'American Idol' 2011 Season 10: Top 11 Make Motown Magic

March 23 Top 11 Performance Show

Victoria Leigh Miller
The Top 11 went Motown on "American Idol" this week- and they may have actually given us voters something to mull over. For the first time all season, all of the contestants showed that they are in this competition to win it.

Jimmy Iovine mentored the kids on some of Motown's greatest tunes. A few of them had never even heard their song before ("Hello"?) but they all came through.

Here's what each of the contestants sang for Motown week:

Casey Abrams- - "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye

Thia Megia-"Heatwave"-Martha and the Vandellas

Jacob Lusk- "You're All I Need to Get By"- Marvin Gaye

Lauren Alaina- "You Keep Me Hangin' On"- The Supremes

Stefano Langone- "Hello"- Lionel Richie

Haley Reinhart- "You Really Got a Hold on Me"- Smoky Robinson and the Miracles

Scotty McCreery- "For Once in My Life"- Stevie Wonder

Pia Toscano- "All in Love is Fair"- Stevie Wonder

Paul McDonald- "Tracks of My Tears"- Smoky Robinson and the Miracles

Naima Adedapo- "Dancing in the Streets"- Martha and the Vandellas

James Durbin- "Livin' for the City"- Stevie Wonder

Lots of repeats as far as artists go- and it was surprising that no one (Thia?) sang a Michael Jackson or Jackson 5 song.

Country boy Scotty McCreery seemed to be the most nervous this week- and why not? The Motown theme was soooo out of his genre, but he gave his Stevie Wonder song his own flair. It was a brilliant move and was sure not to put off any of his country music fans.

Pia Toscano's voice is beautiful- but Randy is getting really tired of all the ballads. Could her boring ballad blitz put her in jeopardy?

Paul McDonald was just not going to do Motown. He turned a Smoky Robinson classic into an indie folk rock tune- and it actually worked.

And Naima put her pitchiness aside for a week and gave us an African dance as part of her performance. Who says she isn't multi-talented?

Tonight's the night when we find out who didn't make the cut- and who will miss out on the "American Idol" tour this summer. The Top 10 is revealed tonight!

You can catch the "American Idol" Top 11 results show on March 24 at 8:00 pm on FOX.

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  • Olga L. Chacon4/3/2011

    Good coverage on American Idol.

  • Michele Starkey3/24/2011

    We didn't get to see this, thank you for the update. We'll be tuning in tonight to see the Top Idol 10! cheers

  • Mandy Robinson3/24/2011

    They were amazing.

  • TRESA PATTERSON3/24/2011

    Great job, it was another standout night! Thanks, Victoria!

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