Now that Michael Sarver has finished performing on the American Idols Live! concert tour, the former eighth-season finalist is focused on recording his debut album.
Fox has announced it will pay tribute to Michael Jackson -- who passed away on Thursday at the age of 50 -- by airing an encore broadcast of this year's American Idol eighth-season performance episode that featured songs from the "King of Pop."
Scott MacIntyre was revealed to be the sixth finalist eliminated from American Idol's eighth season during last night's live results show broadcast on Fox.
Michael Sarver was revealed to be the fourth finalist eliminated from American Idol's eighth season during last night's live results show broadcast on Fox.
American Idol's Top 10 eighth-season finalists took to the stage and performed during last night's live broadcast of the Fox reality competition's third finals round.
Alexis Grace says the hardest part of her American Idol journey was being away from her daughter -- however the ousted eighth-season finalist also feels it would have been worth it to stay in the competition so she could have participated in the summer tour that will follow the season.
Fox has no plans on messing with what's working, and intends to keep judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, and Randy Jackson all in their American Idol judging seats after their current contracts expire over the course of the next two years -- at least according to the network's reality chief Mike Darnell.