The Teariest 'American Idol' Semifinal Show Ever

We know every week on a competition reality show is usually advertised as the “most fill-in-the-blank superlative episode ever!!!”, but tonight’s elimination on American Idol truly was one of the most shocking (and tearful) we’ve witnessed yet. Sent packing in the last semifinal round were Lilly Scott, Katelyn Epperly, Todrick Hall, and Alex Lambert. Yes, you read that right.

True, Lilly gave one of her weakest performances of the season on Tuesday, but we didn’t even consider the fact that America would vote her out. Katelyn, on the other hand, we suspected might go. But that doesn’t mean we have to agree with it. As for the men, Todrick probably sealed his fate by delivering the recently Glee-ified “Somebody to Love” with an almost cartoon-like exuberance, but how Aaron Kelly managed to make it but Alex didn’t will continue to remain one of the greatest mysteries of life.

So, America, that means your top 12 American Idol season 9 finalists are, in no particular order, Didi Benami, Crystal Bowersox, Lacey Brown, Siobhan Magnus, Paige Miles, Katie Stevens, Lee Dewyze, Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Aaron Kelly, and Tim Urban. Who are you rooting for? (For the record, Crushable is on Team Siobhan, until her eventual elimination because that’s how it always goes for the people we root for, on which occasion we will be switching to team Bowersox.)