The Results - The 60's

Joshua, Phillip and Jessica were revealed to be safe while Hollie and Skylar were in the bottom two. While waiting to find out who was going home, they were treated to a very good concert of live music.

27 weeks ago British supergroup Coldplay made a big debut at #1 on the Billboard Top Albums chart with their collection Mylo Xyloto. They should expect to see a nice rise up the charts from this weeks position at #65 after tonight's performances. First they sang their most recent hit, Paradise, that hit #15 back in November 2011 and they followed that up with the first single from the album, Every Teardrop is a waterfall that peaked at #14 in June 2011.

While Coldplay was very good, the real showstopper and highlight of the night came from the Supreme Miss American Idol, Season 4 winner, Carrie Underwood. She just released her fourth album this week and she returned to the American Idol stage to sing the title track, Blown Away. This young woman is truly the best thing that ever happened to American Idol. She has become a huge superstar selling more albums than any of the other Miss American Idol finalists and winners. After seeing the way that she truly commands the stage it's no surprise at all that she is the top seller. This dramatic song showcased her amazing and powerful vocal range and she simply looked radiant and stunning as she recreated the beautiful pose from the album cover as she belted out the last verse of the song.

Somehow the finalist who should have been sent home tonight, Phillip, is still safe, while the cute and talented Skylar Laine had to hear that news that she is leaving the competition too soon. She performed her signature tough country girl song, Gun Powder and Lead one last time.

Skylar is the only one who I correctly predicted to be one of the lowest vote getters. It makes absolutely no sense, after hearing clips of Phillip's awful version of Time Of The Season again, that he is still around. His complete lack of vocal range and inability to hit any high notes is an insult to all of the finalists who been sent home before him. His place in the top four would have been much better filled by Colton, Deandre or Skylar.