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Learn more- "American Idol" - "Performance Challenge" - Feb. 16, 2012
Hey baby, let's go to Vegas!
70 people are on the way to Sin City.
Heejun is on the bus shooting video and then we move into a recap of last night including the jubilant celebration and the judges telling them that they will be singing the songs of the '50s and performing on the "Viva, Elvis!" stage.
The contestants have to form in groups to sing a song chosen by the producers.
The groups rehearse with the vocal coaches.
Ryan tells us there will be brutal cuts in immediate elminations.
The first group includes Skylar Lane and Colton Dixon. Colton's sister watches from the audience. They sing "This is Dedicated to the One I Love." They all sound great. The harmonies that Skylar was struggling with come off just fine. The judges compliment them on the harmonies and the way they stretched. They single out the other girl Cari as weak. Colton, Skylar, and Chase are through, Cari is not. Caris says her goodbyes.
The next group inlcudes Jeremy Rosado, David Leathers, Jr., Gabi Carrubba, and Ariel Sprague who all met at the Savannah auditions. They struggled with their coaching/arrangement sessions. They sing "Rockin' Robin" and they are supercute and sound great. Randy thinks it was hot. They are all going through.
Next is a group that includes Adam Brock, Angie Zeiderman, Erika Van Pelt, and Shelby Tweten. They sing "Great Balls 'o Fire." There's a lot of choreography, it's fun and they all sound good. They're all going through although they make Angie sweat.
We get a montage of the group's preparing their look and choreography.
Next up is a group that includes Schyler Dixon, Brielle Von Hugel, and a girl named Molly and They sing "Why Do Fools Fall in Love." They're dressed like the Andrews Sisters. They put Brielle and Schyler through and send Molly home.
We get a montage of other people who get sent home: Wayne Wilson, Ashley Robles, Stephanie Renae, Aubrey Deckmyer, Janelle Arthur, and Tina Torres.
The next group includes Reed Grimm, Elise Testone, Eben Franckewicz, Haley Johnson. They sing "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes." It starts as a showcase for Reed but everyone gets a moment and they do a nice job, Eben is a little strident in places but adorable and energetic. They have great chemistry and nail the choreography. They get a standing O from the judges. They're all going through.
The next group is a duo with cowboy Richie Law and Jermaine Jones. They're both baritones. Richie is feeling confident. They rehearse and it's rough. The coach Debra Byrd tells them to drill the melody. They then struggle personality wise in working it out. They sing "Make it Easy on Yourself." They make some of it work, Jermaine sounds great, Richie is a little affected but has good parts. They get a nice round of applause. JLo loved it. They both go through.
We get a montage of girls who were put through Hallie Day, Baylie Brown, and Chelsea Sorrell.
The next group, the last of the first day, includes Jessica Sanchez, Deandre Brackensick, and Candice Glover. They're very confident in that they changed up the arrangement of Buddy Holly's "I Guess it Doesn't Matter Anymore." They funk it up and bring it off nicely. It's not very exciting but sounds good. They get a standing O from the judges. They're all going through.
The contestants put through are asked back onstage. They are cautioned that if they love the groups tomorrow they might have to make another round of cuts so even though they were told their safe, they might not actually be.
It's day two.
The first group includes Adam Lee Decker, Clayton Farhat, Curtis Gray, and Scott Dangerfield. They sing "Jailhouse Rock." They're choreography is cute and each have at least one decent moment and a couple have a few rough moments.They give them mixed reviews. Only Scott and Clayton and Adam are going through. They have a nice bromance moment saying goodbye to Curtis.
We get a montage of groups who sang Elvis songs and people who were put through including Joshua Ledet, Shannon Magrane, Caleb Johnson, Joshua Sanders, and Curtis Finch.
Johnny Keyser's group is chilling in the hot tub.
The next group is Courtney Williams, Britnee Kellogg, Jessica Phillips. They sing "You Keep Me Hangin' On." They have no chemistry onstage but they all sing well, with a couple of clunkers, individually with Britnee the weakest. The judges loved Britnee and have more mixed reviews for Courtney and Jessica. Britnee and Courtney are through but it's the end of the road for Jessica. (Jessica was the one with the boyfriend was a stroke victim.) She's really angry about those who did and says some of them are not "real artists."
The next group is Lauren Gray, Mathenee Treco and Wendy Taylor. They had a tough rehearsal with vocal coach Peggy Blue. They sing "Will You Love Me Tomorrow." Each has a nice solo moment and sound good together, there are a few rough spots but overall well done if not very exciting. Lauren and Wendy are put through.
The next group is Heejun Han, Phillip Phillips, Jairon Jackson, and Neco Starr. They sing "I Only Have Eyes For You." It's very sweet. They're all going through. They all collapse simultaneously. Heejun is very emotional.
The final group is Creighton Fraker, Jen Hirsh, Nick Boddington, and Aaron Marcellus. They are being coached by Katharine McPhee's mom Peisha. They sing "Sealed With a Kiss." They do a lot of close harmony that sounds great and just quick solo spots. It's pretty silky with a few strident moments in the solo spots as they ratchet up the melisma to put themselves over individually. All but Nick are going through. His team members support him.
So now we come to another round of cuts. They bring all the contestants back onstage to cut down to the top 40.
Cuts include Gabi, Angie, Candice, Johnny, Jairon, Britnee and Schyler (Colton's sister.)
(They actually only manage to get it down to 42.)
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