LIVE: American Idol, Season Nine, Top 5 Perform
It's time for American Idol! Tonight, at 8:00 PM ET on FOX, your Top 5 will perform live for your votes. Harry Connick, Jr. will mentor and the finalists will perform Frank Sinatra songs. More inside, plus your open thread.
As mentioned above, tonight's show features our Top 5 performing live for our votes. The show starts at 8:00 PM ET, airs on FOX, and will run for one hour (then it's time for Glee). Again, Harry Connick, Jr. will be there to mentor our finalists, who will perform songs from Frank Sinatra's catalog.
While you wait for the action to begin, feel free to chat in the comments below. If you're new to Idol—or want a refresher on everything—here are some helpful links:
- To learn more about this year's finalists, click here.
- For Richard Lawson's recap of last week's elimination episode, click here.
- To get up to speed on all of this season's Simon Cowell vs. Ryan Seacrest drama, click here.
- To learn more about why Kara DioGuardi needs to SHUT UP, click here.
- And for everything else Idol on Gawker.TV, click here.
If you haven't participated in one of our live blogs before, don't fret-it's easy! All you need to do is tune your TV to FOX, watch the show, and discuss all the action with everyone else in the comments. It's really as simple as that. If you don't have a commenter account, just sign up for one (it literally takes seconds) and we'll get you approved and in on the action right away.
See you in the comments!
