‘American Idol’: Stefano Says Goodbye As Katy Perry, Kanye West & David Cook Perform

Oh, Stefano Langone. We didn’t know you, then we fell in love with you during your powerful wild-card rendition of “I Need You Now” which got you saved by the judges… and then we became indifferent after realizing that amazing performance was a fluke. So we’re not surprised to see you voted off American Idol. But we are a little disappointed you weren’t able to give us another shining moment. More from last night’s results show, including performances by David Cook, Katy Perry and Kanye West, after the jump.

The show, as usual, started off with group numbers — do we ever really need to hear Train’s “Hey Soul Sister” and Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” again? No, we don’t, Idol producers, particularly not bland cover versions as sung by performers whose voices aren’t fit for these songs. We didn’t need to hear them last night and we don’t need to hear them again this morning, so pardon us for neglecting to post them. (Head to MJs Big Blog if you must relive the magic.)
Joining Stefano in the Bottom 3 were Jacob Lusk and our favorite from 21st Century theme night, Haley Reinhart. America, don’t Pia Haley and get her kicked off this show! She’s got real potential! (Yes, to “Pia” someone is now a verb we’re using.)


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