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Paul McDonald kept grinning despite being gouged on "American Idol." The smiley singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tenn., was revealed to have received the fewest viewer votes on the Fox talent contest Thursday after kicking off Wednesday's film-themed performances with Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock and Roll" from "Risky Business." Jennifer Lopez requested the 26-year-old sing Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" as his swan song, and he happily obliged.

The judges are extremely unhappy with the “American Idol” voters for their decision to send Pia Toscano home on Wednesday. “I’m shocked. I’m angry. I don’t even know what to say,” J.Lo ranted, faulting the voters for failing to read her mind and discern which of the nine heavily praised finalists she loved better than others.

Let's just say that some members of the Top 13 were luckier than others on Wednesday night's "American Idol." Gorgeous Pia Toscano continued her ascent to front-runner status, following up last week's show-stopping performance of "I'll Stand By You" with a just-as-good-if-not-better performance of Celine Dion's "All by Myself." Randy called it "hot, dope and cool" -- and she looked good doing it.

The show revealed its finalists on Thursday night, and though there are already early fan favorites, the judges made three interesting selections for the wild-card spots.

The boys performed in what was possibly the most competitive semifinals episode in the series history. We re going to need a lot of Wild Cards.

The men kick off the “American Idol” semifinals on Tuesday, and it will be the first time that the viewers get to decide who stays and who goes. Here are 10 questions that will determine who continues on to the 12-singer finals.

Ousted “American Idol” hopeful Chris Medina may be out of the running for a spot in the hit show’s Top 24, but the journey of the aspiring singer with an inspiring story is far from over, as he is heading to the “Tonight Show” Friday.

The show may have been light on drama Thursday night, but once again, Ashley Sullivan delivered plenty of tears.

Wednesday had no shortage of meltdowns, but surprisingly, the younger singers actually held up pretty well while the biggest freak out came from a 26-year-old.

The show brought about twice as many singers to Hollywood as it has in the past, so the first two days there were devoted to getting rid of the folks who shouldn’t have advanced in the first place.