American Idol Season 8 Songs Set Lists Performances Results Videos

American Idol 2009 Season 8: Watch the Auditions, Hollywood round and songs performances every week of the Top 36 Idol contestants and results/eliminations as they move into the Top 12 and on to the Final Winner.

To watch clips of your preferred Top 36 Contestant go here.

Weekly Performances -  Songs Set List
Top 8 Performances – Songs From Contestants’ Birth-Year

• Adam Lambert – Mad World

Tears For Fears

• Allison Iraheta – I Can’t Make You Love Me

Bonnie Raitt

• Anoop Desai – True Colors

Cyndi Lauper

• Danny Gokey – Stand By Me

• Kris Allen – All She Wants To do is Dance

Don Henley

• Lil Rounds – What’s Love Got To Do With It

Tina Turner

• Matt Giraud – Part-Time Lover

Stevie Wonder

• Scott MacIntyre – The Search is Over – Eliminated

Survivor

Top 9 Performances – Contestants’ Song Choice

• Adam Lambert – Play That Funky Music

Wild Cherry

• Allison Iraheta – Don’t Speak

No Doubt

• Anoop Desai – Caught Up

Usher

• Danny Gokey – What Hurts the Most

Rascal Flatts

• Kris Allen – Ain’t No Sunshine

Bill Withers

• Lil Rounds – I Surrender

Celine Dion

• Matt Giraud – You Found Me

Fray

• Megan Joy – Turn Your Lights Down Low – Eliminated

Lauryn Hill

• Scott MacIntyre- Just the Way You Are

Billy Joel

Top 10 Performances – Motown Week – Smokey Robinson Mentor

• Adam Lambert – Tracks of My Tears

Smokey Robinson

• Allison Iraheta – Papa Was a Rolling Stone

Temptations

• Anoop Desai – Ooh Baby Baby

Smokey Robinson

• Danny Gokey – Get Ready

Temptations

• Kris Allen – How Sweet it Is

Marvin Gaye

• Lil Rounds – Heatwave

Martha and The Vandellas

• Matt Giraud – Let’s Get it On

Marvin Gaye

• Megan Joy – For Once In My Life

Stevie Wonder

• Michael Sarver – Ain’t Too Proud To Beg – Eliminated

Temptations

• Scott MacIntyre – You Can’t Hurry Love

Diana Ross & The Supremes

Top 11 performances – Grand Ole’ Opry – Randy Travis Mentor

• Carrie Underwood & Randy Travis – I Told You So

Results night duet

• Adam Lambert – Ring of Fire

Sings the Johnny Cash song

• Alexis Grace – Jolene Eliminated

Dolly Parton

• Allison Iraheta – Blame It On Your Heart

Patty Loveless

• Anoop Desai – Always On My Mind

Elvis Presley/Willie Nelson

• Danny Gokey – Jesus Take The Wheel

Carrie Underwood

• Kris Allen – Make You Feel My Love

Bob Dylan/Garth Brooks

• Lil Rounds – Independence Day

Martina McBride

• Matt Giraud – So Small

Carrie Underwood

• Megan Joy – Walking After Midnight

Patsy Cline

• Michael Sarver – Ain’t Goin’ Down Till The Sun Comes Up

Garth Brooks

• Scott MacIntyre – Wild Angels

Martina McBride

Top 13 – Michael Jackson Theme

• Adam Lambert – Black Or White

• Alexis Grace – Dirty Diana

• Allison Iraheta – Give In To Me

• Anoop Desai – Beat It

• Danny Gokey – PYT (Pretty Young Thing)

• Jasmine Murray – I’ll Be There (Eliminated)

• Jorge Nunez – Never Can Say Goodbye (Eliminated)

• Kris Allen – Remember The Time

• Lil Rounds – Way You Make Me Feel

• Matt Giraud – Human Nature

• Megan Corkrey – Rockin’ Robin

• Michael Sarver – You Are Not Alone

• Scott MacIntyre – Keep The Faith

Wildcard Round To Finalize Top 12 13

• Anoop Desai – My Prerogative (Top 13)

Bobby Brown

• Jasmine Murray – Reflection (Top 13)

Christina Aguilera

• Jesse Langseth – Tell Me Something Good

Rufus

• Matt Giraud – Who’s Loving You (Top 13)

Jackson 5

• Megan Corkrey – Black Horse and the Cherry Tree (Top 13)

KT Tunstall

• Ricky Braddy – Superstition

Stevie Wonder

• Tatiana – Saving All My Love For You

Whitney Houston

• Von Smith – Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Elton John

Top 36 Week 3

• Alex Trugman – Elton John

Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues

• Arianna Afsar – Winner Takes It All

ABBA

• Felicia Barton – No One

Alicia Keys

• Jorge Nunez – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me (Top 13)

Elton John

• Ju’Not Joyner – Hey There Delilah

Plain White Ts

• Kendall Beard – This One’s For The Girls

Martina McBride

• Kristen McNamara – Give Me One Reason

Tracy Chapman

• Lil Rounds – Be Without You (Top 13)

Mary J Blige

• Nate Marshall – I Would Do Anything For Love

Meatloaf

• Scott MacIntyre – Mandolin Rain (Top 13)

Bruce Hornsby

• Taylor Vaifanua – If I Ain’t Got You

Alicia Keys

• Von Smith – You’re All I Need to Get By

Marvin Gaye

Top 36 Week 2

• Adam Lambert – Satisfaction (Top 13)

Rolling Stones

• Allison Iraheta – Alone (Top 13)

Heart

• Kris Allen – Man In The Mirror (Top 13)

Michael Jackson

• Megan Corkrey – Put Your Records On

Corinne Bailey Rae

• Normund Gentle – And I’m Telling You

From Dreamgirls

• Mishavonna Henson – Drops Of Jupiter

Train

• Jasmine Murray – Love Song

Sara Bareilles

• Jeanine Vailes – This Love

Maroon 5

• Jesse Langseth – Bette Davis Eyes

Kim Carnes

• Kai Kalama – What Becomes of the Brokenhearted

Jimmy Ruffin

• Matt Breitzke – If You Could Only See

Tonic

• Matt Giraud – Viva la Vida

Coldplay

Top 36 Week 1

• Alexis Grace – Never Loved A Man (Top 13)

Aretha Franklin song

• Ann Marie Boskovich – Natural Woman

Aretha Franklin

• Anoop Desai – Angel Of Mine

Eternal

• Brent Keith – Hicktown

Jason Aldean

• Casey Carlson – Every Little Thing

Police

• Danny Gokey – Hero (Top 13)

Mariah Carey

• Jackie Tohn – A Little Less Conversation

Elvis Presley

• Michael Sarver – I Don’t Wanna Be (Top 13)

Gavin DeGraw

• Ricky Braddy – A Song For You

Leon Russell

• Stephen Fowler – Rock With You

Michael Jackson

• Stevie Wright – You Belong With Me

Taylor Swift

• Tatiana – Saving All My Love

Whitney Houston

Hollywood Round Clips
Adam Lambert | Alex Trugman | Alexis Grace | Allison Iraheta | Ann Marie Boskovich | Anoop Desai | Danny Gokey | Felicia Barton | Jackie Tohn | Jasmine Murray | Jesse Langseth | Jorge Nunez | Junot Joyner | Kai Kalama | Kendall Beard | Kristen McNamara | Kris Allen | Lil Rounds | Matt Breitzke | Matt Giraud | Michael Sarver | Mishavonna Henson | Nathaniel Marshall | Nick Mitchell | Scott MacIntyre | Stephen Fowler | Stevie Wright | Taylor Vaifanua | Tatiana Del Toro | Von Smith

Season 8 Auditions (Videos)
The worst and funniest of 2009

Format:
In addition to having a 4th judge this season (Kara DioGuardi – songwriter/singer), there will be some changes in the format:

• Following the auditions will be the Hollywood week rounds (2 weeks of airtime – Feb 3,4 and Feb 10).

• On Feb 11 (Wed), instead of the usual Top 24 contestants, this time around, 36 semi-finalists will be selected from the Hollywood round contestants. These 36 contestants will be split up into 3 semi-finalists groups of 12 contestants each group.

• 3 weeks of performances (Feb 17, Feb 24, Mar 3) by each semi-finalist group will follow. Voting every week will select 3 finalists from the 12 semifinalists group each week: Top-voted male and female contestants and the contestant with the next highest votes.

• So, after 3 weeks, you have 9 finalists determined by nation-wide voting.

• Here’s where the Wild Card introduced this season comes in. On Mar 5, Judges choose a bunch of their favourite contestants who weren’t voted into the finals. These contestants perform and based on their performance, 3 of them are wild-carded into the finalists group to make a neat Top 12 Contestants.

• These Top 12 contestants are voted off every week as usual to arrive at the American Idol Season 8 Winner