American Idol: The Search for a Superstar - Season 8 Episode 17

"American Idol" – Last Group of Three Chosen/Wild Cards Revealed- March 4, 2009

Group Sing: An abysmal version of Katy Perry's abysmal song "Hot and Cold" with abysmal chair choreography.

We get a recap of how this group of 12 arrived. We get a recap of last night. Ryan banters with the contestants.

The results begin:

Lil Rounds is in. Kara says she expects Lil Rounds to bring ridiculous vocals every week unless something ridiculous happens to her. She sings "Be Without You" again very well.

Arianna Afsar is out.

Taylor Vaifunua is out.

Alex Wagner-Trugman is out. But as he said in Hollywood he'd rather lose as himself than win as someone else so…there you go.

Kendall Beard and Scott McIntyre. She's out, he's in. This is a dream come true for him. Randy says he expects Scott to blow up the stage every week and can't wait to hear him play his keyboard and sing. He sings "Mandolin Rain" again and again it's pleasant.

Nathaniel Marshall and Kristen McNamara are both out.

Von Smith and Felicia Barton are both out.

Ju'Not Joyner and Jorge Nunez are out and in. Jorge expresses great thanks in English and Spanish. He doesn't sing right away since the wild card info is up next.

Ryan explains the eight wild card peeps are about to be introduced. In addition to all of tonight's rejected contestants, eligible contestants in the red room include Anoop, Matt, Brent, Ricky, Matt B., Jesse, Jackie, Megan, Jasmine, Nick/Norman, and Tatiana.

Ryan re-introduces the 9 already through.

First though, Simon explains that historically this process allowed Clay Aiken and Jennifer Hudson to get in and gives a second chance to people they believe in who made bad choices. He says they totally support this system and that one of these wild cards could win the whole thing.

Randy picks: Von Smith, Tatiana Del Toro (eek) (She cries and bows and says thank you so much and that she wants to sing for them more than anyone wants to do anything in the world. Randy also notes this was a unanimous choice).

Simon picks: Megan Corkrey, Anoop Desai

Kara picks: Jasmine Murray, Matt Giraud

Paula Picks: Ricky Braddy, Jesse Langseth (Paula also notes that this was unanimous)

Jorge sings "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" again.