The shocker? Adam Lambert and Kris Allen were in the bottom three.

Just a few of the American Idol recap highlights:
Ford commercial “Energy”
Top 5 sing “It Don’t Mean a Thing” and “I’ve Got Rhythm” Melody
Natalie Cole sang “Something’s Gotta Give”
Taylor Hicks sang “Seven Mile Breakdown”
Jamie Foxx sang “Blame It” and plugged his new movie

Each finalist gets two numbers for voting now.

The mystery mentor… Jamie Foxx!

Kris Allen sang “The Way You Look Tonight” – Jamie Foxx had mad love for Kris… as well he should. Randy said it was his best performance to date; Kara said he set the technical standard so high for the evening and called him truly a dark horse; Paula said he’s a contemporary crooner; Simon thought it was a little bit “wet” and not incredible, but good.

Allison Iraheta sang “Someone to Watch Over Me” – Jamie calls it “absolutely innocent.” Randy said it was the bomb and he loved it; Kara said it was an emotional rendition beyond her years; Paula said it had an innocent sensibility; Simon said it was a great performance but still thinks she could be in trouble.

Matt Giraud sang “My Funny Valentine” – Randy said it was a little bit pitchy; Kara didn’t think he was emotionally connected; Paula loved what he did with the song and felt the connection; Simon really liked it, called him absolutely brilliant.

Danny Gokey sang “Come Rain or Come Shine” – Jamie Foxx got in his face and that helped somehow… Randy said he could have an album of songs like that; Kara said he had “rat pack swagger” and called it unbelievable; Paula said it was a stellar performance; Simon said his vocals and performance showed he had something to prove, and that it was outstanding.

Adam Lambert sang “Feeling Good” – Jamie said he’s gonna knock everybody’s head off… Randy said it was theatrical, but he’s in the zone; Kara said he’s shocking in a good way; Paula said he’s like an olympic athlete; Simon said he wants to entertain and win.

USA TODAY’s prediction is that it’ll come down to Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey in the final two, but I wouldn’t count out Kris Allen just yet.

With American Idol whittled down to the final 5, there’s some strong competition, and no doubt even the “losers” of this season will have careers ahead of them.

July 5 Portland, OR Rose Garden
July 7 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
July 8 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place
July 10 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
July 11 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
July 12 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion at San Jose
July 14 West Valley City, UT The E Center
July 16 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
July 17 Ontario, CA Citizens Business Bank Arena
July 18 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena
July 20 Glendale, AZ jobing.com Arena
July 23 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
July 24 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
July 25 N. Little Rock, AR Alltel Arena
July 26 Memphis, TN FedEx Forum
July 28 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
July 29 Sunrise, FL BankAtlantic Center
July 31 Duluth, GA Arena at Gwinnett Center
August 1 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
August 2 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
August 4 Washington, DC Verizon Center
August 5 Baltimore, MD 1st Mariner Arena
August 7 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall
August 8 Newark, NJ Prudential Center
August 11 Long Island, NY Nassau Coliseum
August 14 Hamilton, ON Copps Coliseum
August 15 Rochester, NY BlueCross Arena
August 16 Hartford, CT XL Center
August 18 Boston, MA TD Banknorth Garden
August 19 Albany, NY Times Union Center
August 20 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
August 22 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
August 23 Cleveland, OH Wolstein Center
August 25 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
August 26 Auburn Hills, MI Palace at Auburn Hills
August 28 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
August 29 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
August 30 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
September 1 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
September 2 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
September 4 Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center
September 5 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
September 6 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
September 8 Reading, PA Sovereign Center
September 9 Wilkes Barre, PA Wachovia Arena
September 10 Bridgeport, CT Arena at Harbor Yard
September 12 Portand, ME Cumberland County Civic Center
September 13 Providence, RI Dunkin’ Donuts Center
September 14 Syracuse, NY War Memorial at OnCenter
September 15 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena

The bottom 3 this week: Anoop Desai, Lil Rounds and Matt Giraud

Keep in mind that 2 people will be eliminated next week because the judges’ save was used.

Here are more highlights from the April 15 American Idol results show recap:
Freeze Frame Ford commercial
Top 7 sing “Maniac” from Flashdance
Finalists went to see the premiere of “17 Again”
Jennifer Hudson sang “If This Isn’t Love”
Miley Cyrus sang “The Climb”

Looks like Matt Giraud redeemed himself from last week’s performance.