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‘Idol’ final three results: The live blog

Source: USA TODAY

We’re one week out from the American Idol finale, and some deserving singer has to go home tonight. But will it be Angie Miller, Candice Glover or Kree Harrison? And will tonight’s results be overshadowed by Randy Jackson’s announcement that he’ll be leaving the show after this season? Alicia Keys performs, and former Idol runner-up Lauren Alaina debuts new single Barefoot and Buckwild. Tune in, follow along and share your thoughts. — Brian Mansfield

Only a couple of people to announce as safe tonight, so expect a lot of filler — like the promotional opening segment for the new movie Epic, which mixes animation with Ryan Seacrest. We’ll also get the video premiere of Mariah Carey’s new single #Beautiful, in addition to the performances from Alicia Keys and Lauren Alaina.

“We have the news that we’ve all been waiting months to hear,” Seacrest says. “Who will be competing in the season finale?”

To start things off, the top three sing Selena Gomez’s Who Says, and it sounds like the sound engineer’s getting off to a slow start tonight.

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“Angie did well, but not extraordinary,” Jimmy Iovine says of Miller’s third-round performance of Emeli Sande’s Maybe Wednesday.

Iovine thinks the audience wants attitude from Kree Harrison, and The Band Perry’s Better Dig Two gave her that. Contrary to the judges, who hated the performance, he gives her an A for Attitude last night.

As for Candice Glover’s take on Somewhere, “she did a job that every Idol eve rhas wanted to do. She had that moment – a moment we’ve seen Mariah have, Whitney have. … If she goes home, I’m going with her.”

You mean like Nicki Minaj did earlier this season? Better watch those promises, Jimmy.

He doesn’t have to sweat for long: Glover is the first singer in next week’s finale.

“But who will she battle? It’s either going to be Kree or Angie — the news, live, next,” Seacrest says.

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Season 11 runner-up Jessica Sanchez is in the house — and on the Glee finale that follow’s tonight’s results show. Also, Idol catches up with Season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert. Lambert will perform a “surprise duet” on next week’s finale, Seacrest says.

Alicia Keys is up next, performing Tears Always Win at the piano, looking like the artist Angie Miller hopes she becomes.

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Now that the Season 12 finish line is in sight, it’s time to start thinking about next season’s auditions. They’ll beging in July in San Francisco, with Detroit, Atlanta, Boston and Omaha among the other cities the show will visit. Plus, Seacrest says, online auditions will open Thursday night, right after the finale.

Next, the recap of Wednesday’s second round of performances, the judges’ picks.

Kree Harrison, Jimmy Iovine says, “had the perfect combination of home story and song. It was so emotional, and it killed me.”

Then, Mariah Carey gives the top three a few video pointers and premieres her #Beautiful music video with Miguel, which, strangely, looks a lot like a Hardee’s/Carl’s Jr. commercial. Lots of vintage equipment.

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Lauren Alaina co-wrote Barefoot and Buckwild, the single she’s performing tonight, “so if people don’t like the song, it’s a third my fault!”

Tonight, the girl who started Season 10 like the next-generation Miranda Lambert looks more like a modern-day version of Lorrie Morgan, though with pink streaks in her blonde hair. The song’s higher-energy than most of Morgan’s country-pop, though, a youthful, rock-infused country.

Ryan Seacrest wonders if she’s old enough to be buckwild. “You’d have to ask my dad about that,” says Alaina, who’s now 18.

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This week’s Ford Fiesta mission finds the three contestants meeting and singing with a young choir.

Next, the recap of Wednesday’s performances, starting with Jimmy Iovine’s picks.

Iovine points out that his choices reflect the real world, where people like him will have strong opinions about what they should sing. He specifically picked the songs to challenge them, and he gave the round to Angie Miller, though he thinks she made a mistake by not playing it on piano.

Frankly, that may not have been a mistake, because I suspect people think Miller’s a better piano player than she actually is. Learning to sing Elton John’s Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word is one thing — learning to sing it and play it is another matter all together. Either way, Iovine learned something important about Miller last night.

Copyright © 2013 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc.


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