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8 Finalists Remain When The Voting Results Are Revealed

Season 5, Episode 27, Aired Apr 05, 2006

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Last night, the Top 9 finalists sang their hearts out in hopes of winning America over. The contestants will be grouped in bunches of three. One of the groups will be the bottom 3. The other 2 groups will be safe. Find out tonight live who will sing again next week and who will go home. The contestant receiving the fewest votes will be eliminated from the competition. Also Kenny Rogers will perform.moreless

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After the final 9 contestants performed a country song of their choice, Mandisa had recieved the least amount of votes andwas sent back home.

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By violetbeau, May 13, 2006

OH NO! Mandisa was my favorite and I thought she did good and she deserved to WIN WIN WIN! I usually dont vote until the finally but I guess I should be voting now. At least shell be on the national tour. Along with Lisa, Bucky, Elliot, Katharine, Taylor, Chris, Paris, Kellie, and Ace.
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By pablobiglia, Apr 21, 2006

This episode, with no doubts, is the worsest episode of American Idol EVER!!! Mandisa just left us all and now, THE best singer of the whole competition, of whole American Idol's history is gone. America did not vote well at all and I am not going to watch it like I used to...
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based on that night's performance, america got 2 out of 3 right, but send the very wrong person home.

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By mu99le, Apr 09, 2006

yes, after seeing the actual show in full i have to lick back some of the things i've spitted out. Paris and Elliot were surprisingly bad on the country night. their voices were below their usual standards, so if votings are based on each night's performance, they indeed deserved to be in the bottom 3. Ace, Kellie and Katharine exceeded my expectations, so again, if the votings are based on that night's performance only, they deserved to be in the top 8. BUT, i stand with my earlier opinion that MANDISA. WAS. GREAT., and that BUCKY SUCKS. Bucky should've been the one to go...his performance had been extremely uninteresting. Mandisa may not be the best that night, but I can see nothing wrong with her vocals, especially considering that country isn't her element. Paula WAS right: she can sing the phone book. I just can't believe that the judges trashed her. Goodbye Mandisa...the competition isn't going to be the same without you.moreless
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omg mandisaa noo!

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By Nikell, Apr 08, 2006

the worst votation that i saw in ai.... how the people choossse image forr over the talent!. i love paris and mandisa they have the best voices of the 8 team, mandisa show us what its mean singg almost in all her performance!. how could be \"Face\" young save and paris no!. i must say it kelly should be in the bottom 3 (with elliot and face) she is absolutely lovely, but is a little weak in the interpretation.

its a true fact that we never can be suree that the best singerr will be the next AI...moreless
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Of what one bad performance can do

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By angelsxo, Apr 06, 2006

I felt badly for Mendisa for getting voted off. She surely wasn't the worst singer overall on the show. I felt if you looked at the other performances of Mendisa this one last some what off performance should not have lead her to be voted off. She has always done stellar performances up until this past week. What is the real reason she was voted off? Could it have been she didn't fit the American Idol image? Could it be that people forget the past weeks performances? These are questions that run through my mind as I watch the show. But regardless I will still watch next week.moreless
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- There was some controversy that the reason Mandisa left was actually because of the speech from the week before. People thought when she said "lifestyle" she meant homosexuality, but she later denied that.
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- Ford music video: "Just One Look" by Doris Troy. Kellie brings her car to a repair shop and the rest of the Idols work on it by smashing it it around. Kellie comes back and sees it all beat up and get upset. It's moved to a separate room where it is transformed into a new Ford.
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- There was no group number tonight
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- Kenny Rogers performs his song "I Can't Unlove You" from his album "Water and Bridges"
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- Ryan said there were just under 35 million votes
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- Ryan split the contestants into three groups of three. One group was Bucky, Ace and Katharine, another group was Taylor, Kellie and Chris and the final group was the bottom three (Mandisa, Paris and Elliot).
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- Country singer Travis Tritt was in the audience
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- Bottom 3: 3. Paris
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  1. Mandisa
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- With Mandesa being voted off, this leave Paris Bennett being the only african-american contestant remaining.
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- The theme for the next week is announced, which is songs by Queen, and a clip is shown of the top 9 contestants rocking out with the band.
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- Voted off: Mandisa
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- Bottom 3: 3.Paris Bennett 2.Elliott Yamin 1.Mandisa
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- The contestants were put into 3 groups before learning who would be the bottom 3. Ace, Katharine and Bucky were the first group. Mandisa, Elliott, and Paris were the second group. Taylor, Chris, and Kellie were the last one.
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- All 3 of the contestants in the bottom 3 tonight (Paris, Elliott, and Mandisa) had never been in the bottom group before.
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- Kenny Rogers will perform his single "I Can't Unlove You" from his album Water & Bridges.
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