Idol Gives Back provided over 2 hours of entertainment and segments about various charities that American Idol donations will help support. Celebrities ranged from the Obamas to the Black Eyed Peas and included Queen Latifah, Sir Elton John, Annie Lenox, Carrie Underwood, Joss Stone, David Cook, Josh Groban, Jim Carrey, Bill & Melinda Gates, Wanda Sykes (she said some inappropriate things for the young American Idol audience in my opinion), Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige, Morgan Freeman, George Lopez, Jennifer Garner, Victoria Beckham and more.

One shocker came early on when Crystal Bowersox and Casey James were brought to the center of the stage – one contestant was announced as being safe, and the other in the bottom three. Crystal was sent to safety and early fan favorite Casey James was sent to the side of the stage where the bottom three would sit. Aaron Kelly was announced as the second contestant in the bottom three. And later int he show the final one at risk became Tim Urban.

Last night Ryan Seacrest announced that the show would likely run long – so I set my TiVo to record 15 minutes long just to be safe… but alas… it was not long enough and ended during Elton John’s performance and without hearing who was eliminated. It’s a good think I just happened to be watching … I hope those of you out there set your DVR’s for 30 minutes long …

… but if you didn’t …

The contestant who was sent home …

… Casey James? Aaron Kelly? or Tim Urban?

Well, Aaron Kelly was sent to safety… leaving only Casey James and Tim Urban.

Scary.

But at last… Tim Urban was announced as the one going home. (Whew!) Casey James is safe for another week. And Tim can move on to become a Disney Superstar or perhaps go on Glee as the Happy Kid who Can Only See the Good and Has No Problems. (LOL) I’m sure he’ll go on to something as he has a huge fan base already – it will be fun to see what becomes of him.

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