American Idol 2010 : Emotional Crystal Bowersox wins Praise from Idol Judges

American Idol 2010 last night saw Alicia Keys anchor an hour of inspirational music at the opener of the Idol Gives Back week.

Crystal Bowersox , 24 years old from Toledo, Ohio became emotional after singing The Impressions "People Get Ready". She said that she had burst into tears due to her father being present in the audience.

"My dad's here," she said. "And this is the first time he's been here." Thankfully judges of the show were not cheesed off seeing Bowersox cry.

Kara DioGuardi told Crystal that all other contestants were "schooled" by her while Ellen DeGenres found her performance "beautiful". She also received a standing ovation from Randy Jackson.

"For me, it was in a completely different class than everything we heard tonight," Cowell said.

During the show some of the contestants were criticized for choosing not so appropriate songs. Some of the contestants to face criticism included 27-year-old Casey James of Fort Worth, Texas, 7-year-old high school student Aaron Kelly of Sonestown, Pa, 26-year-old personal trainer Michael Lynche of Queens, N.Y.

Ir seemed that the only two contestants who could impress the judges were Lee DeWyze and Crystal Bowersox. Dewyze sang Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer," which made Jackson say that he was "great artist ready to make great music." Likewise DeGeneres said Dewyze has "so much soul and depth," Two 20 year olds Tim Urban and Siobhan Magnus were unaffected by the mixed response from the judges.

The special episode of “Idol Gives Back” is a charity event which will see the return of one more finalist on Wednesday. The special episode will benefit Children’s Health fund, Feeding America, Malaria No More and many other charitable organizations on social causes.

Some of the stars who are scheduled to perform on American Idol season 9 “Idol Gives Back” are Black Eyed Peas, Jeff Beck, Joss Stone and Mary J. Blige.

American Idol 2010, Results April 14 Spell End of Road For Katie Stevens and Andrew Garcia

American Idol season 9 journey ended for two Idol hopefuls last night.Unlike previous result episodes when you have to wait til the end of show to find out who is leaving, this time the first elimination was announced within 15 minutes of the beginning of the live telecast.

The first one to leave American Idol 2010 last night was Andrew Garcia which came as no surprise. On the night before on the Elvis theme night, Garcia sang "Hound Dogs" which obviously did not impress voting Americans.

Second from Top 9 to be sent home was Katie Stevens who sang "Baby, What You Want Me To Do" the night before.

This week's double elimination was the result of previous week's save of Michale Lynche better known as "Big Mike", by the judges after America voted him off.

However "Big Mike" justified his save, by giving a strong performance this week singing "In the Ghetto".

This week's mentor Adam Lambert who himself is a former contestant of the show, performed his hit single "What Do You Want From Me." Also performed season 7 finalist Brooke White with Justin Gaston "If I Can Dream".

So that is it about American Idol April 14 results as we get one week closer to the next American Idol. We will be back with more American Idol news and reviews. Your comments on American Idol review are welcome.

American Idol 2010, Last Night Recap: Adam Lambert Mentors For Elvis Theme Night

American Idol last night episode was a crucial one for the top 9 contestants as this week two of them will be going home instead of one because of Big Mike's save by Idol judges last week.

So how did the contestants do on American Idol season 9, Elvis Presley theme night. We will get to that shortly but first let me tell you that the contestants got a lot of help from this week's mentor Adam Lambert, season 8's rock star. He gave much needed guidance to the idol hopefuls very well.

Here is how the Top 9 contestants fared last night.

Crystal Bowersox performed "Saved" and earlier she was double minded about going with the acoustic guitar or electric this week. Lambert advised and she chose electric and what a performance it was for the beginning of the show. Judges were lavish in their praise.

Andrew Garcia got a lot of advise from Lambert who kept saying about his performance, "Change it, make it yours,” telling him that his performance was boring. By the way Andrew chose "Hound Dog". But sadly the advise did not prompt Garcia to effect much change in the performance. In brief it was boring. Simon called it lazy, Randy called it "not good karaoke" while Ellen liked it but wanted more swagger. Kara said, "I wanted to feel more,". Definitely in bottom 3.

Then came Tim Urban singing "Can’t Help Falling In Love". Song choice was perfect for him. Must have appealed to a lot of Americans with his longing eyes staring into the camera. It was a clean, simple performance. Judges too were positive in their comments. Highlight was Simon saying, "You have managed to go from zero to hero in two weeks.”

Lee DeWyze performed "A Little Less Conversation" and during rehearsals Adam pointed out the problem of not connecting with the audience, advised him to smile. It worked for Lee actually as he gave a very relaxed performance. randy said, "You are definitely in the zone,” while Simon said, "That was on the money full stop,” .

Aaron Kelly chose "Blue Suede Shoes" and it got all Karaoke. He was nervous even though tried to work the stage. he regained some of the confidence later but it was not enough. Simon compared the performance to a high school concert while Kara said she liked Aaron leaving his comfort zone.

Siobhan Magnus performed "Suspicious Minds" next. Lets talk about the positive first: her Elvis style hair- great. But the performance was not with the first half turning out bad. Judges liked second part. Kara said the two voices confused her. Simon called it screechy and erratic and said that she lost who she is.

"Big Mike" Michael Lynche had the additional pressure to perform as he was the favored one by judges who used the season's once only save on him last week. He chose "In the Ghetto" and did not disappoint. “I’m glad we saved you,” Ellen said while Simon called it Michael's best performance.

Next was the turn of Katie Stevens with "Baby, What Do You Want Me To Do", kind of a sarcastic comment on the mixed signals she was getting from the judges. So did it work? well, Simon found it loud while Kara said, "I think you showed us judges,” .

Lastly Casey James sang Lawdy Miss Clawdy and it was good but not the chart topper kind of good. Randy expressed the same saying, "I didn’t see anything different, but it was another solid performance.” Simon called it a wasted opportunity but praised his vocals.

So now the big question- who goes and who stays on American Idol results episode tonight. Remember there are 2 leaving tonight. I feel it should be Aaron Kelly and Andrew Garcia.

Also on American Idol tonight Adam Lambert will perform along with performances by Brooke White from season 7 and Justin Gatson of “If I Can Dream”.