Tonight’s special guests on American Idol were The Clark Brothers and Dolly Parton. I remember seeing the Clark Brothers on The Next Great American Band and they were okay, but tonight, I actually liked them a lot. They rocked! Dolly was awful tonight, but somehow, she’s still lovable. It looked like Ryan Seacrest had a difficult time getting her to stop talking though.

The Bottom 3 on American Idol were:

• Ramiele Malubay (no surprise)
• Kristy Lee Cook (YAY!, fingers crossed that she gets the boot tonight)
• Brooke White

*I really thought Syesha Mercado would’ve been in the Bottom 3 even though she didn’t deserve it, but this time, I think America really got it right. YAY!

The Idol reject this week was:

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Ramiele Malubay - although she didn’t perform well any of the weeks of the competition, I still think she has a great voice and she’s very likable. I really wished it was Kristy’s week to go. It’s awful that they basically forced Ramiele to sing the show out even though she was visibly upset. Ryan should’ve just thanked her and let her go her way. How cruel.

So this means the Top 8 are:

• Michael Johns
• David Archuleta
• Carly Smithson
• David Cook
• Syesha Mercado
• Jason Castro
• Brooke White
• Kristy Lee Cook