Why so glum, Jennifer Lopez? Your new RedOne-produced dance jam “On The Floor” is the #2 song on iTunes! Oh, right—this was the week on American Idol where the remaining 61 contestants were shipped off to Las Vegas to perform songs by the Beatles, whittled down to 40, then carted back to L.A. so the group could be pared down again to 24. That’s gotta be rough on a pop diva. And it was! Read on.
We had been teased by host Ryan Seacrest throughout last night’s two-hour episode that the Top 24 was going to be revealed, when actually only ten of the contestants who made it through were shown. The evening ended on J-Lo’s teary-eyed breakdown over an early Idol favorite being cut. An ominous “To Be Continued” flashed on the screen as the night came to a close.