And then there were five. 45 million votes were cast on the Disco Week of “American Idol” and the people has spoken: Lil Rounds and Anoop Desai were out! The number of votes castwas the highest total to date this season, the night was also abuzz with the rare double elimination. The night’s big surprise? The finalists’ group performance was choreographed by judge Paula Abdul herself to the tune of Michael Jackson’s “Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)” ^_^

Quick recap: the night began with Lil Rounds making the long walk to the bottom three chairs once again where Ryan Seacrest immediately informed her she was out. Kris Allen, Adam Lambert and Danny Gokey were then called and all were safe. Then Anoop Desai was called and he was at the bottom three yet again despite his great performances for the past 3 weeks. That left Allison Iraheta and Matt Giraud — shockingly, it was Allison who went to the bottom three. And then Ryan announced that Anoop was out =(

American Idol’s Double Elimination night also featured a medley of classic disco tunes from Freda Payne singing “Band of Gold,” Thelma Houston powering through “Don’t Leave Me This Way” and a not-so-agile KC from KC and the Sunshine band doing a bit of funky walking during a somewhat listless “Get Down Tonight.” Last year’s runner-up, David Archuleta, performed his single, “Touch My Hand” and reminded the bottom finishers that not winning “Idol” doesn’t mean you can’t have a career.

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