American Idol Update: Wednesday, March 28, 2012

After three weeks in a row of less-than-contemporary music on "American Idol," the Top 9 will have a chance to liven things up when they sing songs from their own idols.



That's not to say the finalists won't choose artists from before their time, but considering the fact that Whitney Houston/Stevie Wonder week, songs from the year you were born week and Billy Joel week have all proven difficult for many of the contestants, this might be a great opportunity to liven things up a little bit.

Executive producer Nigel Lythgoe tweeted after the Top 10 results show that saw 26-year-old Erika Van Pelt flying back home to New England (new haircut and all) that the Top 9 would be singing songs from artists like "Beyonce, Mariah, Miranda, Lifehouse, Daughtry, Led Zeppelin."

Well, we all know what that means for Mr. Ledet!
:D