The 27-year-old oil rig worker received the lowest vote on the Motown night of 'American Idol' and did not receive the Judges' Save.
- Mar 27, 2009
AceShowbiz - One more Idol falls out, as the top nine for the eight season of "American Idol" is announced. Michael Sarver, the oil rig roughneck that went through the Top 36 together with also-eliminated Alexis Grace, has to swallow the bitter pill of not getting enough votes to make him stay. He, however, has been included in the Top 10 and will tour with the rest after the show wraps up later this year.
Sarver was in the bottom three along with two other guys, Matt Giraud and Scott McIntyre. While 36 million votes were cast on the Motown night when he belted out "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", he received the lowest of the three. Simon Cowell, additionally refused to use his judge power to save the father of two in the competition. "Michael, you're going home. Sorry," Cowell said.
In the performance night, indeed, Michael received harsh criticism from the four judges. Kara DioGuardi even labeled him "not an artist" while Randy Jackson advised him not to touch R'n'B genre "ever". Michael was in fact loomed with flu and he coughed at the end of the performance.
Meanwhile, the result night was a star-studded affair. Apart from having mentor Smokey Robinson performing with Joss Stone, the show also welcomed back season 2 winner Ruben Studdard. The king of Motown, Stevie Wonder was also in the house to perform a medley.
