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The weight of American Idol’s Hollywood week was as obvious as ever in tonight’s’ dramatic episode.
The group performances saw a lot of Type A personalities have difficulty to work together, with those who made it through having the opportunity in performing solo for the judges once again.
Though, Reed Grimm threw his individual performance together at the very last minute, Fox Network American reality search show hopeful Reed Grimm showed that sometimes those who work are better than who does not work that harder.
The aspiring singer had overlooked the fact that the contestants were expected in teaming up with a band in order to sing for the judges after making it through the group round.
Reed first thought he could sing acapella, which leaves him just 30 minutes in starting afresh and making sure he was performance ready, but the pressure caused him to procrastinate.
The 26-year-old broke down in tears while receiving words of encouragement throughout a phone call with his mother.
However, the conversation cleared his head, and Reed decided that he would play the drums while Georgia sings.
Their group rendition of the tune won them over. During the audition, Randy Jackson told his fellow judges that there is another Casey. Jennifer agreed to what Randy had told them.
The judge was referring to former contestant Casey Abrams, a blues singer who made it to sixth place in the TV talent show.
While it was not hard for the judges in sorting the wheat from the chaff, there were promising performances from some of the contestants.
Contestant Skylar Laine, who had to been taken to hospital overnight and given fluids via an IV, wowed the judges with her country performance although felt weak.
Jennifer Lopez whispered to the rest of the panel that she reminded her of Reba McEntire.
Skylar got some other compliment aside from the comparison to the singing star.
As she was on her way back into the dressing room, Steven Tyler stopped her and told her that it was one of the best performances that he had seen for that day. It was beautiful.
Right after, all the performers had done their best that could earn a position in the next round, they got split into groups and taken to four different rooms while waiting for the result.
The group from one room got sent packing as they were able to see the rest of the other contestants, make it through to the next stage in Las Vegas.
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