Top 7 Performance Show: The Eliminated Contestants Return Make Us Ask So What?

We start tonight with a montage of the Top 7 at their auditions set to Katy Perry’s “Firework.” What did Hollywood do before she recorded that song?

And we see “THIS is American Idol” instead of hearing it? That is SO not the same…

Not only is Steven Tyler his usually sparkly self tonight I think he’s got a big set of red lips on his cheek. Gotta love him…

Ashthon, Karen, Naima, Thia and Paul are performing “So What?” WHAT?! Wow, could we stall a little more? Why would we do this tonight and not tomorrow? And what was up with Naima’s red cape that she threw on top of the camera? The girls do the verses and the chorus and Paul comes in the middle part. This is SO not his song. And he knows it. He’s basically just talking…Pia’s boyfriend, Mark Ballas (“Dancing With the Stars”), in the house…

Steven said the performance made America think twice about their decision. Yeah, I don’t think so…