American Idol 2024 LIVE – Top 20 revealed after Katy Perry started crying over ‘insane’ performance – how to vote

Who was eliminated tonight?

The four contestants eliminated tonight are:

• Elleigh Marie Francom
• Blake Proehl
• Hailey Mia
• KBlocks

The next finalist is…

McKenna Faith Breinholt is in the Top 20!

McKenna said she “screamed” when she saw Zach Bryan and Dolly Parton reacting to the video of her audition.

“It feels like I’m on a rainbow,” McKenna said, adding that she feels like her “heart is overflowing.”

McKenna is singing Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell.

Will Moseley gets it

Will Moseley is the next finalist!

During his package, Will confessed that he actually has a degree in biology.

After graduating, he gave himself a year to try out music before getting a “real job.”

Will revealed that he had a hit country song that was on the charts behind Beyoncé and ahead of Luke Combs.

“It looks very promising that we will give the second year a chance,” said the competitor.

Lauren Spencer-Smith performs

American Idol alum Lauren Spencer-Smith is singing her hit Fingers Crossed.

Lauren competed on the 18th season of the show and made it to the Top 20!

Lauren is now working on her second album.

Abi Carter sings My Chemical Romance

Abi Carter made it to the Top 20!

She’s singing Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance.

She is dedicating the performance to her grandparents.

Jayna Elise starts to cry

Jayna starts crying as an emotional release after the performance.

“I think she’s been waiting for this performance her whole life,” Lionel Richie said as Jayna wiped away tears.

Jayna Elise is next

Jayna Elise made it to the Top 20!

Jayna is singing My All by Mariah Carey.

Fans are excited about Nya

Fans are obsessed with Nya Chomba’s voice after her powerful performance.

Nya is next

After Paul Russell sang Lil Boo Thang on the Idol stage, the next Top 20 finalist was revealed to be Nya!

Nya is singing Georgia on My Mind by Ray Charles in a sparkly gold dress.

KB struggles for performance

In the middle of her original song, Kaibrienne appeared to forget a lyric or note and stopped in the middle of a phrase before repeating it.

The accident happened again in the chorus – and the audience cheered for her to continue.

Judge Lionel Richie shouted, “Come on, keep going!”

The judges gave her a standing ovation after the performance.

Kaibrienne does it

Kaibrienne Richins made it into the Top 20.

KB will sing his first original song in the competition.

During her package, she revealed that she played wrestling and football growing up.

“All of this prepared me for this moment here,” KB said.

Quintavian manages to pass

After snubbing Tori Kelly’s song for her Top 24 performance, Quintavious is now singing Hollow for her Top 20 victory lap.

The worship pastor connects to music because of his relationship with his church — and he says he wants to “make them proud.”

Jordan has a stage flaw

While Jordan Anthony sang Billie Eilish’s When The Party’s Over on the piano, his microphone fell out.

The 19-year-old fixed it quickly and continued with the music.

“I had to work it out,” he told Ryan Seacrest after the performance.

The judges were impressed with her ability to keep going and Katy Perry said it was one of her favorite performances of the night.

Jordan Anthony manages to pass

Jordan Anthony made it to the Top 20!

Jordan is covering Billie Eilish on the piano tonight.

The second group begins

Tori Kelly’s Top 24 group is now finding out if they’ve made it into the Top 20.

The first contestant to advance is Kayko!

During his package, Kayko shared the story of how he “accidentally” made it to American Idol’s Top 20 — and he’s singing another original song.

The 20 best so far

Half of the Top 20 have been revealed so far:

• jack blocker
• Mia Matthews
• Mackenzie Sol
• Roman Collins
• kennedy reid
• Ajii
• Jennifer Jeffries
• Emmy Russell
• Triston Harper
• Odell Bunton Jr.

Odell starts to cry

After Odell Bunton Jr. performed a Teddy Swims song, Teddy Swims joked that he was going to pull that song from his set because Odell blew it up.

Lionel Richie told Odell he could feel he was singing to his children – and Odell bent down as he began to sob.

Before leaving the stage, he looked at the camera and promised his children, through tears, that he was doing everything for them.

Fans fear for the platinum ticket winner

American Idol viewers are worried about the future of platinum ticket winner Odell Bunton Jr.

One in three

The remaining three singers from half of the Jelly Roll Top 24 are:

• Elleigh Francom
• KBlocks
• Odell Bunton Jr.

Only one more singer from this group will reach the Top 20.

Triston Harper sings an original song

Triston Harper, 15, was visibly surprised and emotional when host Ryan Seacrest announced he had made the Top 20.

Triston is singing an original song tonight – and his mom is shown singing every word in the audience.

“It’s really remarkable to watch you,” said Luke Bryan after the powerful performance.

“I believe this is what you will do for the rest of your life.”