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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

Casey Abrams sang Harder to Breathe by Maroon 5 on American Idol Wednesday night (April 20, 2011). This was not one of his shining moments. Casey has the potential to bring great performances. And, the judges seemed to believe that he did. At

Jacob Lusk sang Dance For My Father by Luther Vandross on American Idol Wednesday night (April 20, 2011). It's a very touching song and he brough a lot of emotion. Steven You remind me all the time of the reason I love music. Jennifer It's hard

Haley Reinhart sang Rolling In The Deep by Adele on American Idol Wednesday night (April 20, 2011). Haley showed huge improvement tonight, but she's still not there. I think this was an excellent song choice for her voice. Steven I thought it

James Durbin sang Muse's Uprising on American Idol Wednesday night (April 20, 2011). James continued his streak of great performances tonight. He entered the stage with a small drum corps. Cool theatrics, great vocals. Nice job! Jennifer I'm

The Top 7 are performing songs from the 21st century on American Idol Wednesday night (April 20, 2011). Scotty McCreery kicked things off with Swingin by Lee Ann Rimes. The vocals were great, the performance was okay. Another safe choice. Scotty

Stefano Langone sang End of the Road by Boys II Men from Boomerang on American Idol, April 13. It had some really great moments. It wasn't mind-blowing, but it was really pleasant. Randy said even Boyz II Men's singers will think he slayed the

James Durbin sang Heavy Metal by Sammy Hagar on American Idol, April 13. James was joined onstage Heavy metal guitarist, Zakk Wylde. Heavy metal is not my cup of tea, but I really enjoyed it. It was pretty entertaining. Zakk Wylde tells Ryan

Haley Rienhart sang Call Me by Blondie from American Gigilo on American Idol, April 13. There were some good moments, but there were parts that got a little screamy. Randy didn't love the beginning. I don't know if it was the song that didn

Casey Abrams sang Nature Boy by Nat King Cole on American Idol, April 13. Casey delivered a fantastic performance and brought the judges to their feet. Jennifer said she was nervous at the beginning. I hope America got that, she said. I don

Scotty McCreery sang Cross My Heart by George Strait on American Idol, April 13. Scotty initially considered singing Everybody's Talking by Nilsson but then decided to go with a safer choice I Cross My Heart from Pure Country. Scotty accidentally

Lauren Alaina sings The Climb by Miley Cyrus on American Idol, April 13. Jimmy Iovine tells her she's a much, much better singer than Miley Cyrus. Lauren did a beautiful job. She made the song sound like it was written for her. Definitely better

Rumors are going around the web claiming that Twilight star Nikki Reed and American Idol contestant Paul McDonald are an item, and it looks to be the case. Nikki and Paul first met on the red carpet when the Idol finalists attended the Red Riding

By now you know that Pia Toscano was eliminated last night (April 7, 2011) on American Idol. Despite her stunning looks and amazing voice, the 22-year-old New York songbird was eliminated from the competition. Pia's shocking elimination has