>> Ryan: LAST WEEK, YOUR
MILLIONS OF VOTES CAME IN FAST
AND FURIOUS IN A TRULY
UNPRECEDENTED WAY AND WE HELD
OFF ON YOUR RESULTS TO MAKE SURE
EVERY VOTE WAS COUNTED.
I'VE GOT THEM HERE IN MY HAND
AND WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT WHO
MAKES YOUR TOP 12 TO SING FOR
YOUR LIVE VOTES TONIGHT AND
WHICH TWO FINALISTS WILL LEAVE
THE COMPETITION RIGHT NOW.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE VOTE WAS
INCREDIBLY CLOSE, AND HERE ARE
THE FINALISTS READY TO FIND OUT
WHAT THE NEWS IS.
NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
GOOD EVENING.
SUS
SUSPENSE?
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU, AND
HERE WE GO.
THE FIRST PERSON IN YOUR BOTTOM
TWO BASED ON LAST WEEK'S VOTE
IS -- JULIAN.
UNFORTUNATELY HEADED HOME
TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, RYAN.
>> Ryan: THANK YOU, JULIAN.
THE SECOND PERSON GOING HOME
AFTER THAT NATIONWIDE VOTE IS
JAKE.
JAKE, JULIAN, CONGRATULATIONS ON
WHAT A RUN IT'S BEEN.
AN INCREDIBLE SEASON WITH US.
THANKS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
THE CHARISMA AND THE CHARM.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BOTH.
>> OF COURSE.
>> WE APPRECIATE BEING HERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WE HAD JUST MEMORIES WE'RE
NEVER GOING TO FORGET.
>> OH YEAH.
>> Ryan: I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING
TO MISS THEM, YEAH?
>> OH YES.
>> Ryan: LET'S HEAR IT ONE MORE
TIME FOR JULIAN AND JAKE.
GOOD LUCK.
BRIGHT FUTURES AHEAD FOR BOTH OF
YOU.
TAKE GOOD CARE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
IT'S NOW UP TO THE TOP 12.
HERE THEY ARE.
THEY'VE GOT TO WIN YOU OVER
TONIGHT.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW.
LET'S DO IT.
COME ON.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: I KNOW THAT ONE.
GOOD EVENING.
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BRING BACK
OUR ANNUAL JUDGES SONG CONTEST.
THIS TIME WITH A RADICAL '90s
TWIST, ALL HITS FROM THE '90s
ALL NIGHT LONG.
VOTING WILL OPEN SHORTLY, SO SIT
-- AFTER ALL YOUR FAVORITES HAVE
PERFORMED, BUT FIRST, LET'S
BRING OUT THE CONTENDERS
TONIGHT.
LUKE BRYAN, LIONEL RICHIE,
CARRIE UNDERWOOD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
>> Lionel: LOOKING GOOD.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: WELL, I KNOW THIS IS A
'90s LOOK FROM CARRIE.
LIONEL, YOURS?
>> Lionel: I'M CLOSE TO 90
ANYWAY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Ryan: AND THAT'S A SATURDAY
LOOK FOR YOU, LUKE.
>> Luke: HEY.
THIS IS HOW -- THIS IS HOW I
ROLL.
GEORGE STRAIT, TRACY LAWRENCE
STYLE, BABY.
>> Ryan: LOOKING GOOD.
WELL, IT WAS THE DECADE THAT
BROUGHT US THE MACARENA -- YES.
ONE FAN OF THE MACARENA.
REMEMBER TALK TO THE HAND?
POPULAR AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
SOUND ONE COULD HEAR, LISTEN TO
THIS --
[ DIAL-UP INTERNET SOUND ]
WE'LL EXPLAIN LATER, KIDS.
>> Lionel: YEAH.
THEY DON'T KNOW.
>> Ryan: IT ALSO BROUGHT US
ABC'S ICONIC TGIF LINEUP AND
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE SOME OF THE
STARS HERE TONIGHT FROM THE
FAMOUS TGIF STARS.
HANGING OVER THERE IN THE
LOUNGE.
SAY HELLO TO ANDREA BARBER, MARK
CURRY, HOLLY ROBINSON PEETE.
HI, CAROLINE RHEA, DANICA
McKELLAR, REGINALD VELJOHNSON,
AND "AMERICAN IDOL OFFICIAL
PODCAST" HOST DANIELLE FISHEL.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WHAT A FLASHBACK.
HERE'S HOW TONIGHT WORKS.
EACH FINALIST WAS GIVEN A LIST
OF THREE HIT SONGS FROM THE '90s
TO CHOOSE FROM.
THEY WERE HANDPICKED BY THE
JUDGES.
THE FINALISTS PICKED ONE OF THEM
TO SING, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW
WHICH JUDGE CHOSE IT FOR THEM.
THEY'LL FIND OUT AFTER THEY
PERFORM.
WE'LL KEEP SCORE AND THE END
THE WINNING JUDGE WILL SAVE
SOMEONE FROM TONIGHT'S LIVE
ELIMINATION.
LAST YEAR IT WAS A TIE BETWEEN
LUKE AND LIONEL.
>> Lionel: HA.
HA HA.
I REMEMBER.
>> Ryan: CARRIE'S READY THOUGH,
FOR REDEMPTION, RIGHT?
>> Carrie: I HOPE SO.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: WE GOT 12 TALENTED
SINGERS FROM ACROSS THE NATION
TO VOTE FOR.
HERE'S THEIR INFO.
TAKE A LOOK.
YOU'VE GOT FIVE WAYS TO VOTE
TONIGHT.
SO MAKE SURE YOU USE ALL OF
THEM.
VOTE FOR ALL YOUR FAVORITES ALL
SHOW LONG IF YOU WANT TO SEE
THEM AGAIN ON THIS STAGE NEXT
WEEK.
ALL RIGHT.
ARE WE READY, EVERYONE?
>> Lionel: OH YEAH.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: KICKING IT OFF TONIGHT,
IT IS HANNAH HARPER.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> "HEADS CAROLINA, TAILS,
CALIFORNIA".
>> TONI BRAXTON.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS.
>> Ryan: YOU GOT TO GIVE THAT A
LISTEN.
"ONLY LOVE" BY WYNONNA.
>> WE MAY SEE THAT ONE.
PUT SOME STINK ON IT.
I SANG THIS ONE IN MY FIRST
ONLINE AUDITION FOR THE
"AMERICAN IDOL" PRODUCERS.
♪ TAILS, CALIFORNIA
>> I FEEL LIKE IT'S A
FULL-CIRCLE MOMENT.
THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I WILL END
UP CHOOSING, BUT I DON'T KNOW
FOR SURE.
♪
♪ BABY, WHAT DO YOU SAY
WE JUST GET LOST ♪
♪ LEAVE THIS ONE HORSE TOWN
LIKE TWO REBELS
WITHOUT A CAUSE ♪
♪ I'VE GOT PEOPLE IN BOSTON
AIN'T YOUR DADDY
STILL IN DES MOINES ♪
♪ WE CAN PACK UP TOMORROW
TONIGHT, LET'S FLIP A COIN ♪
♪ HEADS CAROLINA
TAILS CALIFORNIA ♪
♪ SOMEWHERE GREENER
SOMEWHERE WARMER ♪
♪ UP IN THE MOUNTAINS
DOWN BY THE OCEAN ♪
♪ WHERE IT DON'T MATTER
LONG AS WE'RE GOIN' ♪
♪ SOMEWHERE TOGETHER
I GOT A QUARTER ♪
♪ HEADS CAROLINA
TAILS CALIFORNIA
YEAH, YEAH ♪
♪ WE'RE GONNA GET OUTTA HERE
IF WE GOTTA RIDE
A GREYHOUND BUS ♪
♪ WE'RE BOUND TO OUTRUN
THE BAD LUCK
THAT'S TAILIN' US ♪
♪ HEADS CAROLINA
TAILS CALIFORNIA ♪
♪ SOMEWHERE GREENER
SOMEWHERE WARMER ♪
♪ UP IN THE MOUNTAINS
DOWN BY THE OCEAN ♪
♪ WHERE IT DON'T MATTER
LONG AS WE'RE GOIN' ♪
♪ SOMEWHERE TOGETHER
I GOT A QUARTER ♪
♪ HEADS CAROLINA
TAILS CALIFORNIA ♪
♪ OOH OOH OOH
CALIFORNIA ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: THEY'RE ON THEIR FEET.
A STANDING OVATION.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GOING
FIRST, DID YOU?
>> NO.
I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THAT.
>> Ryan: WE SAW THE LOOK ON YOUR
FACE.
>> OH, BOY.
>> Ryan: ALL RIGHT.
SIZE THEM UP OVER THERE.
WHICH JUDGE DO YOU THINK CHOSE
THAT FOR YOU?
>> LUKE.
>> Ryan: WAS IT YOU, LUKE?
>> Luke: IT WAS NOT ME.
>> WHAT?
>> Ryan: WHY DID YOU THINK IT
WAS LUKE?
>> BECAUSE HE'S YEE HAW.
>> Ryan: THAT PRETTY MUCH SAYS
IT ALL.
WELL, WHO WAS IT?
>> Carrie: I KNOW I DON'T LOOK
YEE HAW, BUT I CAN YEE HAW.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
IT WAS ME!
>> OH, WELL THANK YOU.
>> Carrie: AND I WAS RIGHT.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU GET, LIKE, THE PERFECT VOICE
WITH THE PERFECT SONG, AND
THERE'S JUST MAGIC HAPPENING ALL
ON THAT STAGE.
YOU SOUNDED SO GREAT.
I LOVED THE MODULATION.
YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE HAVING
FUN.
I FEEL LIKE HANNAH'S STARTING TO
COME OUT OF HER SHELL A LITTLE
BIT.
WE WANT A LITTLE MORE OF THAT,
PLEASE.
>> YEAH.
WE CAN DO THAT.
>> Ryan: THERE YOU GO.
>> WELL, THANK YOU.
>> Ryan: GOOD CHOICE.
>> Luke: QUITE POSSIBLY MY
FAVORITE COMPLIMENT OF ALL-TIME.
I'M YEE HAW.
>> A LITTLE CORN BREAD.
>> Luke: INSTEAD OF PEE PAW, I
MIGHT GET MY GRANDKIDS TO CALL
ME YEE HAW.
GOING OVER TO YEE HAW'S HOUSE.
I'M GLAD CARRIE PICKED THAT FOR
YOU.
A LITTLE MORE UP-TEMPO IN YOUR
DEAL AND GREAT SONG CHOICE.
>> THANKS.
>> Ryan: LIONEL.
>> Lionel: WELL, I'M ABOUT --
I'M ABOUT AS FAR AWAY FROM
HEE-HAW AS YOU'RE EVER GOING TO
GET, BUT THE FACT IS -- NO.
I'M TELLING YOU THE THING THAT
MAKES IT SO WONDERFUL IS YOU
STEPPED INTO IT AND YOU MADE IT
YOURS.
I LOVE IT.
YOU DID GREAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Ryan: YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF HAW
IN YOU, LIONEL.
COME ON.
WAY TO SET THE TONE TONIGHT.
>> THANKS.
>> Ryan: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF YOU LOVE HANNAH, VOTE FOR OUR
ONLINE OR VIA TEXT.
YOU CAN ALSO LEAVE A COMMENT
WITH HER NAME ON THE "AMERICAN
IDOL" SOCIAL ACCOUNTS ON
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TIKTOK.
VOTING CLOSES DURING THE FINAL
COMMERCIAL BREAK.
HANNAH HARPER, AMERICA.
THANK YOU, HANNAH.
SEE YOU LATER.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
WELL, CARRIE TAKES AN EARLY LEAD
IN THE ACTION HERE.
WE'LL FIND OUT WHICH JUDGE TAKES
THE NEXT POINT WHEN JORDAN
McCULLOUGH TAKES THE STAGE LIVE
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
IT IS "IDOL" IN HOLLYWOOD.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
♪ WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE
ABILITY ♪
♪ MILKMAN, PAPER BOY, EVENING
TV ♪
♪ THEN I GET LIVING HERE,
SOMEBODY TELL ME PLEASE ♪
♪ THIS WHOLE WORLD CONFUSING
ME ♪
♪ EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, THERE'S A
HEART ♪
♪ A HAND TO HOLD ONTO
♪ EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, EVERY YOU
LOOK ♪
♪ EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: "FULL HOUSE."
THINGS ARE GOING TO BE OKAY.
"IDOL" IS LIVE WITH OUR SONG
CONTEST.
KEEP SENDING IN THOSE VOTES FOR
ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE.
I'M HERE WITH ONE OF AMERICA'S
FAVORITE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS.
IT'S ANDREA BARBER FROM "FULL
HOUSE," KIMMY GIBBLER.
YOU WERE SINGING THAT SONG OUT
LOUD.
>> THAT SONG INVOKES SO MANY
MEMORIES AND EMOTIONS FOR ME.
I FEEL LIKE I WANT A BIG HUG AND
A LIFE LESSON IN A KITCHEN RIGHT
NOW.
>> Ryan: HERE'S A HUG FOR ALL
THE MEMORIES.
LET'S SHOW PEOPLE HOW IT'S DONE.
YOU'RE GOING TO TEXT YOUR VOTES
TO 21523.
OH, IS THAT CALL WAITING?
IS THERE A CALL ON THE OTHER
LINE?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
SO GREAT TO CELEBRATE THE '90s.
>> I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE AND
LISTEN TO THESE WONDERFUL
CONTESTANTS.
I'M NERVOUS FOR THEM AND SO
HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> Ryan: A LOT OF SHOW TO COME.
OUR NEXT JUDGE PICK COMING FROM
JORDAN.
HERE IT IS.
>> ON THAT MOUNTAIN, VINCE GILL.
>> WOW.
NOW THAT'S A SONG.
>> Ryan: "I SWEAR," JOHN MICHAEL
MONTGOMERY.
>> YOU CAN SING A LITTLE BIT OF
IT.
>> Ryan: NO.
>> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO
RESEARCH.
>> Ryan: "ALWAYS BE MY BABY,"
MARIAH CAREY.
>> MARIAH CAREY?
WHAT THEY WANT ME TO DO WITH
THAT?
>> Ryan: SING.
>> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO FIND
MYSELF SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
MARIAH CAREY.
THEY WANT ME TO DO SOME DOGGONE
MARIAH CAREY.
I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN THEN, HUH?
♪
♪ DO DO DOOP DUM
DO DO DOOP DO DOOP
DA DUM ♪
♪ DO DO DOOP DUM
DO DO DOOP DO DOOP
DA DUM ♪
♪ WE WERE AS ONE, BABE
FOR A MOMENT IN TIME ♪
♪ AND IT SEEMED EVERLASTING
THAT YOU WOULD
ALWAYS BE MINE ♪
♪ NOW YOU WANT TO BE FREE
SO I'LL LET YOU FLY ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I KNOW IN
MY HEART, BABE ♪
♪ OUR LOVE WILL
NEVER DIE, NO ♪
♪ YOU'LL ALWAYS BE
A PART OF ME ♪
♪ I'M PART OF YOU
INDEFINITELY ♪
♪ BOY DON'T YOU KNOW
YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME ♪
♪ OOH DARLING, 'CAUSE YOU'LL
ALWAYS BE MY BABY ♪
♪ I KNOW THAT
YOU'LL BE BACK, BOY ♪
♪ YOU'LL BE RIGHT BACK, YEAH
♪ WHEN YOUR DAYS AND
YOUR NIGHTS GET
A LITTLE BIT COLDER ♪
♪ OH
I KNOW THAT OH
YOU'LL BE RIGHT BACK, BABY ♪
♪ BABY, BELIEVE ME
IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
TIME ♪
♪ OH
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE
A PART OF ME ♪
♪ I'M PART OF YOU
INDEFINITELY ♪
♪ BOY, DON'T YOU KNOW
YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME ♪
♪ OOH, DARLING 'CAUSE YOU'LL
ALWAYS BE MY
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY BABY ♪
♪ YEAH
♪ YOU AND I, YOU AND I
♪ BABY YOU AND I WILL
ALWAYS BE ♪
♪ YOU AND I
YOU AND I ♪
♪ YOU AND I WILL
ALWAYS BE
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY BABY ♪
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: I'M SO HAPPY YOU DID
THAT SONG TO MARIAH.
THAT WAS AMAZING.
THAT LOOK ON YOUR FACE WHEN YOU
FOUND OUT ABOUT M.C.
YOU KNOW, MARIAH A FEW YEARS
BEFORE LUKE WAS IN THAT CHAIR,
MARIAH CAREY WAS RIGHT THERE
BEHIND THE DESK IN THAT VERY
CHAIR.
>> YEAH.
>> Ryan: WHICH JUDGE DO YOU
THINK CHOSE THAT FOR YOU?
>> YOU KNOW, CARRIE'S A GIRL'S
GIRL AND I THINK CARRIE CHOSE
THIS SONG.
WHAT?
WOW.
>> Ryan: WHO WAS IT?
>> Lionel: WELL, YEAH.
YEAH.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
ALL RIGHT.
SO -- SO I KNEW IT.
I KNEW IT IN MY BONES.
I FELT IT IN MY BONES.
I SAID, WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST
LEFT OF CENTER?
NO ONE WILL EVER SEE IT COMING,
AND THEN I SAID, WHO CAN SING
THIS?
YOU, OF COURSE.
YOU DID -- MASTERFUL.
MASTERFUL JOB OF TAKING IT AND
TURNING IT INTO YOUR SONG.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Lionel: I LOVED IT.
LOVED IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Carrie: I MEAN -- LIONEL, YOU
WERE RIGHT.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
>> Ryan: GREAT CHOICE.
>> Carrie: WE WERE WRONG, YOU
WERE RIGHT, AND YOU WERE RIGHT
FOR PICKING IT.
IT'S SUCH A HAPPY SONG.
YOU HAVE -- I MEAN, ALL THE
TOOLS IN YOUR TOOLBOX, AND YOU
USED THEM SO WELL, AND YOU --
YOU CAN'T COPY MARIAH ON THAT
SONG.
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>> Carrie: FOR SO MANY REASONS,
BUT YOU DEFINITELY TOOK IT AND
DID YOUR THING WITH IT, AND
PICKED DIFFERENT NOTES AND
DIFFERENT RUNS, AND AT THE END,
WE WERE ALL, LIKE, HELLO.
HELLO.
SO IT WAS A GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU, CARRIE.
THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: LUKE BRYAN.
>> Luke: ALL RIGHT.
I'M 0-2.
I'M STARTING TO DOUBT MYSELF FOR
USING CHATGPT.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE SUCH A
CHURCH GUY, I DID GO WITH "GO
REST ON THAT MOUNTAIN," BUT
THINK -- LISTEN.
VERY SMART SONG CHOICE.
STEP OUTSIDE YOUR COMFORT ZONE,
TOTALLY THE RIGHT MOVE FOR YOU.
GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> Ryan: DID YOU ENJOY THE RIDE
OF SINGING THAT?
>> IT WAS SO MUCH A RIDE.
>> Ryan: GET WRYOUR VOTES IN FO
JORDAN RIGHT NOW ACROSS OUR
SOCIALS ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM,
AND TIKTOK.
YOU CAN ALSO VOTE ONLINE OR VIA
TEXT MESSAGE AND DATA RATES MAY
APPLY.
JORDAN McCULLOUGH, ONE MORE
TIME.
WHOO!
YOU DID IT.
DONE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
NICE, MAN.
NICE.
MORE ACTION COMING AT YOU LIKE
TWO BIG SONG PICKS FROM DANIEL
STALLWORTH AND LUCAS LEON.
"IDOL'S" JUDGES SONG CONTEST IS
LIVE RIGHT AFTER THIS.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
>> Ryan: THERE IT IS.
THE THEME FOR "BOY MEETS WORLD."
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US LIVE ON
ABC AND DISNEY+!
A BIG WELCOME BACK TO THE
LOVABLE TOPANGA AND HOST OF THE
"AMERICAN IDOL OFFICIAL
PODCAST."
>> I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AND
SAID NEED TO EAT.
>> Ryan: KEEP LOVING THE SHOW.
UP NEXT IT'S DANIEL STALLWORTH.
CAN WE TALK, KEVIN CAMPBELL.
>> WOW.
"I WANT YOU BACK NSYNC.
OR "IT SAINT OVER TILL IT'S
OVER," LENNY KRAVITZ.
DO YOU KNOW THEM ALL?
I KNOW THE FIRST TWO.
IF IT'S A SONG THAT MAY BE A
LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR ME, I'M
GOING TO TRY TO TACKLE IT.
>> LEARN THE LENNY KRAVITZ SONG.
I'M HEARING IT IN MY HEAD.
>> I THINK YOU SHOULD SING IT
WITH ME.
>> Ryan: I'M GOING TO STAND NEXT
TO YOU AT THE END.
♪ SO MANY TEARS I'VE CRIED
SO MUCH PAIN INSIDE ♪
♪ BUT BABY, IT AIN'T OVER
'TIL IT'S OVER ♪
♪ HERE WE ARE
STILL TOGETHER
WE ARE ONE ♪
♪ SO MUCH TIME WASTED
PLAYING GAMES WITH LOVE ♪
♪ SO MANY TEARS I'VE CRIED
SO MUCH PAIN INSIDE ♪
♪ BUT BABY, IT AIN'T OVER
'TIL IT'S OVER ♪
♪ SO MANY YEARS WE'VE TRIED
TO KEEP OUR LOVE ALIVE ♪
♪ BUT BABY, IT AIN'T OVER
'TIL IT'S OVER ♪
♪ HOW MANY TIMES
DID WE GIVE UP ♪
♪ BUT WE ALWAYS
WORKED THINGS OUT ♪
♪ YES WE DID
♪ AND ALL MY DOUBTS AND FEAR
KEPT ME WONDERING, YEAH ♪
♪ IF I'D ALWAYS
ALWAYS BE IN LOVE ♪
♪ SO MANY TEARS I'VE CRIED
SO MUCH PAIN INSIDE ♪
♪ BUT BABY, IT AIN'T OVER
'TIL IT'S OVER ♪
♪ SO MANY YEARS WE'VE TRIED
TO KEEP OUR LOVE ALIVE ♪
♪ BUT BABY, IT AIN'T OVER
'TIL IT'S OVER, OOH ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: LENNY KRAVITZ.
>> YES, SIR.
>> Ryan: ONE OF THE GREATS,
INCREDIBLE BODY OF WORK.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Ryan: SMOOTH UP THERE.
SMOOTH AS YOU APPROACH THE DESK
JUST LIKE LENNY WOULD DO IT.
>> YES, SIR, YES, SIR.
>> Ryan: ALL RIGHT.
WHO DO WE THINK IT WAS?
>> I HAVE TO GIVE THAT ONE TO
LIONEL, BECAUSE HE'S REAL
SMOOTH.
I FEEL HE PICKED THAT.
>> Ryan: SO THE OTHERS AREN'T SO
SMOOTH?
>> THEY'RE SMOOTH.
>> Ryan: GRANDDADDY SMOOTH.
>> I'M SMOOTH BUT I'M NOT THE
ONE.
I DIDN'T DO IT.
>> Ryan: IS IT THE LEAST SMOOTH
OF THE SMOOTH?
>> IT'S ALL UNCLE YEEHAW.
WHOO!
>> LUKE!
LUKE!
>> LET ME PUT THIS CHEST BACK
UP.
>> Ryan: I'M CURIOUS, WHEN
PEOPLE CHEER, WHY DO YOU
UNBUTTON YOUR SHIRT?
IT'S SO ODD TO ME.
>> Luke: TICKET SALES, RYAN.
TICKET SALES.
>> Ryan: WHATEVER WORKS.
>> Luke: MAN, LISTEN.
I'M LOVING TONIGHT BECAUSE YOU
GUYS ARE STEPPING OUTSIDE YOUR
NORMAL THING.
THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T REALLY
KNOW THAT SONG AND DELIVERED IT
THAT WAY WAS --
>> THANK YOU.
>> Luke: -- ONE OF YOUR -- I
LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT YOU JUST
THEN.
YOU WERE LIKE -- YOU ELEVATED TO
A DIFFERENT KIND OF PERSON WITH
THAT PERFORMANCE.
GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Carrie: I REALLY WANTED YOU
TO SING "CAN WE TALK."
I WANTED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE ON
THAT, BUT I LOVE THAT YOU DID
STEP OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE NORM
MIGHT BE FOR YOU, AND YOU'RE
LIKE, I DON'T REALLY KNOW THIS
SONG.
LET'S GET TO KNOW IT.
AND YOU REALLY DID YOUR OWN
THING WITH IT, SO I REALLY
RESPECT THAT SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> Lionel: YOU KNOW WHAT YOU
CAN'T TEACH -- YOU CAN'T TEACH
VIBE.
YOU'VE GOT A VIBE.
AND WHEN YOU GRAB THE MIC, YOU
TURN IT INTO WHO YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE, AND THEN YOU NARRATE IT
TO THE POINT WHERE, AT ONE
POINT, I FORGOT, IS THAT LENNY
OR IS THAT YOU?
YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Lionel: YOU DID A GREAT,
GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Ryan: AT WHAT POINT IN THE
WEEK DID YOU REALIZE, I'VE GOT
THIS SONG, I KNOW IT.
>> I THINK BEING COOL IS MY
VIBE, SO I CAN ROCK WITH THAT.
>> Luke: AND THERE YOU GO.
>> Ryan: IF YOU LOVE DANIEL,
VOTE FOR HIM ONLINE OR VIA TEXT.
YOU CAN ALSO LEAVE A COMMENT
WITH HIS NAME ON THE
@AMERICANIDOL SOCIAL ACCOUNTS ON
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND TIK TOK.
VOTING CLOSES DURING THE FINAL
COMMERCIAL BREAK.
ONE MORE TIME FOR DANIEL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Ryan: ALL RIGHT.
THE SONGS FROM ALL YOUR
FINALISTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO
STREAM TOMORROW MORNING WHEREVER
YOU GET YOUR MUSIC.
BE SURE TO SUPPORT YOUR
FAVORITES.
LET'S SEE IF LUCAS LEON'S CHOICE
WILL SHAKE THINGS UP WITH THE
JUDGES SONG CONTEST.
HERE WE GO.
LET'S SEE WHAT THEY'VE GOT FOR
YOU.
"IT'S YOUR LOVE," TIM McGRAW AND
FAITH HILL.
"SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COWBOY" TOBY
KEITH.
"AIN'T THAT LONELY YET," DWIGHT
YOAKAM.
WHAT ARE YOU LEANING TOWARD?
>> MAYBE TOBY KEITH.
>> Ryan: I THINK YOU'RE FIRED UP
FOR THAT ONE.
GOOD LUCK.
♪
♪ DANCIN' IN THE DARK
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ♪
♪ TAKIN' YOUR HEART
AND HOLDIN' IT TIGHT ♪
♪ EMOTIONAL TOUCH OH
TOUCHIN' MY SKIN ♪
♪ AND ASKIN' YOU TO DO
WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOIN'
ALL OVER AGAIN ♪
♪ OH IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING
DON'T THINK I CAN
KEEP IT ALL IN ♪
♪ I JUST GOTTA LET YOU KNOW
WHAT IT IS THAT
WON'T LET ME GO ♪
♪ IT'S YOUR LOVE
IT JUST DOES SOMETHIN'
TO ME ♪
♪ IT SENDS A SHOCK
RIGHT THROUGH ME
I CAN'T GET ENOUGH ♪
♪ AND IF YOU WONDER
ABOUT THE SPELL I'M UNDER
OH IT'S YOUR LOVE ♪
♪ AND IF YOU ASK ME WHY I CHANGE
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS SAY YOUR
SWEET NAME ♪
♪ IT'S YOUR LOVE
♪ IT JUST DOES SOMETHING TO ME
♪ IT SENDS A SHOCK
RIGHT THROUGH ME
I CAN'T GET ENOUGH ♪
♪ AND IF YOU WONDER
ABOUT THE SPELL I'M UNDER
OH IT'S YOUR LOVE ♪
♪ OH IT'S YOUR LOVE
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: LUCAS LEON, AMERICA.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, BUDDY.
YES, RELIVING THE '90s FOR YOU,
LUCAS.
>> I WASN'T THERE BUT --
>> Ryan: WHEN WERE YOU BORN,
LUCAS?
>> '07.
>> Luke: HE ALMOST MISSED THE
2000s, TOO.
>> Ryan: WHO DO YOU THINK CHOSE
THAT FOR YOU?
>> I HAVE A HUNCH THAT IT WAS
LIONEL FOR SOME REASON.
>> Ryan: IS HIS HUNCH RIGHT, MR.
RICHIE?
>> OH, YEAH, I DID IT.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Luke: YOU KNOW, I WAS -- I
WAS DOING JUST FINE, I WAS A
CHAMPION BEHIND YOU, AND THEN
YOU SAID YOU MISSED THE '90s.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU MISS THE
'90s?
>> Ryan: HE WAS NOT BORN YET.
>> Luke: HE WAS NOT EVEN IN THE
PICTURE.
OKAY, SO LET ME TELL WHAT YOU IS
IN THE PICTURE.
YOUR VOICE WITH THAT SONG
RESONATED TO THE POINT OF
BELIEVABILITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Lionel: I LOVE WHAT YOU DID.
>> Ryan: GOOD CHOICE, LIONEL.
>> Carrie: I'M VERY GLAD IT GOES
TO LIONEL BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT
THE BUTTON POPPING AGAIN.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WOULD BE
TWO THE NEXT TIME, I WASN'T
SURE.
I'M GOING TO SAY I HAD A HARD
TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
TO PICK FOR YOU, AND YOU
SURPRISED ME ON THAT SONG WHEN I
FIRST THOUGHT "IT'S YOUR LOVE,"
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT FOR HIM.
YOU SURPRISED ME ON IT, AND IT
FELT BELIEVABLE.
IT FELT GENUINE.
I LIKED YOUR VOICE.
>> Luke: I'LL EASE UP ON THE
BUTTONS.
>> Carrie: OKAY.
>> Ryan: A NATION IS GRATEFUL.
>> Luke: YOU KNOW, LUCAS, I'M SO
GLAD YOU PICKED THAT.
THE LAST TWO TIMES WE'VE SEEN
YOU PERFORM, YOU'VE REALLY EVEN
GROWN INTO, LIKE, A MORE
ARTISTIC MIND-SET WHERE YOU'RE
IN THIS ROOM.
YOU'RE WORKING THE ROOM AND IT'S
REALLY WORKING FOR YOU.
GREAT SONG CHOICE.
GLAD YOU PICKED IT.
>> Ryan: HOW DID YOU FEEL
SINGING IT?
>> I LOVED IT.
GOOD SONG.
>> Ryan: IF YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR
LUCAS YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OR VIA TEXT.
YOU CAN VOTE UP TO TEN TIMES PER
FINALIST PER PLATFORM.
YOU CAN ALSO VOTE AND FIND ALL
THE VOTING DETAILS AT
AMERICANIDOL.COM.
LUCAS LEON, AMERICA!
THANKS, BUDDY.
ALL RIGHT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, ANOTHER HUGE
'90s CHART TOPPER IS ON THE WAY.
THIS TIME FROM CHRIS TUNGSETH.
"IDOL'S" BACK LIVE RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
HANG TIGHT.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
>>> WHERE'S MY THEME MUSIC?
♪ YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE IT UP
♪ HE'S GOT IT GOING ON
♪ YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE IT UP
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: I MEAN, YOU'RE LIVE ON
"AMERICAN IDOL."
MARK CURRY, HOLLY ROBINSON PEETE
FROM "HANGIN' WITH MR. COOPER."
YOU WERE NOT A COACH, BUT YOU
PLAYED ONE ON TV.
>> YES, SIR.
>> Ryan: SO WHAT DO THE
FINALISTS NEED TO DO TONIGHT TO
GET IN THE ZONE?
>> WELL, IT'S THE FINALS.
IT'S THE FINALS.
STICK TO THE GAME PLAN.
YOU KNOW THE GAME PLAN.
PLAY HARD.
PLAY DEFENSE.
PLAY EVERYTHING.
LET'S GO.
IT'S "AMERICAN IDOL."
>> Ryan: I THINK HE MISSES THE
SHOW.
>> I THINK HE DOES.
IT'S TIME FOR A REBOOT, RYAN.
>> Ryan: DOES HE STILL HAVE IT?
DOES HE STILL GOT IT?
>> MY MARK STILL HAS IT.
>> Ryan: NICE SHOT THERE TOO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Ryan: I GOT TO PRACTICE A
LITTLE BIT.
>> I THINK YOU GOT THE SHOT.
>> Ryan: NO.
I NEED THE HEIGHT.
>> NO, YOU DON'T.
>> Ryan: TRUST ME.
YES, I DO.
HERE'S WHAT CHRIS TUNGSETH DID.
TAKE A LOOK.
♪
"SHE TALKS TO ANGELS," THE BLACK
CROWS.
>> NEVER HEARD OF HER.
>> Ryan: OKAY.
"KISS FROM A ROSE," SEAL.
YOU KNOW THAT.
>> I DON'T THINK I DO.
>> Ryan: AND "I'LL BE," EDWIN
McCAIN.
>> OH MY GOSH.
"I'LL BE."
I LISTENED TO IT A MILLION
TIMES, AND IT'S USUALLY ME
SINGING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS
IN THE CAR.
OH, THAT'S GOOD.
>> Ryan: I KNOW THE NEXT VERSE
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO HELP OUT.
>> WHY NOT?
SING WITH ME.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
♪ THE STRANDS IN YOUR EYES
THAT COLOR THEM WONDERFUL ♪
♪ STOP ME AND
STEAL MY BREATH ♪
♪ AND EMERALDS
FROM MOUNTAINS THAT
THRUST TOWARDS THE SKY ♪
♪ NEVER REVEALING
THEIR DEPTH ♪
♪ AND TELL ME THAT
WE BELONG TOGETHER ♪
♪ DRESS IT UP WITH
THE TRAPPINGS OF LOVE ♪
♪ I'LL BE CAPTIVATED
I'LL HANG FROM YOUR LIPS ♪
♪ INSTEAD OF THE GALLOWS
OF HEARTACHE
THAT HANG FROM ABOVE ♪
♪ AND I'LL BE YOUR CRYIN'
SHOULDER
I'LL BE LOVE'S SUICIDE ♪
♪ AND I'LL BE BETTER
WHEN I'M OLDER ♪
♪ I'LL BE THE GREATEST FAN
OF YOUR LIFE ♪
>> COME ON.
♪ AND I'VE DROPPED OUT
I'VE BURNED UP ♪
♪ I'VE FOUGHT MY WAY BACK
FROM THE DEAD ♪
♪ AND I TUNED IN, TURNING ON,
REMEMBER THE THINGS THAT YOU
SAID ♪
♪
♪ AND I'LL BE BETTER
WHEN I'M OLDER ♪
♪ I'LL BE THE GREATEST FAN
OF YOUR LIFE ♪
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: GREAT SONG.
HOW YOU DOING, BUDDY?
>> GOOD.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> Ryan: I'M GREAT.
THANKS FOR ASKING.
SO YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING HOW
THIS IS GOING TONIGHT.
>> YEAH.
>> Ryan: WHO DO YOU THINK CHOSE
THAT ONE FOR YOU?
>> I THINK IT'S CARRIE.
>> Ryan: CARRIE?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Carrie: I -- I MEAN, I
REALLY, LIKE, PORED OVER ALL OF
THESE CHOICES.
I PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO EACH
ONE, AND I COULD JUST HEAR YOUR
VOICE ON THAT ONE.
IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME.
I'M GOING TO BE SUPER HONEST.
I FELT LIKE THERE WERE SOME
REALLY MAGICAL MOMENTS IN THERE,
AND I FELT LIKE THERE WERE A
FEW, LIKE, NOT SO GREAT MOMENTS.
I REALLY WANT TO GO BACK AND
LISTEN TO THIS ON TV.
YEAH, GO AHEAD.
BUT IT'S, LIKE -- I MEAN, THE
MAGICAL ONES WERE MAGICAL, AND I
DO FEEL LIKE THAT WAS THE RIGHT
SONG CHOICE FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Luke: YEAH.
I MEAN, GREAT JOB.
A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACK
PHRASING OF YOUR VERBRATO MAYBE
GOT BEHIND A LITTLE BIT, BUT
OTHER THAN THAT, THE SOLO OF
YOUR VOICE IS SO GOOD AND SO
YOU, AND IT IS AUTHENTICALLY
YOU, BUT GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: LIONEL?
>> Lionel: WELL, I MEAN -- I
MEAN, IF I WERE YOU, I WOULD
HAVE PICKED MY SONG, BUT IT'S
OKAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO USE THAT AS A
THING AGAINST YOU.
IT'S JUST THAT YOU HAVE AN
IDENTIFIABLE VOICE.
NOW, WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WITH IT
IS EXPERIMENT WITH IT MORE.
DON'T BE SAFE.
I KNOW IT FEELS GOOD TO BE SAFE,
BUT DON'T BE SAFE.
IF YOU GET PAST THIS.
>> YES, SIR.
♪
>> Ryan: HE WANTS TO BE SAFE
TONIGHT.
SO VOTE FOR CHRIS AND ALL YOUR
FAVORITES.
HEAD TO OUR PINNED VOTING POST
ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND
TIKTOK TO LET YOUR VOICE BE
HEARD.
IT'S ONE NAME PER COMMENT, PER
VOTE, AND YOU CAN VOTE UP TO TEN
TIMES ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS AND
VOTING METHODS.
CHRIS TUNGSETH, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU, CHRIS.
GOOD LUCK TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: THE COMPETITION BETWEEN
THE JUDGES IS HEATING UP.
WITH THE NEXT SONGS FROM PHILMON
LEE AND KYNDAL CHANGE IT ALL?
WE'RE BACK LIVE TO FIND OUT
RIGHT AFTER THIS ON "IDOL."
HANG TIGHT.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
♪ ALWAYS LOST, BUT COULD BE THE
FUTURE ♪
♪ COULD YOU PAY THE COST
♪ WILL IT EVER BE THE SECOND
TIME AROUND ♪
♪
♪ STEP BY STEP, DAY BY DAY
♪ FRESH START OVER, DIFFERENT
PLACE ♪
♪ TIME WILL TELL, BUT YOU KNOW
WHAT THEY SAY ♪
♪ WE'LL BE BETTER THE SECOND
TIME AROUND ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: "STEP BY STEP."
CARRIE'S SINGING ALONG THO THAT
ONE THERE.
WELCOME BACK TO THE JUDGES
CONTEST.
CARRIE AND LIONEL MAY BE
COMPETING TONIGHT, BUT YOU CAN
CHECK OUT THEIR MOST RECENT
COLLABORATION WHEN LIONEL TAKES
THE WHEEL AS A GUEST DEEJAY THIS
MONTH, RIGHT?
ON CARRIE'S SIRIUS XM
CHANNEL, "CARRIE'S COUNTRY."
HOW IS HE AS A DEEJAY?
>> Carrie: JUST AS GOOD AS HE IS
IN EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE.
>> Lionel: YOU'VE HEARD OF D.J.
LIONEL.
>> Ryan: ON ONES, TWOS, AND
THREES.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
COMPETITION RIGHT NOW.
HOW IS IT SHAPING UP?
LOOKS LIKE, WELL, THINGS ARE
GOING ALL RIGHT FOR CARRIE AND
LIONEL.
LUKE, IT'S CLOSE.
YOU GOT SOME CATCHING UP TO DO.
IT'S ALL RIGHT, LUKE.
A LOT OF SHOW TO COME.
A LOT OF BUTTONS TO PERHAPS POP.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Luke: THEY'RE TUCKED IN.
>> Ryan: WILL PHILMON LEE COME
THROUGH?
TAKE A LOOK.
PHILMON, LET'S RUN THEM
DOWN "SAY IT AIN'T SO" BY
WEEZER, "I BELIEVE," BLESSID
UNION OF SOULS AND "HARD TO
HANDLE" BY THE THE BLACK CROWES.
>> I KNOW THAT ONE.
HOW DOES IT GO?
♪
OKAY.
>> Ryan: THANKS FOR MAKING MY
DAY.
THAT WAS A FUN DUET.
>> YOU GOT A GOOD VOICE, MAN.
♪
♪ BABY HERE I AM
I'M THE MAN ON THE SCENE ♪
♪ I CAN GIVE YOU
WHAT YOU WANT ♪
♪ BUT YOU GOTTA
COME HOME WITH ME ♪
♪ I'VE GOT SOME
GOOD OLD LOVIN' ♪
♪ AND I GOT SOME
MORE IN STORE ♪
♪ WHEN I GET THROUGH
THROWIN' IT ON YOU ♪
♪ YOU GOT TO COME BACK
FOR MORE ♪
♪ BOYS AND THINGS THAT
COME BY THE DOZEN ♪
♪ THAT AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT
DRUGSTORE LOVIN' ♪
♪ HEY LITTLE THING
LET ME LIGHT YOUR CANDLE ♪
♪ 'CAUSE MAMA I'M
SO HARD TO HANDLE NOW
YES SIR I'M ♪
♪ ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER
THAN WORDS ♪
♪ AND I'M A MAN
OF GREAT EXPERIENCE ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU GOT ANOTHER MAN
BUT I CAN LOVE YOU
BETTER THAN HIM ♪
♪ TAKE MY HAND
DON'T BE AFRAID ♪
♪ I'M GONNA PROVE
EVERY WORD I SAY ♪
♪ I'M ADVERTISING
LOVE FOR FREE ♪
♪ SO YOU CAN PLACE
YOUR AD WITH ME ♪
♪ BOYS WILL COME ALONG
A DIME BY THE DOZEN ♪
♪ THAT AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT
TEN CENT LOVIN' ♪
♪ HEY LITTLE THING
LET ME LIGHT YOUR CANDLE ♪
♪ 'CAUSE MAMA I'M
SO HARD TO HANDLE NOW
YES SIR I'M ♪
♪ YEAH YEAH
OH BABY ♪
♪ GOOD LOVIN'
REAL GOOD LOVIN'
COME ON, COME ON ♪
♪ BOYS WILL COME ALONG
A DIME BY THE DOZEN ♪
♪ THAT AIN'T NOTHING BUT
TEN CENT LOVIN' ♪
♪ HEY LITTLE BABE
LET ME LIGHT YOUR CANDLE ♪
♪ 'CAUSE MAMA I'M
SO HARD TO HANDLE NOW ♪
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: THERE YOU GO.
RIGHT ON.
NICE WORK.
I REMEMBER THAT SONG GROWING UP,
DRIVING AROUND GEORGIA WITH THE
PULLOUT STEREO.
REMEMBER, YOU HAVE TO PULL OUT
YOUR STEREO SO NO ONE WOULD
STEAL IT?
GREAT ONE.
HOW DID YOU FEEL?
>> MAN, I'M ON LEVEL 10 RIGHT
NOW.
I CAN FEEL THE FIREWORKS.
>> Ryan: YOU'RE BUZZING.
YOU'RE SAFE AND I CAN FEEL IT.
WELL, WHICH OF THE THREE DO YOU
THINK CHOSE THAT FOR YOU?
>> CARRIE.
>> Ryan: WAS IT YOU, CARRIE?
>> NO WAY.
>> Ryan: OH, BOY.
IT WAS LUKE, WASN'T IT?
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Luke: WHOO HOO!
WHAT WAS FUNNY THOUGH IS WHEN
YOU STARTED WITH THE DIFFERENT
ARRANGEMENT, I WAS, LIKE, HE
DIDN'T PICK MY SONG BECAUSE IT
DIDN'T SOUND LIKE "HARD TO
HANDLE" RIGHT OFF THE BAT, BUT I
LOVE THE WAY YOU WENT WITH THAT,
AND I LOVE THE WAY --
>> Lionel: GREAT ARRANGEMENT,
GUYS.
>> Luke: YOU KIND OF, LIKE,
RIGHT AT THE RIGHT MOMENT, YOU
WENT TO THE ORIGINAL VERSION AND
CARRIE STARTED, LIKE, LEVITATING
OUT OF HER CHAIR FROM THE
ENERGY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Luke: MAN, YOU'RE A GREAT
SINGER.
LEAN IN EVERY TIME.
DO JUST LIKE THAT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> Carrie: WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
YOU, LIKE, EARLIER IN THE DAY,
AND IT WAS, LIKE, OH.
PHILMON HAS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE
VOICE, BUT HE NEEDS A BREAKOUT,
STANDOUT MOMENT.
THIS WAS IT.
>> Ryan: THERE YOU GO.
>> Carrie: THIS WAS IT.
>> THAT WAS IT.
>> Carrie: THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
I'VE NEVER HEARD THE SONG, LIKE,
DONE IN ANY KIND OF ARRANGEMENT
LIKE THAT.
HATS OFF TO THE BAND.
HATS OFF TO YOU.
YES, YES, YES.
>> Lionel: NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN IN
THE BUSINESS 4 N00 YEARS.
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
I HAVE NEVER HEARD AN
ARRANGEMENT LIKE THAT, NUMBER
ONE.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE FACT YOU
GOT ON TOP OF IT.
IT DIDN'T RUN OVER YOU.
YOU HAD IT UNDER CONTROL, MAN.
THAT'S SAYING A LOT FOR YOUR
VOCAL ABILITY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> Ryan: CAN'T ASK FOR MORE ON
THAT.
>> NO, YOU CAN'T.
>> Ryan: VOTE FOR PHILMON ONLINE
BY TEXTING ON THE OFFICIAL
"AMERICAN IDOL" ACCOUNT PAGES ON
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TIKTOK.
AMERICANIDOL.COM HAS ALL THE
VOTING DETAILS.
GO CHECK THEM OUT.
PHILMON LEE, AMERICA.
>> WAY TO DO IT, BUDDY.
>> Ryan: THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
AND WITH THAT, IT IS A THREE-WAY
TIE ON THE BOARD.
ANOTHER PICK RIGHT NOW IS GOING
TO BREAK IT COMING FROM KYNDAL.
HERE WE GO.
THEY'VE COME UP WITH THREE GOOD
SONGS FOR YOU.
"TORN" BY NATALIE --
>> I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT ONE.
>> Ryan: AUSTRALIAN ARTIST.
>> CAN YOU SING ME SOME?
OKAY.
>> Ryan: "YOU'RE STILL THE ONE"
SHANIA TWAIN, AND "IRIS" THE GOO
GOO DOLLS.
>> YEAH.
>> Ryan: THAT ONE?
>> OH, GOO GOO DOLLS ALL THE
WAY.
>> Ryan: THAT'S A GREAT SONG.
>> I LOVE THAT SONG.
I FEEL LIKE CARRIE DEFINITELY
CHOSE GOO GOO DOLLS.
>> Ryan: I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE
GOING TO CHOOSE THAT.
>> I FEEL LIKE I'M PROBABLY
GOING TO CHOOSE GOO GOO DOLLS,
YEAH.
>> Ryan: GET TO WORK.
♪
♪ AND I'D GIVE UP FOREVER
TO TOUCH YOU ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU
FEEL ME SOMEHOW ♪
♪ YOU'RE THE CLOSEST TO
HEAVEN I'LL EVER BE ♪
♪ AND I DON'T WANT TO
GO HOME RIGHT NOW ♪
♪ AND ALL I CAN TASTE
IS THIS MOMENT ♪
♪ AND ALL I CAN BREATHE
IS YOUR LIFE ♪
♪ AND SOONER OR LATER
IT'S OVER ♪
♪ I JUST DON'T WANNA
MISS YOU TONIGHT ♪
♪ AND I DON'T WANT THE WORLD
TO SEE ME ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK
THAT THEY'D UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ WHEN EVERYTHING'S
MADE TO BE BROKEN ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW WHO I AM ♪
♪ OH OH OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH OH OH ♪
♪ OH OH OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH OH OH OH ♪
♪ AND I DON'T WANT THE WORLD
TO SEE ME ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T THINK
THAT THEY'D UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ WHEN EVERYTHING'S
MADE TO BE BROKEN ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW WHO I AM ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW WHO I AM ♪
♪ I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW WHO I AM ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: A SIGH, A RELEASE OF
OXYGEN AT THE OECHBEND OF THAT
YOU.
>> MY NAILS FELL OFF.
IT'S A WHOLE THING.
>> Ryan: YOU THOUGHT IT WAS
CARRIE.
>> YES.
I THOUGHT IT WAS CARRIE.
>> Ryan: STILL THINK IT'S
CARRIE?
>> KIND OF.
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK YOU MAYBE ACTUALLY
DID "TORN."
YEAH.
>> Ryan: SO WHO WAS IT?
>> WAIT.
LUKE, DID YOU DO IT?
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A
PLOT TWIST FOR ME.
>> Luke: I DID NOT.
>> OKAY.
>> Ryan: HERE HE COMES.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Lionel: WELL, WELL, I CAN
SEE -- I CAN SEE WHY YOU WOULD
GO TO CARRIE.
THAT MAKES SENSE, BUT I
ENVISIONED YOU COMING OUT WITH
NO SHOES ON.
I CAME OUT ENVISIONING YOU WITH
THIS OTHER KIND OF ENERGY, AND I
SAID, WHAT WOULD BE IDEAL FOR
HER?
AND THE WORD CAME OUT, GOO GOO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
NO.
IT JUST -- IT FITS YOU
PERFECTLY.
FITS YOU PERFECTLY.
>> THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Carrie: I FEEL LIKE THAT -- I
MEAN, THAT SONG HAS REALLY STOOD
THE TEST OF TIME, AND I FEEL
LIKE WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF THAT
SONG OVER THE PAST, LIKE, FEW
YEARS, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THE
THING THAT YOU DO WITH IT IS YOU
REALLY DO -- WE KNOW YOU'RE
GOING TO MAKE IT FRESH.
YOU'RE GOING TO -- YOU'RE GOING
TO MAKE IT YOUR OWN.
YOU'RE GOING TO REARRANGE IT AND
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID, AND
IT FITS YOU JUST AS MUCH AS IT
FITS THEM.
>> Ryan: YEAH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> Luke: I MEAN, I WAS IN A TIE
WITH THEM JUST BRIEFLY, AND NOW
IT'S OVER, BUT YEAH.
GREAT.
YOU'RE SO ARTISTIC IN YOUR
APPROACH AND LIKE CARRIE SAID, I
MEAN, THAT SONG IS A.
>> Reporter: VERY RECOGNIZABLE
SONG.
YOU KNEW RIGHT OFF THE BAT IT
WAS THE ONE YOU WANTED.
YOU DIDN'T EVEN TOY WITH THE
OTHER SONGS.
SO THAT WAS -- THAT'S A GOOD
THING TO SEE YOU BE THAT
CONFIDENT IN SOMETHING.
SO GREAT JOB.
>> THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: YOU ALSO ALWAYS SEEM SO
COMFORTABLE, SO COMFORTABLE ON
THE STAGE AND RELAXED.
>> I SEEM COMFORTABLE?
>> Ryan: YOU DO.
>> GOODNESS.
SOMETIMES -- YEAH.
YES.
WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THAT.
>> Ryan: MAYBE IT'S THE LACK OF
FOOTWEAR.
I DON'T KNOW.
KYNDAL NEEDS YOUR VOTES TO
SURVIVE INTO NEXT WEEK.
YOU CAN VOTE ONLINE OR THROUGH
OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS ON
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TIKTOK.
TEXT VOTING IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO
SUBSCRIBERS OF ALL CARRIERS.
KYNDAL, AMERICA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD JOB.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
OUR '90s JUDGES SONG CONTEST
CONTINUES AFTER THIS WITH A
CHART-TOPPING CHOICE FROM BROOKS
OVER THERE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
I CAN'T WAIT.
MORE "IDOL" LIVE RIGHT AFTER
THIS.
HANG ON.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
>> Ryan: COME ON.
YES.
BACK WITH YOU ON "AMERICAN
IDOL," I'M HERE WITH THE ONE AND
ONLY CAROLINE RHEA, HILDA
FROM "SABRINA THE TEENAGE
WITCH."
IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> YOU'RE, LIKE, THE CALIFORNIA
SPIDER.
YOU'RE SO HARDWORKING.
THERE'S A WEB AND ANOTHER WEB.
IT'S A COMPLIMENT.
>> Ryan: I DIDN'T KNOW SPIDERS
WERE QUITE LIKE THAT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE ACTION
SO FAR TONIGHT?
>> I'M STILL UPSET THAT ADAM
LAMBERT DIDN'T WIN, AND I'VE
NEVER GOT.
O
OVER THAT, BUT I CAN'T GET OVER
HOW TALENTED THESE PEOPLE ARE.
>> Ryan: UNDER THE PRESSURE?
>> THIS ONE STOLE MY HAIR LOOK.
>> Ryan: HANNAH?
>> I'M SORRY, HANNAH.
HANNAH TSTOLE MY LOOK.
NO, I'M VERY IMPRESSED.
IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU.
>> Ryan: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SPIDERS, I GOT IT.
THAT'S THE BIG NEWS.
SEE, I SEE.
NEXT WEEK IT'S THE EPIC RETURN
OF OUR ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF
FAME NIGHT.
WE'VE GOT PAT BENATAR AND NEIL
GIRALDO HERE TO MENTOR THE
FINALISTS, AND LIGHT UP THE
STAGE WITH A PERFORMANCE OF
THEIR OWN, PLUS, WE REVEAL THE
ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF FAME CLASS
OF 2026 LIVE ON "AMERICAN IDOL."
DON'T MISS IT.
NOW GET READY FOR ANOTHER '90s
THROWBACK.
THIS TIME IT'S FROM BROOKS.
HERE YOU GO.
FIRST ONE, BROOKS, "DREAMS" BY
THE CRANBERRIES.
>> OKAY.
>> Ryan: "LOSING MY RELIGION,"
R.E.M.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE.
>> Ryan: "LINGER," THE
CRANBERRIES.
>> I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO
MAKE ME GO OUT OF MY COMFORT
ZONE BECAUSE THEY'RE DEFINITELY
HARD SONGS FOR ME.
>> Luke: WHEN YOU HAVE THIS
UNIQUE VOICE PAIRED WITH THESE
SONGS THAT ARE HAPPEN IN YOUR
LIFE, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY,
REALLY SPECIAL.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHICH SONG I'LL
CHOOSE YET, BUT I HOPE THE
JUDGES ARE SURPRISED.
♪
♪ IF YOU
IF YOU COULD RETURN ♪
♪ DON'T LET IT BURN
DON'T LET IT FADE ♪
♪ I'M SURE I'M NOT
BEING RUDE ♪
♪ BUT IT'S JUST
YOUR ATTITUDE ♪
♪ IT'S TEARING ME APART
IT'S RUINING EVERYTHING ♪
♪ AND I SWORE
I SWORE I WOULD BE TRUE
AND HONEY, SO DID YOU ♪
♪ SO WHY WERE YOU
HOLDING HER HAND ♪
♪ IT'S JUST THE WAY WE STAND
♪ WERE YOU LYING
ALL THE TIME ♪
♪ WAS IT JUST A GAME TO YOU
AND I'M IN SO DEEP ♪
♪ YOU KNOW I'M SUCH A
FOOL FOR YOU ♪
♪ YOU GOT ME WRAPPED
AROUND YOUR FINGER ♪
♪ DO YOU HAVE TO
LET IT LINGER ♪
♪ DO YOU HAVE TO
DO YOU HAVE TO
DO YOU HAVE TO ♪
♪ IF YOU
IF YOU COULD GET BY
TRYING NOT TO LIE ♪
♪ THINGS WOULDN'T
BE SO CONFUSED ♪
♪ AND I WOULDN'T
FEEL SO USED ♪
♪ BUT YOU ALWAYS REALLY KNEW
I JUST WANNA BE WITH YOU
BUT I'M IN SO DEEP ♪
♪ YOU KNOW I'M SUCH A FOOL FOR
YOU ♪
♪ YOU GOT ME WRAPPED
AROUND YOUR FINGER ♪
♪ DO YOU HAVE TO
LET IT LINGER ♪
♪ DO YOU HAVE TO
DO YOU HAVE TO ♪
♪ DO YOU HAVE TO
LET IT LINGER ♪
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: THE
CRANBERRIES, "LINGER."
STEP ON UP HERE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS EVENING?
>> I'M GREAT.
>> Ryan: WHICH JUDGE OVER THERE
DO YOU THINK CHOSE THAT FOR YOU?
>> CARRIE.
>> Ryan: NO, NOT CARRIE.
WHO WAS IT?
IT WAS LIONEL.
LOOK AT LIONEL'S FACE.
WAS IT YOU, LIONEL?
LIONEL, THERE IS ANOTHER SHOW
THAT WILL START EVENTUALLY HERE.
>> Lionel: OH, SORRY.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: I DIDN'T WANT TO RUSH.
>> Lionel: I AM ACTUALLY
SURPRISED BECAUSE I -- I REALLY
WASN'T SURE BECAUSE YOUR VOICE
WAS -- I LUCKED OUT ON THIS ONE
BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU, YOUR
VOICE IS ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE
VOICES THAT -- IT REALLY HAS TO
JUST KIND OF HONE IN ON
SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY
GENUINELY YOU, AND I WASN'T
QUITE SURE OF THIS, BUT I'M SO
HAPPY I WON.
THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: WELL, YOU DIDN'T WIN
YET.
YOU DIDN'T WIN YET.
YOU GOT A POINT THERE.
>> Carrie: HE'S RUNNING AWAY.
HE'S RUNNING AWAY WITH IT HERE.
LET'S BE REALISTIC.
YOU WERE ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH.
I CHOSE "DREAMS" BY THE
CRANBERRIES.
OH, MY PURSE.
OH MY GOSH.
MY TINY PURSE.
>> Ryan: DOES THAT QUALIFY AS A
PURSE?
>> Carrie: I DON'T KNOW.
ALL I HAVE IN IT ARE POST-ITS.
SO ANYWAY.
IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW.
ANYWAY, I LOVED THE BEGINNING OF
THE SONG.
I LOVE IT WHEN IT'S, LIKE, WE
KNOW THE SONGS THAT YOU CAN
CHOOSE FROM AND IT STARTS AND
WE'RE, LIKE, WHAT SONG IS IT FOR
A SECOND?
LOVED THE BEGINNING.
I FELT LIKE THE BACK HALF, YOU
WERE KIND OF UNCOMFORTABLE, AND
I'M NOT SURE AND THAT WAS, LIKE,
BECAUSE I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE TO
REALIZE, YOU -- YOU HAVE NOT
DONE THINGS LIKE THIS AT ALL,
EVER BEFORE.
GET YOUR BRAIN.
SHUT IT DOWN.
JUST DO WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE
YOU'VE GOT IT.
YOUR VOICE IS SO INCREDIBLE.
>> THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: ALL RIGHT, LUKE.
>> Luke: YEAH.
LIKE, I WANT YOU TO FIND A
ROUTINE TO WHERE YOU CHANNEL,
LIKE, "EYE OF THE TIGER" AND
FIND A MORE -- JUST A LITTLE
MORE CONFIDENCE BECAUSE I KNOW
WE'RE THROWING SO MANY DIFFERENT
THINGS AT YOU.
THERE'S SO -- MAYBE -- JUST LIKE
EVEN WHE SAY, HOW DID YOU DO?
YOU'RE, LIKE, I HAD FUN.
AND WE HOPE YOU ARE.
I KNOW THIS IS A LOT FOR YOU,
BUT WE ARE REALLY PULLING FOR
YOU, AND I THINK YOU'RE REALLY,
REALLY SPECIAL, AND GET THAT
CONFIDENCE WHERE YOU NEED IT TO
BE, BUT I LOVE YOUR VOICE.
>> THANK YOU.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: THANK YOU FOR A GREAT
LIVE PERFORMANCE.
WE APPRECIATED THAT.
WORKING ON THAT SONG ALL WEEK,
AND LEARNING THAT.
YOU CAN VOTE FOR BROOKS RIGHT
NOW IF YOU WANT TO SEE HIM TAKE
THE STAGE NEXT WEEK.
YOU CAN CAST TEN VOTES PER
FINALIST PER VOTE METHOD, AND
YOU HAVE FIVE WAYS TO DO IT SO
MAKE SURE YOU SHOW HIM A LOT OF
LOVE.
BROOKS, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU, BROOKS.
>> THANK YOU.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: ARE YOU KEEPING SCORE
WITH THE POST-ITS?
WHAT ARE THE POST-ITS ACTUALLY
FOR?
>> Carrie: WELL, MY BEST FRIEND,
ROMY, INVENTED POST-ITS.
>> Ryan: REALLY?
>> Carrie: YES.
>> Ryan: AND SHE IS RETIRED NOW.
I THINK THEY DID ALL RIGHT.
IS IT GETTING HEATED AT THE
JUDGES' TABLE OVER HERE?
THEY ALL WANT THAT TROPHY AT THE
END OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT.
>> Lionel: A LONG WAY TO GO.
A LONG WAY TO GO.
>> Luke: I'M NOT BUYING LIONEL
DINNERS.
>> Ryan: FIND OUT WHAT JUDGE
SONG RAE CHOSE WHEN MILLION.
COMES BACK LIVE FROM HOLLYWOOD
RIGHT AFTER THIS.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
♪ WELL, IT'S A RARE CONDITION,
THIS DAY AND AGE ♪
♪ READING THE GOOD NEWS ON THE
NEWSPAPER PAGE ♪
♪ AND LOVING TRADITION, THE
GRAND DESIGN ♪
♪ SOME PEOPLE SAY, IT'S EVEN
HARDER TO FIND ♪
♪ DAYS GO BY
♪ FILL OUR HOUSE WITH
HAPPINESS ♪
♪ DAYS GO BY
♪ IT'S THE BIGGER LOVE OF THE
FAMILY ♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: GIVE IT UP FOR JESSE
FREDERICK, THE MAN RESPONSIBLE
FOR SOME OF THE ICONIC THEME
SONGS YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING ALL
NIGHT.
I'M HERE WITH CARL WINSLOW,
REGINALD VELJOHNSON.
YOUR ROLE AS CARL WAS SO
BELOVED, PEOPLE JUST LOVE CARL.
I JUST FOUND OUT THAT "FAMILY
MATTERS" WAS A SPINOFF OF
ANOTHER SHOW.
IS THAT RIGHT?
>> YES.
YES, IT WAS.
"PERFECT STRANGERS" WAS THE
ORIGINAL SHOW.
>> Ryan: I LOVE "PERFECT
STRANGERS."
>> YEAH, AND I PLAYED CARL THAT
CAME AND MARRIED HARRIET AND
HARRIET HAD WINSLOW -- IT WAS
THE SHOW.
>> Ryan: GREAT TIMES WATCHING
IT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TONIGHT.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Ryan: LOVE HAVING YOUR
SMILING FACE WITH US.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> Ryan: NEXT LET'S SEE WHAT
SONG RAE HAS GONE WITH TONIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
TAYLOR DANE, "LOVE WILL LEAD YOU
BACK".
>> OKAY.
>> Ryan: "I'LL MAKE LOVE TO
YOU," BOYZ II MEN.
>> OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
>> Ryan: WHO CHOSE THAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> Ryan: "WALKAWAY JOE," TRISHA
YEARWOOD.
DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THEM?
>> THESE ARE NEW TO ME SO THIS
MEANS I NEED, LIKE, A LITTLE
CHALLENGE.
I CAN DO A CHALLENGE.
>> Ryan: I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE
WHAT YOU DO WITH IT AND WHO
CHOSE WHICH OF THESE SONGS.
>> I'M GOING TO BE THINKING
ABOUT IT ALL NIGHT.
♪
♪ OOH OHH OHH
SAYING GOODBYE
IS NEVER AN EASY THING ♪
♪ BUT YOU NEVER SAID
THAT YOU'D STAY FOREVER ♪
♪ BUT IF YOU MUST GO, THEN
DARLING, I'LL SET YOU FREE ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I KNOW IN TIME
THAT WE'LL BE TOGETHER ♪
♪ OH I WON'T TRY
TO STOP YOU NOW
FROM LEAVING ♪
♪ 'CAUSE IN MY HEART I KNOW
LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK
SOMEDAY I JUST KNOW THAT ♪
♪ LOVE WILL LEAD YOU
BACK TO MY ARMS
IT WON'T BE LONG ♪
♪ ONE OF THESE DAYS
OUR LOVE WILL
LEAD YOU BACK ♪
♪ OH, YEAH
♪ BUT I WON'T TRY
TO STOP YOU NOW
FROM LEAVING ♪
♪ 'CAUSE IN MY HEART I KNOW
LOVE WILL LEAD YOU BACK ♪
♪ SOMEDAY I JUST KNOW THAT
♪ LOVE WILL LEAD YOU
BACK TO MY ARMS
WHERE YOU BELONG ♪
♪ ONE OF THESE DAYS
OUR LOVE WILL
LEAD YOU BACK ♪
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: RAE WITH SOME TAYLOR
DAYNE.
YOU GOT THREE JUDGES ON THEIR
FEET AFTER THAT PERFORMANCE.
SO WHICH ONE WAS IT?
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
I KNOW THAT CARRIE UNDERWOOD
KNOWS A DIVA BALLAD.
SO I THINK IT'S CARRIE.
>> Carrie: SHE DOES INDEED.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
I LOVE TAYLOR DAYNE, AND WHEN I
WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU AND JUST
KIND OF WHO YOU KIND OF REMIND
ME OF, HER PICTURE -- I MEAN, IN
EVERY WAY, LIKE, SHE'S GORGEOUS.
SHE'S GOT AN INCREDIBLE VOICE,
AND IT JUST MADE SENSE FOR YOU
TO ME.
SO WELL DONE.
YOU CRUSHED IT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Ryan: GOOD CHOICE.
ALL RIGHT, LUKE.
>> Luke: THE ONLY THING YOU'RE
GOING TO SEE IS MY HAT
UNDERWATER OVER HERE.
I'M DROWNING.
THEY'RE RUNNING AWAY WITH IT,
BUT LISTEN.
I TELL YOU WHAT.
DID YOU NOT KNOW THESE SONGS
GOING IN, ANY OF THEM?
>> NONE OF THEM.
>> Luke: THAT'S REALLY TOUGH TO
DO, TO GO REALLY POUR OUT A
SONG, AND I TELL YOU WITH THAT
ONE, IT FELT LIKE THAT IN THE
BEGINNING, BUT AT THE END, YOU
REALLY CAME TO LIFE WITH WHO YOU
ARE.
IT WAS A GREAT JOB.
YES.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Lionel: YOU KNOW, I -- I'M
ABSOLUTELY AMAZED AT WHEN YOU
SAY I DON'T KNOW THESE SONGS,
BUT YOU SANG IT AS THOUGH YOU
KNEW EVERY INCH OF WHERE YOU
WERE GOING WITH THIS, AND YOUR
VOICE, BECAUSE OF YOUR
SIGNATURE, YOU JUST TOOK IT TO
THAT OTHER PLACE.
IT WAS SO WELL DONE.
SO WELL DONE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: YEAH, REMARKABLE TO
LEARN THAT IN JUST A FEW DAYS.
RAE NEEDS YOUR VOTES TONIGHT.
SO SEND THEM IN RIGHT NOW.
YOU HAVE UNTIL THE FINAL
COMMERCIAL BREAK TO LOCK THEM
IN.
AS ALWAYS, AMERICANIDOL.COM IS
THE PLACE WITH ALL THE VOTING
DETAILS.
ONE MORE TIME FOR RAE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RAE.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WE HAVE GOT MORE JUDGES SONG
PICKS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
WHEN BRADEN RUMFELT AND JESSE
FINDLING TAKE THE "IDOL" STAGE.
HERE THEY COME.
STAY WITH US BACK IN MINUTES.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
>> Ryan: BACK WITH YOU LIVE WITH
DANICA McKELLAR WHO PLAYED
WINNIE COOPER ON "THE WONDER
YEARS."
AMAZING.
AND YOU HAVE NOT STOPPED WORKING
SINCE.
ROM
ROM-COMS, MOVIES, AND "DANCING
WITH THE STARS."
HOW WAS THAT?
>> OH MY GOSH, AMAZING.
I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE MAKING
MOVIES.
ON AN AMAZING STREAMING SERVICE
AND SPEAKING OF "DANCING WITH
THE STARS," ONE OF MY MOVIES
THERE IS CALLED "SWING INTO
ROMANCE."
I DO PROFESSIONAL "DANCING WITH
THE STARS" DANCING ON IT.
SO MUCH FUN.
IT'S A FAITH-BASED MOVEMENT,
WHICH IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY
HEART AS WELL.
>> Ryan: DO YOU HAVE TIME TO BE
HERE RIGHT NOW?
>> OH, YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> Ryan: THANKS FOR COMING
TONIGHT.
>> MY PLEASURE.
>> Ryan: ALL RIGHT, FRIENDS.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS.
LUKE, I KNOW HIM WELL, NOT HAPPY
WITH THE MATH ON THAT
LEADERBOARD RIGHT THERE FOR THE
JUDGES.
LET'S SEE IF THIS NEXT SONG
CHOICE BY BRADEN RUMFELT TIPS
THE SCALES.
HERE WE GO.
GOT SOME GREAT SONGS HERE TO
CHOOSE FROM.
"ALL BY MYSELF," CELINE DION.
>> WHOA.
>> Ryan: EXACTLY.
"I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING,"
AEROSMITH, AND "FREEDOM 90,"
GEORGE MICHAEL.
LIKE 1990.
WHEN WERE YOU BORN?
>> '03.
>> Ryan: THERE IS NOT A FREEDOM
'03.
ANY OF THOSE STRIKE YOU?
>> CELINE DION.
HER VOICE IS SO POWERFUL.
CELINE DION IS CELINE DION.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
RIGHT NOW I'M LEANING TOWARDS
THAT.
IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A
CHALLENGE AND I THINK THEY WANT
TO SEE HOW I DEAL WITH THAT.
I DON'T KNOW.
WE'LL SEE.
♪
♪ WHEN I WAS YOUNG
I NEVER NEEDED ANYONE ♪
♪ AND MAKING LOVE
WAS JUST FOR FUN ♪
♪ THOSE DAYS ARE GONE
OH YEAH, YEAH ♪
♪ ALL BY MYSELF
DON'T WANNA BE ♪
♪ ALL BY MYSELF
ANYMORE ♪
♪ ALL BY MYSELF
DON'T WANNA BE ♪
♪ ALL BY MYSELF
ANYMORE ♪
♪ ALL BY MYSELF
I DON'T WANNA BE
ALL BY MYSELF ♪
♪ NO, I DON'T WANNA BE
BY MYSELF ♪
♪
♪ AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE --
NO, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE BY
MYSELF ♪
♪
♪ I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ALL BY
MYSELF ♪
♪ WHEN I WAS YOUNG, I NEVER
NEEDED ANYONE ♪
♪ AND MAKING LOVE WAS JUST FOR
FUN ♪
♪ THOSE DAYS ARE GONE ♪
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: BRADEN TAKING ON CELINE
DION.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WHICH ONE?
>> OH, MAN.
I WAS TRYING TO SEE A REACTION.
I CAN'T SEE ONE.
I WAS GOING TO SAY -- ALL RIGHT.
I WAS GOING TO SAY LIONEL.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT.
GOSH, YOU GUYS HAVE INSANE POKER
FACES, BUT I'VE GOT TO GO WITH
CARRIE.
>> Carrie: YOU DON'T KNOW ME AT
ALL.
>> OH, I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY.
>> Ryan: AND THE JUDGE IS --
>> Lionel: BUT YOU KNOW ME.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WELL, NO.
NO.
I GOT TO TALK.
I GOT TO TALK QUICKLY BECAUSE
LISTEN.
THIS WAS A HAIL MARY.
I MEAN, HONESTLY I DIDN'T THINK
FOR A MOMENT YOU WERE GOING TO
MAKE THIS, BUT YOU DID.
I WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT'S A
TALL ORDER YOU JUST DID.
THAT'S A TALL ORDER, AND BELIEVE
IT OR NOT, THERE WERE SOME
MOMENTS THERE THAT YOU DIDN'T
HAVE A GRIP ON IT, BUT YOU DID
IT.
YOU DID IT.
>> Ryan: TOUGH ONE TO SING.
CARRIE?
LUKE.
>> Luke: GOING TO ME?
>> Carrie: I'M GOING TO YOU.
>> Luke: GOING INTO OLD THIRD
PLACE OVER HERE.
YEAH, GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
I THINK -- I MEAN, MAN.
WAY TO BE BRAVE ON THAT, AND
JUST GO FOR IT AND YEAH, MAN.
YOU CRUSHED THAT THING.
I GOT TO GET TO WORK OVER HERE.
>> Carrie: I CHOSE THE GEORGE
MICHAEL SONG WHICH IS A REALLY
HUGE COMPLIMENT COMING FROM ME
BECAUSE I LOVE GEORGE MICHAEL
AND I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE
CRUSHED THAT SONG.
I WAS -- I FELT LIKE I WAS
SINGING EVERY NOTE WITH YOU,
LIKE, TRYING TO INCH -- INCH UP
AND MAKE SURE YOU WERE, LIKE, ON
THE TOP OF ALL THE NOTES.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE I REALLY
WANT TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO TO
SEE IF MY EARS MIGHT HAVE BEEN
FOOLING ME HERE IN THE ROOM, BUT
YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE VOICE AND
WE'LL SEE WHAT AMERICA DOES WITH
IT.
>> Ryan: LET'S GET THE VOTES
GOING.
VOTE FOR BRADEN AND ALL YOUR
FAVORITE RIGHT NOW ONLINE OR VIA
TEXT.
YOU CAN ALSO HIT UP THE
"AMERICAN IDOL" ACCOUNTS ON
FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM AND TIKTOK
AND COMMENT USING THE FIRST NAME
OF WHO YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR.
IT'S A LIMIT OF TEN VOTES PER
FINALIST, PER VOTING PLATFORM.
ONCE AGAIN, BRADEN RUMFELT.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
BIG SONG TO TAKE ON THERE.
CHECK IT OUT.
RIGHT NOW IT'S LIONEL IN THE
LEAD WITH FIVE POINTS.
HE'S LEADING THE PACK.
LET'S SEE IF CARRIE CAN CATCH
UP.
LUKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S
HOPE.
JESSE FINDLING, HERE IT IS.
>> Luke: I NEED A LIFELINE.
>> Ryan: SO HERE'S THE LIST.
>> OKAY.
>> Ryan: "HALLELUJAH," JEFF
BUCKLEY.
>> THAT'S A SONG I WAS THINKING
FOR FAITH NIGHT.
IT WAS ON MY LIST, YES.
>> Ryan: "EVERYTHING I DO, I DO
IT FOR YOU, BRYAN ADAMS".
>> I'VE HEARD BEFORE.
>> Ryan: ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
SINGLES OF ALL-
ALL-TIME, "WONDERWALL," OASIS.
>> I FEEL LIKE I KNOW THAT NAME,
BUT I CAN'T RECOGNIZE IT.
>> Ryan: BIG HIT FROM OASIS.
IT'S A GREAT SONG.
>> I'M STARTING TO LISTEN TO
SONGS THAT I MAYBE DIDN'T KNOW.
I'M REALLY NOT SURE WHAT I'M
GOING TO DO.
I HAVE TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THEM.
>> Ryan: DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING
TO BE EASIER THIS TIME AROUND?
>> CONSIDERING I'VE GOT TO LEARN
A WHOLE NEW SONG, PROBABLY NOT.
♪
♪ TODAY IS GONNA BE THE DAY
THAT THEY'RE GONNA
THROW IT BACK TO YOU ♪
♪ BY NOW YOU SHOULD'VE
SOMEHOW REALIZED
WHAT YOU GOTTA DO ♪
♪ I DON'T BELIEVE
THAT ANYBODY ♪
♪ FEELS THE WAY I DO
ABOUT YOU NOW
NOW ♪
♪ BECAUSE MAYBE
YOU'RE GONNA BE THE ONE
THAT SAVES ME ♪
♪
♪ AND AFTER ALL
YOU'RE MY WONDERWALL ♪
♪
♪ AND ALL THE ROADS
THAT LEAD YOU THERE
ARE WINDING ♪
♪ AND ALL THE LIGHTS
THAT LIGHT THE WAY
ARE BLINDING ♪
♪ THERE ARE MANY
THINGS THAT I ♪
♪ WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW ♪
♪ I SAID MAYBE YEAH
YOU'RE GONNA BE THE ONE
THAT SAVES ME ♪
♪ AND AFTER ALL
YOU'RE MY WONDERWALL
YOU'RE MY WONDERWALL ♪
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT
SONG A FEW DAYS AGO?
>> NO.
>> Ryan: THAT'S GOING TO BECOME
YOUR NEW FAVORITE SONG.
SUCH A GREAT SONG.
ALL RIGHT.
WOW.
WELL, THEY'RE UP ON THEIR FEET.
NOW THEY'RE DOWN.
LUKE IS STILL UP.
HE'S SAD, BUT LET'S GET TO WHO
YOU THOUGHT IT WAS.
>> I'M REALLY CONFIDENT BECAUSE
LUKE PICKED THIS SONG FOR
SOMEBODY ELSE A FEW SEASONS AGO
SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH LUKE.
>> Ryan: AND?
>> Luke: YOU'RE NOT GOOD AT
READING BODY LANGUAGE.
>> Ryan: I THINK IT'S THE BODY
HE'S TRYING TO READ.
>> NO?
>> Luke: IT'S NOT ME.
>> Ryan: THE BIG REVEAL.
LIONEL RICHIE.
>> OH MY GOD.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> GOOD PICK.
GOOD PICK.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Luke: THERE'S A NEW SHERIFF
IN TOWN.
>> Lionel: NO, NO, WAIT.
LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT, SON.
NOW YOU DO KNOW THAT I'M PLAYING
TONIGHT, WHATEVER THE NUMBERS
ARE, I'M GOING TO PLAY THESE
NUMBERS.
THIS WAS A HAIL MARY AGAIN.
I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO
MATCH.
IT DID.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, LIONEL.
THANK YOU.
DOI
>> Carrie: IT MAKES ME SO MAD,
LIONEL.
I SPENT HOURS PORING OVER THESE
CHOICES AND I LOOKED AT LUKE AND
I WAS, LIKE, REALLY?
I WOULD PICK THAT AS THE LAST
ONE YOU WOULD PICK.
>> EXACTLY.
>> Carrie: BUT YOU DID YOUR
THING, AND IT WORKED.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
>> Ryan: ALL RIGHTI, LUKE.
>> Luke: ALL HAIL YOU AND KING
LIONEL OVER THERE.
GREAT JOB.
YOU DID YOUR THING WITH IT.
GREAT SONG CHOICE, AND MAN, THAT
WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
I'VE SEEN YOU DO.
GREAT JOB.
>> Ryan: GREAT ARRANGEMENT.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU GUYS.
>> Ryan: ALL RIGHT.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU ON THIS
STAGE NEXT WEEK FOR ROCK 'N'
ROLL HALL OF FAME NIGHT.
YOU NEED LIVE VOTES TO MAKE IT
THERE.
VOTE ONLINE AT AMERICANIDOL.COM
VIA TEXT OR ACROSS OUR SOCIALS
ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND
TIKTOK.
THE VOTES WILL CLOSE IN THE
FINAL COMMERCIAL BREAK.
JESSE, WELL DONE.
THANK YOU, SIR.
I LIKE IT.
ALL RIGHT.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WELL, LIONEL'S ALREADY
CELEBRATING, BUT DON'T GO
ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ONE
MORE HUGE '90s HIT, AND IT'S
COMING FROM KEYLA RICHARDSON.
"AMERICAN IDOL'S" LIVE.
BACK IN A SECOND.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: YOU ARE BACK LIVE WITH
OUR JUDGES SONG CONTEST.
NOW CLOSING OUT THE PERFORMANCES
FOR THE NIGHT, IT'S KEYLA
RICHARDSON.
HERE WE GO.
LET'S SEE WHAT THEY GOT FOR YOU.
>> OKAY.
>> Ryan: "ZOMBIE" BY THE
CRANBERRIES, "BREATHE," FAITH
HILL, AND "IT'S ALL COMING BACK
TO ME NOW," CELINE DION.
KNOWING THOSE THREE, WHO DO YOU
LEAN TOWARDS?
[ CRICKETS ]
>> I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THESE
SONGS AT ALL.
>> Ryan: TELL ME HOW IT'S TO
PREPARE FOR A SONG YOU'VE NEVER
HEARD BEFORE.
>> SOMETIMES I LIKE A CHALLENGE.
I'M READY TO DIG INTO IT AND SEE
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SONG
AND SEE HOW I CAN, YOU KNOW,
SHAPE MY VOICE TO THE SONG.
>> Ryan: I CAN'T WAIT.
THE BIG REVEAL COMING UP.
♪
♪ ANOTHER HEAD HANGS LOWLY
CHILD IS SLOWLY TAKEN ♪
♪ AND THE VIOLENCE CAUSED
SUCH SILENCE
WHO ARE WE MISTAKEN ♪
♪ BUT YOU SEE IT'S NOT ME
IT'S NOT MY FAMILY ♪
♪ IN YOUR HEAD IN YOUR HEAD
THEY ARE FIGHTING ♪
♪ WITH THEIR TANKS
AND THEIR BOMBS
AND THEIR BOMBS ♪
♪ AND THEIR GUNS
IN YOUR HEAD IN YOUR HEAD
THEY ARE CRYING ♪
♪ IN YOUR HEAD IN YOUR HEAD
ZOMBIE ZOMBIE ZOMBIE-E-E ♪
♪ WHAT'S IN YOUR HEAD
IN YOUR HEAD
ZOMBIE ZOMBIE ZOMBIE-E-E ♪
♪ WHOA
WHOA
YEAH ♪
♪ ANOTHER HEAD HANGS LOWLY
CHILD IS SLOWLY TAKEN ♪
♪ IN YOUR HEAD
♪ ANOTHER HEAD HANGS LOWLY CHILD
IS SLOWLY TAKEN ♪
♪ YEAH ♪
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: WELL, YOU LEARNED THAT
ONE.
WE SAW YOUR SON LEARNED THAT ONE
AS WELL.
HE WAS SINGING ALONG THERE.
SO LET'S GET TO IT, KEYLA.
WHICH JUDGE PICKED THAT FOR YOU?
>> I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY
LIONEL.
>> Ryan: LIONEL?
>> Lionel: WELL --
>> Ryan: YEAH.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
>> Lionel: I'M FEELING
UNCOMFORTABLE.
I'M FEELING VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.
I FEEL AS THOUGH I'M NOT LIKED
BY MY JUDGES, AND I FEEL THAT
THE PUBLIC MAY TURN AGAINST ME,
BUT -- SOME OF THESE ARE JUST
HAIL MARYS.
I WAS JUST SAYING, AND THE FACT
I KEPT WAITING FOR IT TO EXPLODE
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU HELD US
ALL THE WAY TO THE -- I MEAN, TO
KEEP US THAT INTENSE ALL THE WAY
TO THAT POINT IS JUST AMAZING.
>> Ryan: I THINK HE KNOWS WHAT
HE'S DOING.
>> Carrie: LIONEL DONE TOOK UP
ALL OF OUR JUDGING TIME,
GLOATING.
AMERICA, VOTE!
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Luke: I LOVE YOU.
I'M REALLY MAD AT LIONEL RIGHT
NOW.
GREAT JOB.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
>> Ryan: WAY TO GO.
KEYLA IS RELYING ON YOUR VOTES
AT HOME.
WANT TO BE IN THAT LINEUP NEXT
WEEK RIGHT HERE, VOTE NOW USING
OUR INDIVIDUAL VOTING POST ON
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TIKTOK.
USE ALL THE PLATFORMS.
KEYLA RICHARDSON, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
♪
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
LEADERBOARD, AND HERE YOU GO.
YEAH.
LIONEL, THE BIG WINNER.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
♪
LET'S BRING OUT THE TROPHY.
THANK YOU, ROGER.
ALWAYS A GOOD JOB, MY FRIEND.
MR. LIONEL RICHIE, OUR WINNER
TONIGHT.
♪
[ CHANTING "LIONEL" ]
TO G
.
>> Ryan: THE TROPHY, TAKE IT.
THE LEGEND, LIONEL.
>> Lionel: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
>> Carrie: YOU CAN USE IT FORMY
TEARS.
>> Lionel: I ACCEPT THIS HONOR.
I SHARE WITH MY FELLOW JUDGES.
>> Carrie: I KNEW THAT WAS
CO
COMING.
>> Lionel: THEY GOT ME.
THEY GOT ME.
>> Ryan: A BIG SHOUTOUT TO CKRI
POOLEY AND THE BAND FOR AMAZING
'90s HITS.
>> Lionel: THEY GOT ME.
>> Ryan: OUR THANKS TO OUR
INCREDIBLE TGIF GUESTS OVER
THERE IN THE LOUNGE, AND
AMERICA, LET'S GET TO THE
BUSINESS HERE.
VOTING IS ABOUT TO CLOSE SO
YOU'VE GOT TO GET IN THOSE VOTES
FOR YOUR FAVORITE.
THE RESULTS ARE ON THE WAY,
PLUS, LIONEL DECIDES WHO TO SAVE
FROM ELIMINATION.
>> Ryan: AFTER THIS, VOTE.
WE'RE RIGHT BACK.
VOTE.
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> Ryan: BACK WITH YOU ON
"AMERICAN IDOL."
OVER THE BREAK, THE VOTING
OFFICIALLY CLOSED AND IT'S TIME
FOR YOUR FIRST LIVE RESULTS OF
THE SEASON.
LET'S FIND OUT WHICH TWO
FINALISTS ARE IN DANGER OF
LEAVING US TONIGHT.
TOM, DIM THE LIGHTS.
HERE WE GO.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU.
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, AMERICA,
AFTER THE NATIONWIDE VOTE, THE
FIRST PERSON THROUGH IS CHRIS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
NEXT TO TAKE A SPOT IN THE
LOUNGE IS KYNDAL.
[ APPLAUSE ]
IT'S NOT OVER FOR DANIEL.
YOU'RE THROUGH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AMERICA, YOU ALSO LOVED HANNAH.
[ APPLAUSE ]
SO MANY VOTES COMING IN, AND
YOU, AMERICA, WANT TO SEE
JORDAN.
HEADING TO THE LOUNGE.
[ APPLAUSE ]
BACK AGAIN NEXT WEEK TO SING FOR
YOUR VOTES IS BRADEN.
[ APPLAUSE ]
IT'S A GOOD NIGHT AFTER THE LIVE
VOTING FOR PHILMON.
JOIN THE OTHERS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THE NEXT PERSON THROUGH TONIGHT
LIVE IS KEYLA.
[ APPLAUSE ]
MORE GOOD NEWS RIGHT NOW.
THIS TIME IT IS FOR BROOKS.
THERE YOU GO, BROOKS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
SO THAT LEAVES US WITH LUCAS,
RAE AND JESSE, RIGHT DOWN TO THE
CENTER HERE.
AFTER THE NATIONWIDE VOTE, THE
NEXT PERSON IS LUCAS.
CONGRATULATIONS, LUCAS.
[ APPLAUSE ]
YOUR BOTTOM TWO HERE -- THIS IS
WHAT YOU DECIDED, AMERICA.
LIONEL GETS THE BIG SAVE.
IT'S A LOT OF PRESSURE.
YOU HAVE RAE, YOU HAVE JESSE.
AMAZING PERFORMANCES.
GREAT PERFORMERS.
THEY'VE WORKED HARD FOR THIS
WEEK.
YOU PICKED THE SONGS.
>> Lionel: OKAY.
I LOOK TO MY WONDERFUL JUDGES
FOR HELP AND SECURITY, AND THEY
GAVE ME NOTHING.
>> Carrie: HEAVY IS THE CROWN,
MAN.
HEAVY IS THE CROWN.
>> Lionel: OUT HERE ALL BY
MYSELF.
POUND FOR POUND BOTH OF YOU DID
AN AMAZING, AMAZING JOB.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT --
[ APPLAUSE ]
MY ANSWER IS RAE.
RAE.
>> Ryan: THE JUDGES SAY IT GOES
TO RAE.
>> YOU DESERVE IT.
>> Ryan: WHICH MEANS WE SAY
GOOD-BYE TO THE INCREDIBLE JESSE
HERE, HEADED HOME TONIGHT.
YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE, BUDDY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SPIRIT, YOUR
ENERGY, YOUR PERFORMANCES AND
YOUR HARD WORK.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Ryan: JESSE, ONE MORE TIME.
[ APPLAUSE ]
AND THAT IS IT FOR TONIGHT.
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONDAY WITH
YOUR TOP 11 LIVE ON "AMERICAN
IDOL," ROCK 'N' ROLL HALL OF
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GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.