the Idol hopefuls will be taking camera crews to their hometowns for their Hometown Heroes segment. Will we be left with three contestants? According to our poll, most of our votes say that Haley will be sent home.

Enrique Iglesias and Jordin Sparks are there, along with a performance by Lady Gaga!

James and Scotty are performing Brad Paisley’s song, Start A Band, on the show now. They’re doing a pretty good job, for a country song.

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It’s down to the final four on American Idol, and while we admit that we haven’t been watching up until now, it’s getting down to the wire!

For the first round, the contestants are covering songs that are inspirational. For their second songs, the contestants are covering songs from the Lieber & Stoller Songbook. Tonight’s mentor is Lady Gaga!

James Durbin started off tonight’s competition with his version of Journey’s famous song, Don’t Stop Believin’. In my honest opinion, he should not have chosen this song, it was truly awful. Steve Perry you are NOT!

Steven Tyler said it was “nice goin’”. Jennifer Lopez said it was “amazing” and a really great job. Randy Jackson commented that he paid homage to his friends, who are the greatest rock bands ever.

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