Idol Season

Have you been trying to guess what Season 9s contestant elimination anthem would be? It has been announced that Leave Right Now by Will Young will be played when a contestant leaves the show, starting tonight. Does Wills name sound familiar to you? He was the winner of the first season of Britains Pop Idol. Leave Right Now is a hit single off of Wills second album, Fridays Child. The single went to number one on the UK Singles Chart, selling 117,700 copies in its first week of release.

Vote off songs from recent season include Daughtrys Home for Season 6, Ruben Studdards Celebrate Me Home for Season 7, and Carrie Underwoods version of Home Sweet Home for Season 8.

Tune in to American Idol at 8/7c tonight to find out which four contestants will be exiting to Leave Right Now.

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Last Friday, Kris Allen went to Port-au-Prince, Haiti with the CEO of the United Nations Foundation, Kathy Calvin, to witness the impact of the work being done by the UN to help Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake that hit in January. The American Idol winner will show footage from his trip and perform Let It Be on tonights live results show. At this time, Kris will help kick off Idol Gives Back with the UN Foundation, one of the shows charities, and encourage people to donate to help Haiti.

In the past, Kris has taken part in mission trips, and he said that hes noticed in times of devastation, people pull together. I think people were hurt by [the earthquake] and everyone was affected by that, but I think you could see, especially the way the UN was helping, the smiles on the kids faces they know that everything is going to be okay. It is going to take a long time, but everything is going to be hopefully better than it was.

A lasting memory Kris took with him was when he went into the womens tent and visited with the mothers and their babies. I got to sing a song for them and hold a couple of babiesIt was a really cool experience. The Idol winner saw some shocking things. There were buildings down all over the place, people living in tiny little tents that are blazing hot six or seven to a family. It was a pretty rough experience for them.

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The Top 12 guys took the stage to perform live for their very first time. Just like the girls, the guys performed Top 10 hits from the Hot 100 chart. Some contestants went with out of the box picks, and others stayed within their comfort zones. Either way, there were some great songs performed live on the American Idol stage.

Heres the list of songs performed:

Todrick Hall Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson
Aaron Kelly Here Comes Goodbye by Rascal Flatts
Jermaine Sellers Get Here by Oleta Adams
Tim Urban Apologize by OneRepublic
Joe Muoz You And I Both by Jason Mraz
Tyler Grady American Woman by The Guess Who/Lenny Kravitz
Lee Dewyze Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
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The Top 12 ladies kicked off the Season 9 live shows with some great song choices. All of the songs performed by the guys and girls this week are Top 10 hits from the Hot 100 chart. A quarter of the girls sang songs by The Beatles. There were many modern song choices and a few timeless songs performed.

Check out the song list:
Paige Miles All Right Now by Free
Ashley Rodriguez Happy by Leona Lewis
Janell Wheeler What About Love by Heart
Lilly Scott Fixing A Hole by The Beatles
Katelyn Epperly Oh Darling by The Beatles
Haeley Vaughn I Want To Hold Your Hand by The Beatles
Lacey Brown Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
Michelle Delamor Fallin by Alicia Keys
Didi Benami – “The Way I Am” by Ingrid Michaelson
Siobhan Magnus – “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak
Crystal Bowersox – “Hand In My Pocket” by Alanis Morrisette
Katie Stevens – “Feeling Good” by Michael Bublé

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Season 2 finalist Kimberly Caldwell celebrates her birthday today. The Katy, Texas native has been on quite the ride since coming in seventh place on American Idol.

In 2008, Kim released two singles, Fear of Flying and Gave Yourself Away, but shes also paved her path as an actress and host in the industry. Kimberly has hosted Idol Tonight and Idol Wrap for the past several seasons with Justin Guarini. She famously asked out David Cook on the Season 7 finale night, and they dated for a while.

Recently, Kimberly has collaborated with Randy Jackson to produce a record and she will release her album, Without Regrets, on April 6. Her first single off the album is called Mess Of You and its currently available for download. Kims 28^th year is shaping up to be a big one!

Happy Birthday, Kimberly!

Kimberly looked glamorous on the red carpet during the Season 8 finale. Flip through the gallery to check her out.

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