'American Idol' Top 3 Revealed as Allison Iraheta is Out:No Doubt,Gwen Stefani&Chris Daughtry Performed

One more contestant in "American Idol" takes the fall. Allison Iraheta, the 16-year-old red hair has been eliminated from the competition after being put on the bottom two with Danny Gokey. Ryan Seacrest said that 64 million votes were cast the night before (May 5). Choked up in tears when her montage was played, Allison then took the stage for one last time to sing her rendition of Janis Joplin's "Cry Baby". She hugged Paula Abdul during the performance and the others afterward.

With the departure of Allison, the top 3 is officially dominated by males. Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey and Kris Allen will battle it out next week with two songs each. One song will be picked by the judges while another one is left for the contestant to choose.

Guest performances of the result night were coming from the reunited No Doubt and former Idol finalist Chris Daughtry who was there with his band DAUGHTRY to debut the new single from their upcoming album. Paula Abdul was also on the stage to sing her new single "('m Just) Here For The Music".No Doubt next to perform on American Idol, doing "Just a Girl." Gwen Stefani's not lip-synching, it's a raw, real performance even after all these years. Crowd's reallly into it; I'd say it's one of the better Wednesday performances we've had.

And Gwen Stefani, who blasted in from the past with "I'm Just a Girl," said that "the whole point" of her band's upcoming tour, kicking off next week in Las Vegas, is to prepare their fans for a new No Doubt album.

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Someone to Watch over Me By Allison Iraheta (Video)

See the Allison Iraheta Someone to Watch Over Me video, lyrics here. The Season 8 American Idol finalist delivered a remarkable and powerful performance.The 17-year-old Allison Iraheta took on a standard, Someone to Watch Over Me on American Idol Rat Pack Night April 28, 2009 which featured a surprise guest mentor; the Grammy and Oscar winner Jaime Foxx mentoring the contestants as they sang standards from the celebrated 1960s Rat Pack whose members included showbiz legends Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop and others.

Someone to Watch Over Me lyrics were written by Ira Gershwin and music by George Gershwin from the musical Oh, Kay! The song has since become a standard and covered by numerous artists including Frank Sinatra. The Allison Iraheta performance was easily her best of the entire American Idol season 8, wining praise from all of the judges except one.Randy Jackson said that Allison Iraheta looked like Brittany Murphy and sang like (pop singer-songwriter) Pink with 9,000 more octaves.

Kara Dioguardi noting that the singer had previously been in the bottom three said she had performed beyond her years and won new fans. She told her that she deserved to be in the finals.Paula Abdul told the young singer she had been waiting all season to hear her sing a ballad.Simon Cowell asked Allison Iraheta if she thought she could win the competition at this stage. It wasn’t a rhetorical question and the young singer replied, ‘I think I can. I think all of us have that chance right now.’

Simon Cowell then said, stunningly, ‘I don’t feel that belief in you still,” and he went on to say, ‘I have a horrible feeling you could be in trouble tonight.’Nonetheless, Allison Iraheta Someone to Watch Over video, when seen a second time shows she was a standout and a crowd pleaser on American Idol Rat Pack Night.As the only remaining female contending for American Idol Allison Iraheta competes against Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, and Matt Giraud.

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