Anoop Desai made it through to American Idol’s final 13 singers by the skin of his teeth and with performances like this he will be out sooner than he can say Michael Jackson.

For last nights live show Anoop chose to sing his favourite MJ song, ‘Beat It’ and the judges were unanimous in their criticism of his song choice.

Judges comments:

Paula: “When you pick a song, it is your gift to the world to show what you’ve got. I don’t think that this song did that. It is untouchable. Anything else sounds karaoke to me.”

Simon: “It was horrible. There was no aggression; it was very lightweight. It was like somebody trying to be like Michael Jackson, but failing.”

Randy: “You’ve got a little bit more than that. It didn’t work for me.”

Kara was disappointed by the lack of riffs and thinks Anoop missed an opportunity to show off his vocal skills. She said: “For the first time, I felt disconnected from you.”