Top 11 Results Show: Happy Birthday, Steven Tyler!

8:00 Dramatic intro with recap. They’re doing a great job with those this season. Lots of footage of Naima dancing…

8:01 Opening credits…Judges intro. Steven’s having fun with the audience in the back…Ryan intro…

8:02 Ryan reports over 30 million votes. Notice he didn’t tell the number last week. Ryan says results may shock us. Does that mean Stefano is in trouble? That would kind of be a shock. Hmmm…Ryan introduces the Top 11…The women are dressed in white and the guys are in suits…

8:04 Ryan introduces video showing Marc Anthony talking to the Idols. I wondered when he was going to show up…He talks to them about how to use the in-ear speakers and helped them get the mix right. That’s awesome! Someone should have done that earlier…Marc hung out with the Idols backstage, watching on the TV. He totally disagreed with Jennifer and Randy about Pia…When Jennifer said it was hard for her to be speechless, he said that was the truest statement she’s ever made…

8:07 Group number…“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”…Jacob…Naima…Paul… Thia…Casey and Lauren are in the top with the audience…Haley…James and Pia wail together…They sound pretty good…So can we thank Nigel for fixing these numbers this year?...Still a little bummed that we didn’t hear any Temptations last night…Now, they introduce Stevie Wonder to do “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”…Apparently Steven didn’t know it, because he goes nuts…He still sounds great!...The judges give him a standing ovation…

8:11 Stevie yells at Steven and asks him if he’s ready for a celebration and he starts singing “Happy Birthday to You”…They bring Steven up on stage and present him with a painting and a cake…Steven says he’s speechless…That was cool…Is that what Ryan was talking about or is there still something different with the results? After the break…