American Idol

Nigel Lythgoe Calls Into TMZ: “It’s America’s Favorite Singer, Not America’s Best” (VIDEO)

Nigel Lythgoe called into TMZ Friday, to talk about the Jessica Sanchez elimination/save and to set Harvey Levin straight about his claim that the judges knew ahead of time that Jessica got the lowest number of votes.

Nigel says he might have hinted to the panel that something big was coming and to get their save ready, but he would never reveal who was going to be eliminated or lobby them to use their save in a particular way, as Harvey’s “source” is claiming.

American Idol

American Idol 11 – Kris Allen and LMFAO Perform on April 19 Results Show

Next week, the Top 7 redux return to the Idol stage to perform for America’s votes. No word yet on a theme or mentor.

On Thursday’s results show, Season 8 Idol winner, Kris Allen, will perform his new single, “The Vision of Love” and LMFAO will take the stage to sing “Sorry For Party Rocking.”

ETA: Next week, the Top 7 will sing 2 songs each! Nigel Lythgoe tweets, “The contestants are singing 2 songs each next week. Now the ‘save’ has been used we have 14 songs on the show! Wow!!”

Check out the FOX press release and a new photo of the Top 7, after the jump.