Joshua Ledet was eliminated in American Idol Season 11 Episode 38. Tonight the moment I’ve been waiting all season for. A 1 hour episode. The contestants will sing three times each. First come choices by Simon Fuller, then the contestants resing their favorites song of the season, followed by winning songs that will hopefully be better than they usually are.
Jessica Sanchez
Song: I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston
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The judges don’t have time to give their opinions after each song tonight. Darn. I take it they also don’t have time to give a standing ovation every time, so it’s a good thing Joshua’s gone then.
Phillip Phillips
Song: Stand by Me by Benny King
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Jennifer has no opinion, just a bunch of questions. Randy says Jessica won round 1. Now that he says that, Jennifer agrees.
Seems tomorrow night’s 127 minute finale is not long enough, so tonight Jason Derulo performs.
For her second song, her favorite of the season, Jessica performs The Prayer by Celine Dion, a surprisingly unpredictable performance because it was her final one prior to the top 24, so it’s something we have not seen before.
Phil follows her with Movin Out by Billy Joel, which apparently he sang during Billy Joel week. Neither song sticks out to me as terribly memorable.
Steven says Jessica took it again, and that Phil’s only a partially hatched egg. Randy calls it even. Jennifer gives that round to Phil.
Next, the songs they will be forced to sing if they win. Has any winning song been any good? Only one I can think of is Kelly Clarkson’s A Moment Like This.
Jessica gets a song called Change Nothing. How about changing the song? Randy did not love it, but he loves that she did the best with what she was given. Jennifer doesn’t think she should do that song either.
Phil’s song is called Home. Just as terrible as Jessica’s song. Randy loved the song, Phil, the production, and the marching band. Yeah, we’re supposed to believe Randy loved a marching band.
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of American Idol Season 11 Episode 40, where we will find out who the American Idol Season 11 winner is, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on Fox.