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James Durbin sang 'Without You' by Harry Nilsson on American Idol May 04, 2011. James gets emotional during rehearsal. He says he really misses his family. James showed off his soft side with that song. Loved the emotional rendition. He cried

Scotty McCreery sang Montgomery Gentry's Gone on American Idol May 04, 2011. He threw in some crazy dance moves. It was a fun performance, but Scotty is not the kind of singer who could pull off a Montgomery song. Steven Up to now, you've been

Lauren Alaina sang Flat on the Floor by Carrie Underwood on American Idol May 04, 2011. Lauren pulled it off pretty well. She was a little out of sync with the band at the beginning, but overall, it sounded great. She looked cute and confident

The American Idol Top 5 are singing two songs tonight (May 04, 2011) one current song and one from the 1960s. Sheryl Crow serves as a guest mentor. Up first is James Durbin, with his current choice, Closer to the Edge by Thirty Seconds to Mars

American Idol voters made another shocking elimination on Thursday night, (April 28, 2011). Find out who was voted off, right after the jump. Casey Abrams! Casey got the lowest number of votes and was eliminated from the competition. Jacob survived

Haley Reinhart sang Beautiful on American Idol Wednesday night (April 27, 2011). Haley has been doing karaoke (really good karaoke) every week. Tonight, judging by past Haley performances, it was good. She had some technical difficulties before

Casey Abrams sang Hi-De-Ho on American Idol Wednesday night (April 27, 2011). He's dressed in a black suit and a fedora. The song allowed him lots of scatting opportunities. Randy It's like the song was written for you. It took me back to New

James Durbin sang Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow on American Idol Wednesday night (April 27, 2011). James turned in another competent, consistent performance that left no room to deny that he is an incredible singer and performer. Audience

Scotty McCreery sang You've Got a Friend on American Idol Wednesday night (April 27, 2011). It was a solid performance, soft and heartfelt. The song showed off his vocal range. Loved it! Randy You turned the other cheek from last week. The beginning

Casey Abrams and Haley Reinhart sang I Feel the Earth Move on American Idol Wednesday night (April 27, 2011). They sounded great together. It looked like these two were having a lot of fun together. Steven Tyler Hey, weirdbead! How much in love

Lauren Alaina sang Where You Lead, I Will Follow on American Idol Wednesday night (April 27, 2011). Lauren got a surprise visit from Miley Cyrus. Miley told her to do it for yourself. Lauren looked confident. Her voice was a little too breathy

The Top 6 are singing songs from the Carole King catalog on American Idol Wednesday night (April 27, 2011). Jacob Lusk kicked things off with the Maxine Brown hit Oh No, Not My Baby . It's a good song choice for Jacob. He added some flair to

Haley Reinhart, Stefano Langone and Jacob Lusk plunged into the bottom three Thursday night (April 21, 2011) on American Idol, and one of them had to hit the road! So, who was eliminated Stefano Langone. Stefano was voted out of the competition

Lauren Alaina sang Born to Fly on American Idol Wednesday night (April 20, 2011). For Idol's 21st Century Songs week, Lauren decided to go country and picked Sara Evans' Born to Fly. This was a great song choice and she lived up to the original

Stefano Langone sang Closer by Ne-Yo on American Idol Wednesday night (April 20, 2011). It was an ordinary and forgettable performance. Some of the notes felt slightly off. The judges loved it, of course. Randy You did a very good job, you smoothed