AMERICAN IDOL TOP 3 NIGHT - ADAM LAMBERT, KRIS ALLEN and DANNY GOKEY

It was performance night for AMERICAN IDOL's TOP 3 ADAM LAMBERT, DANNY GOKEY and KRIS ALLEN or “Our three amigos,” as Ryan called them.

AMERICAN IDOL CONTESTANT ADAM LAMBERT performed a stellar version of U2 ONE on last nights episode of AMERICAN IDOL. Simon Cowell picked ONE for ADAM LAMBERT to perform and said apparently Bono told Simon it would be their pleasure to hear ADAM LAMBERT SING ONE when he called to get permission.

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The set-up for ADAM LAMBERT's PERFORMANCE OF ONE on AMERICAN IDOL was a very "Mad World"-esque layout, same shade of blue stage, same slow and controlled performance and so powerful. At the end of his stellar performance, ADAM LAMBERT stood on the AMERICAN IDOL stage beaming as his parents look on.

Randy called ADAM LAMBERTS performance of ONE "unbelievable". Kara called ADAM LAMBERT an "amazing strategist," saying he sang the entire thing in a totally different and unbelievable way. Paula said she was miserable sitting next to the gloating Simon, and called it "a brilliant song, superb performance."

Simon said ADAM LAMBERTS performance of ONE was a flat out it's a "brilliant" performance (and a brilliant song choice). Adds if you're not in the finals it'll be one of the biggest upsets.

Here is the VIDEO OF ADAM LAMBERT's Dalbello'esque AMERICAN IDOL performance of ONE

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KRIS ALLEN's performance of Kanye West’s “Heartless” was a calculated gamble that redeemed him after the judges were underwhelmed with KRIS ALLEN's performance of Kara and Randy choice, One Republic’s “Apologize”. KRIS ALLEN's performed “Heartless” with no backing other than his own acoustic guitar, which he strummed with a borderline flamencoesque beat. Randy thought it was even better than the original, and Kara called it “bold, brave, fearless.” Simon recognized the moment for what it was — KRIS ALLENS' likely ticket into the final two. “I had written you out” said Cowell “That, however, has all changed.”

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Paula assigned DANNY GOKEY the Terence Trent D’Arby hit “Dance Little Sister.” hoping it would take advantage of “that magic part" of DANNY GOKEY's voice. “That was dope for me, dude,” said Randy. For his own selection DANNY GOKEY chose "You are so beautiful" by Joe Cocker which he sung with a chamber arrangement. “You can really, really REALLY sing,” Randy told him. “Mad vocals!” Simon, unimpressed by the arrangement, nonetheless called the performance “a vocal master class.”