'It was the difference between having all your dreams dashed and then ... they're alive again,' he says.By Katie Byrne Anoop Desai Photo: Michael Becker/ Getty Images A spot in the "American Idol" finals looked like it was Anoop Desai's to lose in the first live-performance week, but when the 21-year-old student came out with a sleepy performance of Monica's "Angel of Mine," he didn't make the cut. The judges saw something in the affable singer and brought him back as a wild card, along with Megan Joy Corkrey, Matt Giraud and Jasmine Murray.