Simon Cowell will be given extra power alongside his fellow American Idol judges after a dramatic rule change is introduced on tonight’s results show.

The change will allow the judges to NULLIFY the public vote and SAVE a contestant that had been chosen to be eliminated by the public, putting pressure on the contestants for the following week where there will be a DOUBLE elimination. They will only be allowed to do this ONCE during the show, and the judges must UNANIMOUSLY decide to save them.

A massive 33 million votes were cast in last night’s first elimination show of the series, which saw Jasmine Murray and Jorge Nunez voted off, with the latter failing to win the public round despite the backing of Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony. The judges also passed up on the opportunity of saving Nunez.

Kanye West and Kelly Clarkson also performed special guest performances on the show.

Next week’s theme was also announced as ‘Grand Ole Opry Week’ which will see the contestants tackle country songs.

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American Idol finalist Jorge Nunez has moved Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony to tears.

Jorge was appearing on Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS-FM radio show yesterday when Ryan revealed that he had received a text from Anthony.

The message read: “Hey bro, just finished watching the show. This guy is really special. Please tell Jorge that Jen and I could not be prouder. We were in tears witnessing, honestly. Pure talent.”

Speaking to E! News, Nunez said: “That [was] so awesome. I mean… if they’re famous here you really can’t imagine how famous they are in Puerto Rico. They’re like the biggest people ever. I love them. I’m so happy.”

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Scott MacIntyre, Jorge Nunez & Lil Rounds have become the latest three American Idol contestants to make it through to the final 12.

Scott and Lil were absolute certs based on their performances on Tuesday night’s show (click on their names to hear them sing again) and also on the fact that Lil was placed as last singer of the night, which almost seems to guarantee a spot at the top.

Jorge seemed a slightly less likely choice and though he did do a great job on Elton John’s ‘Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On me’ the judges weren’t just as enthusiastic about him as they were about Lil.

Nunez, MacIntyre and Rounds join previously picked finalists Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace and Michael Sarver. The last three singers entering the final twelve will be picked in tonight’s ‘Wild Card’ round in which previous singers will get one more chance to wow the judges.

The singers that are entering that round are Von Smith, Jasmine Murray, Ricky Braddy, Megan Corkrey, Tatiana Del Toro, Matt Giraud, Jesse Langseth and Anoop Desai.

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Jorge Nunez sang “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me,” by Elton John on last night’s American Idol live show.

The judges seemed impressed, though maybe not as blown away as they could have been. Jorge certainly is talented, but is it enough to get him through to the final twelve? I’m not sure at all.

Judges Comments

Randy – “This wasn’t the perfect vocal, but it was really, really good dude.”
Kara – “You were born to sing. That comes right here to us and we feel it.”
Paula – “You sound so good. I’m so proud of you – I just want to squeeze you.”
Simon – “I think you should be who you are. You’re actually a really good singer.”

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