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It's live. The guest performances happen in between this season's contestants performances. Scotty & Idol winner, Just Sam will be performing. They also are doing a tribute to Mandisa who just passed away. She was an Idol alum from S5 who was a successful Christian artist.

Live on ABC. Since the show's been on ABC once they pick the finalists, the voting is live & contestants are eliminated at the end of the show.

I like that Idol this season is having Idol alums come back to perform. I hope they continue that in the future.

I am watching Idol & they just announced Scotty next Sunday will be on & performing "Cab In A Solo."

I am surprised Idol asked Just Sam back.

4/22/2024 TW TW+ Artist Title Spins Spin+ Bullet Bullet+ Aud Aud+ 1 = SAM HUNT Outskirts 9379 -114 742 -229 40.969 -0.298 2 = TYLER HUBBARD Back Then Right Now 7710 +52 630 -70 30.266 +0.213 3 +1 SCOTTY MCCREERY Cab In A Solo 7326 +257 993 +274 29.265 +0.750 4 -1 JORDAN DAVIS Tucson Too Late 7401 +18 492 -16 31.766 +0.242 5 = BAILEY ZIMMERMAN Where It Ends 6432 +43 431 -51 26.486 +0.203 6 = LAINEY WILSON Wildflowers And Wild Horses 6212 +23 117 +17 22.721 -0.094 7 +1 KENNY CHESNEY Take Her Home 5783 +68 465 +124 25.108 +0.475 8 +1 JELLY ROLL Halfway To Hell 5631 -26 590 -138 23.331 +0.266 9 -2 MORGAN WALLEN Man Made A Bar f/Eric Church 5384 -285 -3542 +97 28.393 -1.339 10 = ASHLEY COOKE your place 5238 +18 299 -106 21.205 +0.045 11 = JACKSON DEAN Fearless 4661 -12 -7 -51 19.481 -0.034 12 = CARLY PEARCE We Don't Fight...f/C.Stapleton 4440 +9 139 -11 17.026 -0.035 13 = JASON ALDEAN Let Your Boys Be Country 4313 -1 397 -60 16.843 +0.079 14 = BRYAN MARTIN We Ride 4008 +40 422 -40 15.125 +0.223 15 = CHRIS YOUNG Young Love & Saturday Nights 3258 +20 223 +33 13.301 -0.032 16 = NATE SMITH Bulletproof 3207 +15 420 -68 12.920 +0.140 17 +1 MEGAN MORONEY I'm Not Pretty 3290 +66 129 +106 12.074 +0.081 18 -1 OLD DOMINION Can't Break Up Now f/M.Moroney 3164 -20 129 -48 11.776 +0.121 19 +1 CARRIE UNDERWOOD Out Of That Truck 3035 -15 -16 -15 11.949 -0.028 20 +1 CHASE MATTHEW Love You Again 3087 +57 395 -27 11.833 +0.191 21 -2 PARKER MCCOLLUM Burn It Down 2888 -98 -3017 +387 16.116 -0.761 22 = CODY JOHNSON Dirt Cheap 2301 +42 376 -1 9.727 +0.275 23 = DUSTIN LYNCH Chevrolet f/Jelly Roll 2144 +40 180 +7 8.113 +0.151 24 +1 GARTH BROOKS & RONNIE DUNN Rodeo Man 2150 +110 88 +152 7.098 +0.195 25 -1 TIM MCGRAW One Bad Habit 2049 +28 45 -38 7.591 +0.163 26 = JON PARDI & LUKE BRYAN Cowboys And Plowboys 1974 +17 -15 +4 7.410 +0.031 27 +2 DREW BALDRIDGE She's Somebody's Daughter 1906 +39 281 +25 6.375 +0.210 28 +2 PARMALEE Gonna Love You 1882 +21 115 +34 5.867 +0.201 29 -2 DILLON CARMICHAEL Drinkin' Problems 1914 -46 -6 -57 5.187 -0.092 30 +1 BRETT YOUNG Dance With You 1773 +11 6 -100 5.759 +0.135 31 +2 JUSTIN MOORE This Is My Dirt 1735 +15 25 +33 6.253 +0.043 32 = KEITH URBAN Messed Up As Me 1688 -1 87 +5 5.514 +0.164 33 +1 DAN + SHAY Bigger Houses 1483 +15 107 +12 4.659 -0.027 34 +1 ZACH TOP Sounds Like The Radio 1404 -9 57 +1 4.489 +0.047 35 +2 DIERKS BENTLEY American Girl 1153 +25 74 +55 3.480 +0.058 36 +2 CHRIS LANE Find Another Bar 1212 +36 77 +23 2.557 +0.069 37 +2 TYLER CHILDERS In Your Love 1172 +16 -7 -4 3.056 +0.097 38 +2 LUKE BRYAN Love You, Miss You, Mean It 995 +13 201 -62 3.029 +0.083 39 +5 MORGAN WALLEN Cowgirls f/ERNEST 994 +108 610 +58 3.672 +0.424 40 +1 ZAC BROWN BAND Tie Up 1007 +25 367 +31 3.972 +0.176 41 -5 BEYONCE Texas Hold 'Em 1035 -178 -553 -164 1.832 -0.483 42 = DASHA Austin 950 -2 49 -19 3.100 +0.002 43 = GEORGE BIRGE Cowboy Songs 1048 +0 121 -9 2.487 -0.022 44 +1 MATT STELL Breakin' In Boots 963 +6 69 +3 1.636 -0.062 45 +1 DYLAN SCOTT This Town's Been Too Good To.. 903 +14 62 -5 2.023 +0.014 46 +1 DYLAN MARLOWE & DYLAN SCOTT Boys Back Home 959 +14 26 +18 2.107 +0.064 47 +1 LADY A Love You Back 944 +18 27 +5 1.606 -0.006 48 +1 CHRIS JANSON Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get 858 +19 68 +25 1.657 +0.054 49 +1 TIGIRLILY GOLD I Tried A Ring On 872 -5 38 -7 1.361 +0.019 50 -- CHRIS STAPLETON Think I'm In Love With You 731 -- 42 -- 1.537 --

Lainey's going for max spins 4/26-5/5.

Country artists in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame include Dolly, Willie Nelson, & Johnny Cash. Then there are artists who have dabbled & charted in country such as Sheryl Crow, Linda Ronstadt, John Mellencamp, etc.

It's a free theme, but Kayko will finally need to sing a cover.

I was thinking Roman, too.

Question: The voting last night did not open until after the show. Did this impact or change the results & the Top 10 that was voted through or did it not matter?

They are bringing the Idol contestants to CMA Fest. It's not just ABC. The last few seasons of FOX with Scott Borchetta as the label head also did the same thing. Nick Fradiani, Clark Beckham, Trent Harmon, etc. all were at CMA Fest due to Borchetta. Since the current label is mostly related to country music, it makes sense to go to CMA Fest.

Katy probably fought for him. She did say he gave an A performance.

The previous ABC Idol seasons contestants have said the producers tell them to write a list of songs they want to sing during the show. They will try to get them cleared. As long as there isn't a theme week, previous contestants have said they got songs that were on their list. Maybe it's not the first song on their list, but the one's that have talked about song choices have said songs were on their list they performed.

I was unsure of putting Triston as a frontrunner. Even though he's not my favorite, I picked him to win this season. Prior to last night, I was still considering him as a dark horse. He did well last night that I'm considering him more of a frontrunner, but I'm still unsure about labeling him that. If there's a tier in between dark horse & frontrunner that's where I would put Triston right now.