American Idol Update

This week on American Idol, our top 9 finalists had to sing one of Itunes top 100 songs. Our contestants did a fair job performing some of the songs, though most of the competition didn't really pull through at all. Our bottom three contestants that same week were Anoop Desai, Allison Iraheta, and Megan Joy. While their performances weren't exactly terrible {except Joy's}, their songs failed to impress the judges that same night. Ironically, this wouldn't be the first time Allison has ended up in the bottom three. But the contestant going home that night with the lowest number of votes was: Megan Joy.

Megan Joy Corkrey is a singer from Sandy, Utah who came to American Idol as a graduate from Taylorsville High School in Taylorsville, Utah. Joy auditioned for the eighth season of American Idol in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is known for her good looks, strange dance moves, quirky personality, unique voice, and a fairytale sleeve tattoo. Judge Kara DioGuardi  has described her as "having a way of putting her signature on everything she does." DioGuardi mentioned on an appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" that Megan Joy was one of her two favorite singers in the competition, and Simon Cowell has also expressed numerous times that she is one of his favorites.

Megan Joy was voted off on the April 1 show. Upon being sent into the bottom three before being eliminated, Megan squawked like a bird as she made her way into her seat, prompting laughter from the other contestants. As an aside,  she also stated that she didn't care that Simon Cowell had not liked her performance on the previous evening. Cowell later announced that the judge's panel would not save her and thus her encore performance of "Turn Your Lights Down Low" would be her "swan song" on the show. Joy had never been in the Bottom 3 prior to her elimination. 

Now another contestant has left and then there were 8. These 8 finalists have now made it to sing for at least another week. There's no guarantee that their luck will hold since the show votes based on audience.  But if any contestant should be more prepared next time are Anoop Desai and Allison Iraheta. In order to stay in the competition they must pick the correct song, a song that they will feel most comfortable. Otherwise, the next time they are sent to the bottom 3, neither of them will be lucky. For luck is like a scoop of vanilla ice cream with a chocolate coating, sprinkled with mint, and topped with strawberries... it don't last forever. Until next week, break a leg.