American Idol Final 11, Results Show

At the beginning of tonight’s American Idol on Fox, Ryan Seacrest teased us by saying that tonight’s results “may shock you.” The thing is, though, that I think they are all so good, that any of them could go at any time, really.

The contestants began the night performing the song, “T-R-O-U-B-L-E” by Travis Tritt. I was amazed by how in sync they all were with the fast lyrics of the song. Having that many people sing at the same time, it would be easy for it to end up being an unintelligible mush. So either they were amazingly well rehearsed or they weren’t really singing it.

After 31 million votes, here’s how it all went down. After a lot of chitchat, the first contestants declared safe were Danny Gokey, Lil Rounds, and Anoop Desai. The first revealed to be in the bottom three were Allison Iraheta and Michael Sarver. I’m actually surprised that Allison was in the bottom three, but I’m not surprised that Michael was; in my opinion his was the weakest from last night.

Brad Paisley then came out and performed his song, “Then.”

Scott MacIntyre was then declared safe which wasn’t very surprising either. Then Megan Joy (are they dropping her last name, Corkrey?), Matt Giraud, and Kris Allen were all declared safe in short order. Then it came down to the final two contestants, Alexis Grace and Adam Lambert of which, the bottom three position went to Alexis. Bummer.

I have to say that I agree with Simon that Adam’s performance of “Ring of Fire” was ridiculous.

Allison Iraheta was the first of the bottom three finalists revealed to be safe. Then they left us to wonder who was being eliminated while was watched a duet from Randy Travis and Carrie Underwood as they sang, “I Told You So."

So, after Ryan got the judges to admit that they would consider using their save on one of the bottom two contestants, Ryan revealed that the person eliminated tonight is Alexis Grace. This was a big surprise to me! In an act of what I thought was utter cruelty, they made her sing while they deliberated whether or not to use their save on her. Once she was done singing the judges quickly revealed that they would not be saving her tonight. I'm sure they're waiting to use the save for when America comes to their senses and votes Adam out so they can keep him around for a while longer. Ugh.

Actually, referring to Ryan's tease at the beginning of tonight's episode, I am quite shocked. Although her performance last night wasn't one of the better ones, I thought overall she was one of the stronger contestants. I guess it's bound to happen to almost all of them, so I'll get over it.

Now that Country night is out of the way, I'm looking forward to the coming weeks. I think it'll only get better! Next week, because President Obama is speaking, American Idol will be on Wednesday and Thursday. See you then!