AMERICAN IDOLS 2010 TOUR & American Idol Background Info :

The ninth season of American Idol premiered on January 12, 2010, on Fox.[1] Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi have all returned as judges, and Ellen DeGeneres has permanently replaced Paula Abdul as the fourth judge. Idol Gives Back also returned this season and was held on April 21, 2010, during the top seven results show. The top 24 semi-finals format used in the fourth through seventh seasons also returned this season. This will be Simon Cowell's last season judging on American Idol.

Judges
After the season began, Paula Abdul did not return as the fourth judge on the panel, having announced in the beginning of August 2009 that she was leaving the show due to unresolved contract negotiations. Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige, Shania Twain, Katy Perry, Avril Lavigne, Joe Jonas, Neil Patrick Harris and Kristin Chenoweth were brought in to star as guest judges during the auditions phase.

After making the decision to utilize guest judges in Abdul's absence, Fox chairman Peter Rice stated that they would find a permanent fourth judge before the season premiere in January 2010, leading the confirmation on September 9, 2009 by Ellen DeGeneres that she would be joining the show as the new permanent fourth judge for the rounds held at CBS Television City for Hollywood Week and thereafter, onto the live shows.

In addition, Simon Cowell announced shortly before the ninth season began that it would be his last season on American Idol. Cowell will be leaving the show to begin preparations for an American version of his talent show The X-Factor.

Hollywood week
Held at the Kodak Theatre for the second straight year, the first day of Hollywood Week featured the 181 contestants (although there were 172 contestants that actually took the stage according to American Idol website) from the auditions round singing solo with the option of playing an instrument. Ninety-six contestants advanced. The next round required the contestants to split up into groups and perform. Seventy-one advanced to the final round of Hollywood requiring a solo performance. Forty-six made it to the final round where the judges take contestants one by one and tell them if they made the final twenty-four.
Ellen DeGeneres made her first appearance as a judge (replacing Paula Abdul) at this time.

Semi-finalists
The first seven were revealed on February 16, 2010 (during the second hour on the episode), and the rest were revealed on the following night's episode.
Females                                         
Lilly Scott - Voted off March 11
Katelyn Epperly - Voted off March 11
Haeley Vaughn - Voted off March 4
Michelle Delamor - Voted off March 4
Ashley Rodriguez - Voted off February 25
Janell Wheeler - Voted off February 25
Males
Alex Lambert -Voted off March 11
Todrick Hall - Voted off March 11
Jermaine Sellers - Voted off March 4
John Park - Voted off March 4
Tyler Grady - Voted off February 25
Joe Muñoz - Voted off February 25

The semi-final format used through seasons 4-7 has been revived for this season. Starting with 12 women and 12 men, the women and men perform on weekly separate shows and on the result shows, the bottom 2 women and the bottom 2 men are eliminated from the competition. The semi-finals took place over three weeks until there are six women and six men forming the top 12.
From this point on in the show, this season's exit song, "Leave Right Now" by Will Young, was played over eliminations.

Top 24 – Billboard Hot 100 Hits
Order     Females
1       Paige Miles "All Right Now" (Free) Safe
2       Ashley Rodriguez "Happy" (Leona Lewis) Eliminated
3       Janell Wheeler "What About Love" (Heart) Eliminated
4       Lilly Scott "Fixing a Hole" (The Beatles) Safe
5        Katelyn Epperly "Oh! Darling" (The Beatles) Safe
6       Haeley Vaughn "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (The Beatles) Safe
7       Lacey Brown "Landslide" (Fleetwood Mac) Safe
8       Michelle Delamor "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys) Safe
9       Didi Benami "The Way I Am" (Ingrid Michaelson) Safe
10     Siobhan Magnus "Wicked Game" (Chris Isaak) Safe
11     Crystal Bowersox "Hand in My Pocket" (Alanis Morissette) Safe
12     Katie Stevens "Feeling Good" (Anthony Newley) Safe

           Males
1      Todrick Hall "Since U Been Gone" (Kelly Clarkson) Safe
2      Aaron Kelly "Here Comes Goodbye" (Rascal Flatts) Safe
3      Jermaine Sellers "Get Here" (Brenda Russell) Safe
4     Tim Urban "Apologize" (OneRepublic) Safe
5     Joe Muñoz "You and I Both" (Jason Mraz) Eliminated
6     Tyler Grady "American Woman" (The Guess Who) Eliminated
7     Lee DeWyze "Chasing Cars" (Snow Patrol) Safe
8     John Park "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday) Safe
9    Michael Lynche "This Love" (Maroon 5) Safe
10   Alex Lambert "Wonderful World" (James Morrison) Safe
11   Casey James "Heaven" (Bryan Adams) Safe
12   Andrew Garcia "Sugar, We're Goin Down" (Fall Out Boy) Safe

Top 20 – Billboard Hot 100 Hits
Note: The females were scheduled to go first, but medical issues with Crystal Bowersox, who was hospitalized on March 2 with complications from diabetes, required a switch.
Order       Males
1    Michael Lynche - "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"(James Brown) Safe
2    John Park - "Gravity" (John Mayer) Eliminated
3   Casey James "I Don't Want to Be" (Gavin DeGraw) Safe
4   Alex Lambert "Everybody Knows" (John Legend) Safe
5   Todrick Hall "What's Love Got to Do with It" (Tina Turner) Safe
6   Jermaine Sellers "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye) Eliminated
7   Andrew Garcia "You Give Me Something" (James Morrison) Safe
8   Aaron Kelly "My Girl" (The Temptations) Safe
9   Tim Urban "Come On Get Higher" (Matt Nathanson) Safe
10   Lee DeWyze "Lips of an Angel" (Hinder) Safe

             Females
1   Crystal Bowersox "Long As I Can See the Light" (Creedence Clearwater Revival) Safe
2   Haeley Vaughn "The Climb" (Miley Cyrus) Eliminated
3   Lacey Brown "Kiss Me" (Sixpence None the Richer) Safe
4   Katie Stevens "Put Your Records On" (Corinne Bailey Rae) Safe
5   Didi Benami "Lean on Me" (Bill Withers) Safe
6   Michelle Delamor "With Arms Wide Open" (Creed) Eliminated
7   Lilly Scott "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) Safe
8   Katelyn Epperly "The Scientist" (Coldplay) Safe
9   Paige Miles "Walk Away" (Kelly Clarkson) Safe
10   Siobhan Magnus "Think" (Aretha Franklin) Safe

Top 16 – Billboard Hot 100 Hits
Order        Females
1   Katie Stevens "Breakaway" (Kelly Clarkson) Safe
2   Siobhan Magnus "The House of the Rising Sun" (The Animals) Safe
3   Lacey Brown "The Story" (Brandy Carlile) Safe
4   Katelyn Epperly "I Feel the Earth Move" (Carole King) Eliminated
5   Didi Benami "Rhiannon" (Fleetwood Mac) Safe
6   Paige Miles "Smile" (Nat King Cole) Safe
7   Crystal Bowersox "Give Me One Reason" (Tracy Chapman) Safe
8   Lilly Scott "I Fall to Pieces" (Patsy Cline) Eliminated

             Males
1   Lee DeWyze "Fireflies" (Owl City) Safe
2   Alex Lambert "Trouble" (Ray LaMontagne) Eliminated
3   Tim Urban "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen) Safe
4   Andrew Garcia "Genie in a Bottle" (Christina Aguilera) Safe
5   Casey James "You'll Think of Me" (Keith Urban) Safe
6   Todrick Hall "Somebody to Love" (Queen) Eliminated
7   Michael Lynche "This Woman's Work" (Kate Bush) Safe
Finals
As in season 8, the judges were given one save that they could use before the top 5 week. They used the save for Michael Lynche during top 9 week.
Finalists
Females                          Voted Off                           Males                       Voted Off
Crystal Bowersox                                                   Lee DeWyze
Siobhan Magnus                April 28                       Casey James
Katie Stevens                    April 14                         Aaron Kelly
Didi Benami                      March 31                    Michael Lynche
Paige Miles                       March 24                        Tim Urban                   April 21
Lacey Brown                    March 17                      Andrew Garcia              April 14

Top 12 – The Rolling Stones
1 Michael Lynche "Miss You" Safe
2 Didi Benami "Play with Fire" Safe
3 Casey James "It's All Over Now" (original artist: The Valentinos) Safe
4 Lacey Brown "Ruby Tuesday" Eliminated
5 Andrew Garcia "Gimme Shelter" Safe
6 Katie Stevens "Wild Horses" Safe
7 Tim Urban "Under My Thumb" Bottom 3
8 Siobhan Magnus "Paint It, Black" Safe
9 Lee DeWyze "Beast of Burden" Safe
10 Paige Miles "Honky Tonk Women" Bottom 3
11 Aaron Kelly "Angie" Safe
12 Crystal Bowersox "You Can't Always Get What You Want" Safe

Top 11 – Billboard Number 1 Hits
Mentor: Miley Cyrus
1 Lee DeWyze "The Letter" (The Box Tops) Safe
2 Paige Miles "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Phil Collins) Eliminated
3 Tim Urban "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen) Bottom 3
4 Aaron Kelly "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Aerosmith) Safe
5 Crystal Bowersox "Me and Bobby McGee" (Roger Miller) Safe
6 Michael Lynche "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Percy Sledge) Safe
7 Andrew Garcia "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Marvin Gaye) Safe
8 Katie Stevens "Big Girls Don't Cry" (Fergie) Bottom 3
9 Casey James "The Power of Love" (Huey Lewis and the News) Safe
10 Didi Benami "You're No Good" (Betty Everett) Safe
11 Siobhan Magnus "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder) Safe

Top 10 – R&B/Soul
Mentor: Usher
1 Siobhan Magnus "Through the Fire" (Chaka Khan) Safe
2 Casey James "Hold On, I'm A Comin'" (Sam & Dave) Safe
3 Michael Lynche "Ready for Love" (India.Arie) Safe
4 Didi Benami "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (Jimmy Ruffin) Eliminated
5 Tim Urban "Sweet Love" (Anita Baker) Bottom 3
6 Andrew Garcia "Forever" (Chris Brown) Safe
7 Katie Stevens "Chain of Fools" (Aretha Franklin) Bottom 3
8 Lee DeWyze "Treat Her Like a Lady" (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose) Safe
9 Crystal Bowersox "Midnight Train to Georgia" (Cissy Houston) Safe
10 Aaron Kelly "Ain't No Sunshine" (Bill Withers) Safe

Top 9 (first week) – Lennon/McCartney Songbook
Mentor: N/A
1 Aaron Kelly "The Long and Winding Road" (The Beatles) Bottom 3
2 Katie Stevens "Let It Be" (The Beatles) Safe
3 Andrew Garcia "Can't Buy Me Love" (The Beatles) Bottom 3
4 Michael Lynche "Eleanor Rigby" (The Beatles) Saved
5 Crystal Bowersox "Come Together" (The Beatles) Safe
6 Tim Urban "All My Loving" (The Beatles) Safe
7 Casey James "Jealous Guy" (John Lennon) Safe
8 Siobhan Magnus "Across the Universe" (The Beatles) Safe
9 Lee DeWyze "Hey Jude" (The Beatles) Safe

Top 9 (second week) – Elvis Presley
Mentor: Adam Lambert
1 Crystal Bowersox "Saved" (Elvis Presley) Safe
2 Andrew Garcia "Hound Dog" (Big Mama Thornton) Eliminated
3 Tim Urban "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley) Safe
4 Lee DeWyze "A Little Less Conversation" (Elvis Presley) Safe
5 Aaron Kelly "Blue Suede Shoes" (Carl Perkins) Safe
6 Siobhan Magnus "Suspicious Minds" (Elvis Presley) Safe
7 Michael Lynche "In the Ghetto" (Elvis Presley) Safe
8 Katie Stevens "Baby, What You Want Me to Do" (Jimmy Reed) Eliminated
9 Casey James "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (Lloyd Price) Safe

Top 7 – Inspirational Songs
Mentor: Alicia Keys
1 Casey James "Don't Stop" (Fleetwood Mac) Bottom 3
2 Lee DeWyze "The Boxer" (Simon & Garfunkel) Safe
3 Tim Urban "Better Days" (Goo Goo Dolls) Eliminated
4 Aaron Kelly "I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly) Bottom 3
5 Siobhan Magnus "When You Believe" (Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston) Safe
6  Michael Lynche "Hero" (Chad Kroeger feat. Josey Scott) Safe
7 Crystal Bowersox "People Get Ready" (The Impressions) Safe

Top 6 – Shania Twain
Mentor: Shania Twain
1 Lee DeWyze "You're Still the One" Safe
2 Michael Lynche "It Only Hurts When I'm Breathing" Bottom 3
3 Casey James "Don't!" Bottom 3
4 Crystal Bowersox "No One Needs to Know" Safe
5 Aaron Kelly "You've Got a Way" Safe
6 Siobhan Magnus "Any Man of Mine" Eliminated

Top 5 – Frank Sinatra
Mentor: Harry Connick, Jr.
1 Aaron Kelly "Fly Me to the Moon" (Kaye Ballard) Eliminated
2 Casey James "Blue Skies" (Ben Selvin) Safe
3 Crystal Bowersox "Summer Wind" (Frank Sinatra) Safe
4 Michael Lynche "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fred Astaire) Bottom 2
5 Lee DeWyze "That's Life" (Frank Sinatra) Safe

Top 4 – Songs of the Cinema
Mentor: Jamie Foxx
Each contestant sang one solo and one duet with a fellow contestant.
1 Lee DeWyze "Kiss from a Rose" (Seal) - Batman Forever Safe
2 Michael Lynche "Will You Be There" (Michael Jackson) - Free Willy Eliminated
3 Crystal Bowersox & Lee DeWyze "Falling Slowly" (Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová) - Once
4 Casey James "Mrs. Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel) - The Graduate Safe
5 Crystal Bowersox "I'm Alright" (Kenny Loggins) - Caddyshack Safe
6 Casey James & Michael Lynche "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (Bryan Adams) - Don Juan DeMarco

Top 3 – Judge's Choice/Contestant's choice
Each contestant sang two songs.
Lee DeWyze
Crystal Bowersox
Casey James

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