Top 9 Results Take Two: And the Second Person Going Home Is...

9:53 We’re back…Tim, Michael and Katie stand with Ryan…Katie looks the sickest…Lights down…One back to safety is…Tim…Wow. People don’t like Mike, do they?...Surely it’s Katie…Ryan says that one is going home, but the other was not even in the bottom three. Huh?...Going home is…Katie…So they put Michael through that just for the drama. Or were they trying to pump him up a little before next week’s voting?...

9:55 Michael gives her a hug and gives her some words of encouragement…Crystal is in tears…Katie sings “Let It Be” while she fights off tears. It’s very appropriate…Kara tears up…

9:57 Ryan walks over and gives her a hug…The Idols come over. Michael hugs her again and says some more stuff to her…Goodbye video of Andrew and Katie…Andrew joins Katie to watch video. She’s really crying now but Andrew is smiling…That was a really well put together video…Ryan brings them to the front of the stage. Andrew actually looks happy…

10:00 And we’re out…You can hear Ryan calling for a group hug as the credits roll…

Final thoughts in a moment…