After peaking at #9 in 1981, Journey's Don't Stop Believing really has become one of the most downloaded songs of all time. Here we are 27 years later and this classic song is currently #83 on the itunes Top Songs list this week. So tonight the finalists actually gave a literal interpretation of this week's theme and performed this favorite song.
Ryan put the finalists into three groups of three:
Group One: Kris Allen, Meagan Joy, Matt Giraud
Group Two: Lil Rounds, Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta
Group Three: Scott MacIntyre, Danny Gokey, Anoop Desai
While the finalists had to wait to find out which group was the bottom three, The Season Seven Miss American Idol winner, David Cook, came back to the American Idol stage hoping to finally have a hit. His first single, Light On, never really managed to get enough airplay or sales to reach the upper portion of the charts so he's hoping the exposure of this live performance of Come Back To Me will ignite some significant action. The good news is that in just three months his debut album has gone Platinum (sales of 1 Million copies) and he was presented with a shiny plaque.
Breaking the finalists into three groups is just as much of a sloppy mess as the lame "itunes top downloads" theme was. In group One, both Kris and Matt are safe while while Meagan is in the bottom three. In group Two, both Lil and Adam are safe while Allison had to join Meagan. In group Three, both Danny and Scott are safe while Anoop rounded out the bottom three.
Lady GaGa spent three weeks at #1 in January on the Billboard HOT 100 with her debut single, Just Dance. This week she has accomplished the rare feat of having her second single, Poker Face, also reach #1. Only artists like Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera have managed to do this in the past. Mariah and Christina also went on to win the Grammy for Best New Artist. Lady GaGa brought her exciting and entertaining performance art to the American Idol stage and brought the house down. Could she be on her way to a Grammy?
Allison Iraheta and Anoop Desai were sent back to safety leaving Meagan to perform for the last time. The judges even went so far as to say that they had no plans of using their Judges Save tonight before she sang.
This week I got two out of my three predictions correct. While I thought Anoop would be going home, I'm not surprised that it ended up being Meagan. Do you realize that Season 8 is now left with 6 boy contestants and only 2 girls!?
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