March 27th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: American Idol 2009, ITV2, Michael Sarver

American Idol lost another contestant last night as oil rig worker Michael Sarver was voted off the competition.
Sarver, who sang “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” failed to impress the judges and the public voters. There was a shock earlier in the night as Matt Giraud was told he was in the bottom three, alongside blind contestant Scott Macintyre.
Giraud was left to sweat for longer as he was left in the bottom two alongside Sarver, with judge Randy Jackson telling him “you definitely don’t deserve to be there,” before Sarver was finally put out of his misery by Simon Cowell, who bluntly told him “You’re going home. Sorry”.
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March 6th, 2009 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Adam Lambert, Alexis Grace, Allison Iraheta, American Idol 2009, Anoop Desai, Danny Gokey, Jasmine Murray, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud, Megan Corkey, Michael Sarver, Scott Macintyre

Yes you read the title right! Last night the American Idol judges twisted proceedings a little and at the end of the wild card round announced that this year, they were actually going to allow thirteen contestants through to the live finals rather than the usual twelve.
Anoop Desai, Jasmine Murray, Megan Corkrey and Matt Giraud will now join Jorge Nunez, Scott MacIntyre, Lil Rounds, Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey, Alexis Grace and Michael Sarver in next weeks first live show in the full size American Idol studio.
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