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It’s an all new performance episode of American Idol — and it’s British Week! Tonight, the remaining five competitors will be taking on 60′s British songs as well as British Pop. Last week, we’ve had to bid farewell to raspy voiced contestant Elise Testone in an untimely and shocking elimination. If you’ve missed the show, you can read our full official recap here.

Left in the competition are Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez, Joshua Ledet, Skylar Laine and Hollie Cavanagh. It promises to be a good night as the competition is gearing up to name its eleventh American Idol.

From our sister site, Earsucker, we’ve learned what the top five competitors are singing on tonight’s show. You can read the full song spoilers for the top five at this link.

WILL YOU BE WATCHING? WHO ARE YOU ROOTING FOR TONIGHT?

We’ll be hoping that Phillip gets something awesome to sing — he’s totally our favorite in the competition right now!

Rosie O’Donnell has made a one-of-a-kind doll of Adam Lambert, while she was watching the show. She used pink and black sharpies and came up with this creation, which is on Etsy now for $400.00.

She says on the site:

ok
i doodled this guy while i was watching the american idol finale

great show

enjoyable

that adam kid -
he moves me
talent and beyond

i did this guy while thinking of him

i expected to hear
adam wins

didnt u

thanks

signed on foot

enjoy

8 inch diy munny
done with PINK and black sharpies

xx

Cute!

Even though it really is no secret that Adam Lambert is gay, “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi has let the cat officially out of the bag.

I’m not sure why Adam feels the need to have people “speculating”, but DioGuardi wasn’t aware that it was some big secret.

When DioGuardi was asked by Barbara Walters whether or not Lambert’s sexuality may have influenced the voting audience of “American Idol”, she said, “Well, first of all, I hope not….because we should be judiging on talent and viability in the music industry and they both had that.”

She added, “I don’t think that Adam was ever in [the closet]. I think he was always openly out.”

I agree, given that the picture above was released while he was still in the competition.

American Idol finalists Adam Lambert and Kris Allen were interviewed shortly after last night’s finale performances, when they were asked something about them getting naked.

Check out their responses!

And what did you think of the coronation song?

Each week, I’ve been lucky enough to get a hold of the studio recordings from American Idol. This week was no different. The guys recorded their studio versions of each of the songs and they sounded that much better.

I’m not going to say anything further about last night’s results show, except to say that I was pleased.

Check out all six songs here:

Adam Lambert – “One” by U2:

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Adam Lambert – “Cryin’” by Aerosmith:

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Kris Allen – “Heartless” by Kanye West:

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Kris Allen – “Apologize” by One Republic:

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Danny Gokey – “You Are So Beautiful” by Joe Cocker:

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Danny Gokey – “Dance Little Sister by Terrence Trent D’Arby:

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What did you think of the results?

Can you believe it?

It was said, even by Simon Cowell, that Kris Allen didn’t have what it takes to go further in the show. But he made it through!

Someone heard my begging and pleading and Go-Go-Gokey has been eliminated! Ha.

American Idol is dwindling down to an almost halt soon. Last week, Allison Iraheta was shown the door, even though her performance was much better than Danny Gokey’s.

On Tuesday night’s show, the judges selected a song for each singer to perform. Afterwards, the guys got to choose their own song.

Danny Gokey was up first and sang Terrence Trent D’Arby’s song, “Dance Little Sister”, as chosen by Paula Abdul, for the crowd.

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His voice sounded really strained singing this song. I am not a fan of this version at all.

After Danny’s performance, Kris Allen took the stage to perform One Republic’s “Apologize”, as chosen by Randy Jackson.

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This was a nice slow song and it was definitely a good song choice for Kris. I hope to see him in the finale of the show, alongside Adam Lambert.

Speaking of Adam, Simon Cowell chose U2′s song, “One” for him to sing. I’m not a fan of this version of the song at all. I really like U2 and this song is old school. It wasn’t the best song choice for Adam, in my opinion.

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After the judge’s choice, the guys were able to sing a song of their own choice.

Danny started off again, singing Joe Cocker’s song, “You Are So Beautiful” and it reeked! This guy needs to go home already. It’s over for Gokey. Vote Gokey off of the island already. He already hosed up Allison’s chances.

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Kris then tore up the stage with Kanye West’s song, “Heartless”. I’m not a huge fan of Kanye’s, but the song was good for Kris and he seemed to do pretty well for himself with it. Maybe he’ll make it to the final two because of this song.

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And last but not least, Adam sang Aerosmith’s “Cryin’” and he murdered it. Do you think he’s doing that on purpose? I love Aerosmith, but to hear what he did to the song, it should be against the law.

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Who do you think’s gonna win?

If you’re a fan of American Idol’s newest singing sensation (?) Adam Lambert, then you just might like this auction.

Apparently, fans can bid on a lock of Adam’s hair. The lock of hair is encapsulated in a locket and it’s currently going for $70.99.

Check it out:

Check out the auction here.

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The top four really did try on Tuesday night’s American Idol, but it wasn’t as bad as it sounded. The studio recordings are actually decent.

Check out the studio recordings from each of the contestant’s performances. I think if these were released prior to the vote, we may have had a different result.

Adam Lambert – Whole Lotta Love

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Allison Iraheta – Cry Baby

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Danny Gokey – Dream On

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Kris Allen – Come Together

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Adam Lambert & Allison Iraheta – Slow Ride

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Danny Gokey & Kris Allen – Renegade

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What do you think?

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No Doubt are back! And what in the eff is up with Gwen Stefani’s voice?

Check out the video from Wednesday night’s show:

And if they yank the video, you can still listen to the audio here:

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She sounded so out of breath, am I wrong?

After Paula Abdul lip-sync’d the crap out of her new song, Kris Allen was put in the safe chair.

In a sucktastic move, as I surely thought Kris Allen or Danny Gokey would be sent packing, Allison Iraheta was sent to the center stage to be a cry baby sing “Cry Baby” one last time.

On American Idol last night, it was my favorite of all weeks, Rock Week. And who else could mentor such burgeoning rock careers other than the almighty Slash from Velvet Revolver (ex-GnR).

Up first was rocker Adam Lambert belting out Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love”. The crowd went crazy, everybody cheered, this was a good thing. But what people fail to realize is that he really did butcher a classic last night.

Adam Lambert’s version:

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Led Zeppelin:

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See the difference? Everyone thinks he rocked it, but that’s probably because they’ve never heard the original.

Next up was Allison Iraheta, who sang Janis Joplin’s “Cry Baby”. No one EVER should attempt Janis Joplin. Bad song choice, kiddo. No offense, I’m sure your voice is just lovely otherwise, but methinks Janis is turning over in her grave as we speak.

Allison Iraheta:

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Janis Joplin:

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See? No comparison. Not even close.

Up next were Kris Allen and Danny Gokey and their version of Styx’s song, “Renegade”. This karaoke version of the song was less than mediocre.

Have a listen:

Kris & Danny – “Renegade”:

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Styx original:

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There are just some songs that are out of your vocal abilities, accept that and move on. This was one of those times.

Kris Allen then took the stage to sing “Come Together” by The Beatles. His voice was so strained, it was unbelievable. He sounded like a mini mediocre Rob Thomas at a karaoke bar. The crowd loved it, but it wasn’t good at all. This is another song that no one really should attempt. Maybe he thought he would get by because the song mentions “Coca Cola”, which is a sponsor of the show.

Kris Allen:

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The original by The Beatles:

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Danny Gokey took the stage next to murder Aerosmith’s “Dream On” and it was just horrible. This is not looking good for this poor kid. Never take on a song that’s completely and totally out of your vocal range.

Danny singing “Dream On”:

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The original by Aerosmith:

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Last up, Allison and Adam did their rendition of Foghat’s “Slow Ride”. The judges loved them like a fat kid loves cake, which I didn’t get.

Check it out:

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The original:

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Check out Paula Abdul’s new song here, if you haven’t heard it yet. She’ll be singing that in a live performance on tonight’s show.

Verdict: They should all should be sent packing, they are murderers of beautiful songs and that should be illegal.

Special thanks to Cara at Hollywood Dame/AllieIsWired for keeping us in the loop!

Yes, next season, all of the judges will remain the same. Contrary to popular belief, the new fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi will also be returning to the show’s next season.

It was rumored that one of them would be leaving the show, but he says he’ll back for at least one more season.

When asked if he’d back back it 2010, he said, “Yeah. It’s been…the best eight or nine years of my life. I’ve had the best time, there’s nothing to complain about, we’ve got on really well.”

When also asked about DioGuardi, he said, “I’ve got to know Kara now and I like her…She’s cute.”

To stick the final nail in the coffin, he confirms that all of the judges will be returning next season. He adds, “Everyone’s going to be back. Absolutely.”

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Slash is mentoring the American Idol contestants for tomorrow night’s show for their Rock Week theme.

Slash already approves of the contestants, as per his Twitter page:

Nice. Let’s hope they don’t screw up some classic rock songs.

It was widely publicized when David Cook was on “American Idol” that his brother Adam was suffering from brain cancer.

Adam Cook has lost his battle with brain cancer and passed away at around 1 a.m. last night at a hospice in Terre Haute, Indiana.

A source says, “He took a turn for the worse this weekend and David rushed to get home. He was surrounded by his family, including his wife Kendra, his children, his father and his step-mom, among others.”

A family friend says, “Adam passed away peacefully.”

David announced the passing of his brother at today’s Race For Hope:

May he rest in peace. Best wishes to the Cook family in their time of need.

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On Saturday, former American Idol contestant Constantine Maroulis made an appearance at the “Loukoumi’s Good Deeds” book reading and event.

I wonder how much they had to pay him to show up there, a quarter? I hear he’s cheap.

So, would you hit it?

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