Idol-Talk: Season 10 Top 7 Results Show

American Idol 10: Top 7 Results Show
Air Date: Thursday, April 21, 2011 [8-9pm]

Source: @SLangoneAI10

Over 52 million votes were cast on Wednesday night.

Lauren Alaina, Haley Reinhart, Stefano Langone and Jacob Lusk perform "Hey, Soul Sister."

Ford Music Video: "World."

Casey Abrams, Scotty McCreery and James Durbin perform "Viva La Vida."

During Ryan's couch chat with the contestants, Casey shows a piece of art he received from a fan.

Casey and Jacob are up first to face the results:
Casey is safe!
Jacob Lusk - Bottom 3 (Correct Prediction)

David Cook performs "The Last Goodbye."

Video: The Top 7 go to a Dodgers game, then bowling and finally to the spa.

Lauren, James and Stefano are next:
Stefano Langone - Bottom 3 (Correct Prediction)
Lauren and James are safe!

Finally, only Haley and Scotty are left:
Scotty's safe.
Haley Reinhart - Bottom 3 (Correct Prediction)

Immediately, Ryan tells Haley that she's safe.

Katy Perry becomes a Lady Gaga-wannabe and performs "E.T" featuring Kanye West. It was oh so obvious that she was lip-syncing. Near the start of the song when she began walking towards the front of the stage, you could hear her voice singing but her lips weren't moving. Then, when she did start to move her lips, they weren't matching with the vocal. So, she tries to imitate Lady Gaga by dressing outlandishly. But Katy, if you're going to emulate her, you should try singing live. Gaga doesn't lip-sync.

The final results:
Stefano Langone - Eliminated (Correct Prediction)
Jacob's safe.

Stefano performs "Lately." James is visibly upset over Stefano going home. Based on that and their interaction after the song, they must have become close friends.

Now that Stefano's gone, none of the judge's Wild Card picks are left. This goes to show that the Wild Card round doesn't really impact the final outcome. The only exception to that was Clay Aiken, who made it to second place. But even with him, it was America's Wild Card pick and not by the judges. Another choice that made an impact post-Idol, though not on who won, was Jennifer Hudson (chosen by Randy).

Next Wednesday, the Top 7 will perform Songs of Carole King. And I can't, can't, can't wait for Crystal Bowersox to perform on Thursday! See ya then...