Judges save one singer, send another home

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A day after “American Idol” nixed its remaining platinum ticket winners on May 4, viewers further trimmed the competition down to the Top 7.

The Top 8 vote saw Canaan James Hill and Kolbi Jordan eliminated in a shock vote. In a brutal fan vote, another singer was cut from the competition as Season 23’s Top 7 was revealed May 5.

The aspiring stars took part in the “judge’s song contest” in Episode 15, with contestants selecting from a slate of songs chosen for them by each judge (who’d submitted anonymously). After Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie each earned three singers’ favor, they not only won bragging rights but also the responsibility of deciding which singer would be spared from leaving the competition.

Fellow judge Carrie Underwood was left in a huff. “I don’t lose on ‘American Idol.’ I win!” she said. But later, she seemed more than happy to be excluded from the high-pressure debate over which contestant to send home from the chopping block.

Who was sent home on ‘American Idol?’ Who was saved?

Mattie Pruitt and Josh King didn’t earn enough votes for the Top 6.

After Richie and Bryan conferred in a brief whispered conversation, they came to a quick decision. As Pruitt was on the brink of tears, the two judges called out “Mattie!” This meant the airport pianist was out of the competition.

Who is in the ‘American Idol’ Top 6?

  • John Foster
  • Josh King
  • Jamal Roberts
  • Mattie Pruitt
  • Thunderstorm Artis
  • Slater Nalley
  • Gabby Samone
  • Breanna Nix

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