'American Idol' season eight says goodbye to two contestants who stumbled on Disco Night, leaving five to compete for the title.
- Apr 23, 2009
AceShowbiz - And then there were five. "American Idol" has chopped out two contestants from its eight season after giving Matt Giraud a second chance last week through the one-time Judges' Save. Those meeting the end of the journey are Memphis native Lil Rounds and Wild Card pick Anoop Desai.
Both Rounds and Desai stumbled on Disco night. The former sang Chaka Khan's "I'm Every Woman" and got butchered by the judges, with Simon Cowell predicting that she's going home. Desai, who got the privilege of performing last, sang Donna Summer's "Dim All the Lights" and Simon thought it was his worst performance.
Ryan Seacrest was very fast in announcing that Rounds was out from the competition. She was called first to be in the bottom three and immediately told that she did not make it. "I'm actually going to miss your family screaming at us every week," Simon commented on her departure. Desai meanwhile, was waiting for his fate when lined-up beside Allison Iraheta who was also in the bottom three.
Performers of the result night were Freda Payne who sang a medley of famous disco songs including "Band of Gold", Thelma Houston who sang "Don't Leave Me This Way", KC from KC & The Sunshine Band who sang "Get Down Tonight" and former "Idol" runner-up David Archuleta who sang his latest single "Touch My Hand".
