Wednesday Night’s results show on American Idol, had its audience going through a cartwheel of emotions. With Megan Joy being shown the door, the number of contestants in the show has now come down to 8.

In an attempt to heighten the element of suspense, no contestant was told whether he or she was safe until the second half hour of the show. The drama on the show reached its heights when Megan Joy was bluntly told that her song would be her last performance in American Idol. In exact words, judge Simon Cowell said, "Megan, with the greatest respect, when you said that you don’t care—nor do we,"  "So I’m not going to pretend that we’re even going to contemplate saving you."

While Megan made a lot of effort to redeem herself, including doing bird impressions, she failed to impress viewers. Her ouster came in as no surprise since she had been seen struggling since the beginning of Season 8. The 20-yr-old sang her own rendition of "Turn Your Lights Down Low" before exiting the show.

Meanwhile, Allison Iraheta found herself stuck in the bottom three again, indicating that her rock based singing offers is isn’t going down well with the viewers. She also drew attention and comments for her wacky hairdo and costume. The trio was made complete by Anoop Desai, who was in for the first time. His Usher impersonation had not been met with much enthusiasm.

The theme for American Idol this week was the good old country music. Contestants performed music from the Grand Ole Opry, most of them choosing to perform the best-known songs of the genre.  TV Viewers should watch out for next week’s performance when the top eight will perform songs from the year they were born in.

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