All the Idols looked so worried as they waited for the double bomb to drop. Earlier in the season even on results night, they didn’t look as worried but somewhere along the way it gets real. Over 34 million votes came in but even that wasn’t enough for the bottom two.

Ryan brought Casey James, Aaron Kelly and Andrew Garcia to center stage. At first I thought he was going to announce them as the bottom three which would be a shock. But nope, he started a playback review of the previous evening. During Aaron’s very bad review, Simon actually pouted. I wonder if he thought he’d been too hard on Aaron. It didn’t matter because Andrew got voted off while Casey and Aaron were sent to safety.

I thought Andrew was a good choice to be voted off as he was one of the weakest singers. He left by saying, “You guys let me experience something I’ll never experience again. Thank you!” While I’ve never been a fan, he should have been more positive in his outlook. You never know what the road will bring you after American Idol.

Brooke White from Season 7 came on with Justin Gaston to sing the Elvis song, “I Can Dream.” Brooke was one of my favorites that season and it was tough to have a top pick.

Then Ryan brought all the rest out on stage, one by one giving a playback review of the night before. Lee Dewyze was the first reviewed and when asked what was different for him, he answered that he feels more like he’s playing a concert now than an audition. He didn’t get a thumbs up or down, Ryan just moved right on down the line leaving all in suspense.

Tim Urban offered up his famous smile during the review. All I can say is, “Tim, when you smile, the whole world smiles with you.”

Crystal Bowersox was declared safe and blew thanks on her harmonica. It was a nice touch, memorable. Siobhan Magnus was also sent to safety.

Ryan came back to Lee Dewyze and said that Chris Daughtry of Season 5 sang the same song the week he got eliminated, hinting that the song was bad karma. Lee, however, was sent to safety for it.

That left Tim, Mike and Katie to wonder which of the three would be going home. I hoped it wasn’t Tim. We were all left in suspense while Adam Lambert sang his song, “Whataya Want From Me”. I had so hoped he’d be singing “Rabbit Hole”. I saw him sing that one on another show and I really liked it. “Whataya Want From Me” has been done to death on the TV circuits. Adam brought his own lasers for the occasion. He said that being in the real world of music was a lot of hard work and that American Idol really helped prepare you for it.

Finally it was the moment of truth. Who else would be going home? Ryan walked up behind Teflon Tim and said, “Smile, you’re safe!”

That left Big Mike and Katie Stevens and it was Katie who was sent home this time, taking Mike’s place for being outed. I cannot imagine how Big Mike felt knowing that. Michael Lynche wasn’t even in the bottom three this week after being voted off and saved last week.

Crystal cried for Katie while Siobhan looked utterly grief stricken. Katie couldn’t stop crying as they showed her journey through American Idol. Bye bye, Katie! I have no doubt that she’ll find a home on stage somewhere.

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Category: American Idol 2010