The much-dreaded Disco Week has finally come to American Idol season 8 — but the 7 remaining finalists were more than prepared for it! If you believe Randy Jackson, these bunch of 7 Idol hopefuls are perhaps the best bunch of seven ever =) Below is a recap of their performances and to see the entire show, just click the link at the bottom of the post.

- Kris Allen sang Donna Summer’s “She Works Hard for the Money” on acoustic guitar and all the four judges loved it! Simon Cowell called the performance “original” and “fantastic.”
- Adam Lambert performed “If I Can’t Have You” from Saturday Night Fever as a throbbing, super-smooth ballad. As expected, all four judges raved about it. “You have it major-league going on,” said Randy Jackson.
- Allison Iraheta spun another Donna Summer song, “Hot Stuff” into her own. Randy and Kara DioGuardi weren’t wowed by the slowed new arrangement, but no one faulted her vocals.
- Danny Gokey sang a big, sultry version of Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September.” Kara called him “an incredible vocalist” but Simon said he has “No star power.” OUCH!
- Lil Rounds, who was recovering from complete vocal rest, sang Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman” and all judges didn’t like it. Simon’s prediction: It will be “the last shot” for Lil.
- Matt Giraud who was rescued by the Judges’ Save performed “Stayin’ Alive.” But will he stay alive?? Randy said, “You can really sing, dude.”
- Anoop Desai performed “Dim All the Nights” and was wearing a bright pink sweater beneath a blaser which drew a praise from Paula Abdul. Kara thought Anoop was finally hitting his stride but Simon said it was his worst performance yet — “by a mile.” OUCH!

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