American Idol Report Card: How Did The Top 12 Do?
Epperly, Katelyn? Lambert, Alex? Scott, Lilly?! Oh, that’s right. We almost forgot. Those three promising “American Idol” students were expelled from the show last week. Let’s skip attendance and jump right into Tuesday night’s “Idol” report card. We have a feeling Siobhan Magnus and Crystal Bowersox will be graduating with honors, while Andrew Garcia and Paige Miles are in danger of flunking out. Let’s see how they all fared with the Rolling Stones week. (And don’t miss Jim Cantiello’s recap of their performances in the MTV Newsroom.) ‘American Idol’ Season 9 Performances Excellent Didi Benami: Her captivating rendition of “Play With Fire” makes it two straight weeks at the top of the class for this 23-year-old old soul. It was a gutsy choice to go all slow and brooding, and it paid off. Yet her future remains cloudy: Didi just couldn’t rise up to hit that final high note, and her lack of vocal power will become ever more evident when the field narrows. For now, though, we offer Benam
