Adam Lambert Lands in the Bottom 2

After 47 million votes, the most of Season 8, Adam Lambert found himself in the bottom two tonight. Of course there is no way of knowing if we were told the correct order of the results. In the end it was Matt Giraud who left the American Idol stage in 5th place for Season 8. Ironically, had front-runner Adam Lambert gone home tonight it would have been due to the judges saving Matt two weeks ago. Breathe easy Lambert fans, he is safe in the final four.

There was some good entertainment tonight on the AI stage. Natalie Cole, Taylor Hicks and Jamie Foxx all performed for the young audience. Natalie Cole looked fantastic.

Taylor Hicks brought his Soul Patrol back from Season 5 American Idol. With his new single "Seven Mile Breakdown" and a new CD, The Distance. Taylor Hicks is one of the least successful AI winners, through no fault of his own. He always sounds good. The problem is that he doesn't fit in any genre. So you have to be great. Or outrageous... see Adam Lambert.

Jamie Foxx, guest mentor from last night, rounded out the entertainment part of the night. Foxx has the number one song in the country right now with "Blame It" from his platinum CD, Intuition. I like Jamie Foxx's voice, I don't like it synthesized. It got the crowd wound up to a frenzy for the nail-biting elimination. Foxx had nothing but love for the AI hopefuls. He said, "..these are five of the most talented people I've met in the last ten years..." Foxx urged America to embrace the Idol finalists as artists, not just singers (we shall see).

When it came to elimination time tonight on AI, I only had a momentary 'bad feeling'. I honestly don't believe that Adam Lambert was even in the bottom vote count, though I could be wrong. American Idol has been down in ratings this season and it would be worth it to them to go for the drama. As Matt Giraud sang his swan song on the AI stage we are left with the Season 8 final four: Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta.