Surprising 'American Idol' top 14 live results: 'The audience is booing America's vote!'
As the top 20 became the top 14, one Ryan Seacrest announcement sparked jeers and chants from the outraged studio audience. But did the judges listen... and save that contestant?
On Monday, after 25 million votes and over the course of two nail-biting, white-knuckling hours, this season's American Idol top 20 became the top 14. It was night of tough goodbyes, a few surprises, and, frankly, some bad optics. A typical Idol results show, then. Let's get into it.
So, here's what went down. Host Ryan Seacrest called each of the contestants' names, one by one, and informed them of their fates — after which those contestants performed either a "victory song" (if they'd been declared safe) or, if they were in the bottom 10, performed in the hopes of securing one of the night's four wild-card spots, which were decided by judges Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan.
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