
The Top 7 celebrated Taylor Swift on the April 27 episode of American Idol. The remaining contestants all sang songs from Swiftâs catalogue, and also saluted Californiaâs biggest artists throughout the night.
Nikki Glaser joined the judgesâ panel alongside Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood, and Lionel Richie to give the artists commentary and critiques. However, the power was in the hands of the viewers, who got to vote for their favorites over the course of the live episode.

At the end of the night, the two singers with the lowest amount of votes will be eliminated, leaving just five contestants to move on to next week. Scroll down for live updates of the performances and check back at the end of the show to find out whoâs going home and whoâs heading to the Top 5!
Hannah Harper took things back to Speak Now to perform Swiftâs Grammy-winning hit âMean.â And she even broke out the banjo for her performance!

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Glaser praised Hannah for her song choice after dealing with criticism for her performance two weeks ago. Bryan said Hannah is âbeing authentically youâ and agreed that the song choice was âgreat.â
Richie added, âThis is how you do it. Youâre true to yourself. You donât come out as a gimmick. You come out true to who you are,â and Underwood said she âloved everything about this performance,â from the look to the banjo and more.
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