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Slash is back on the American Idol stage as he kicked off the show with an incredible group number set to Alice Cooper’s 1971 hit ‘School’s Out’. The former Guns N Roses guitarist was on lead guitar and once again, Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta dominated the vocals. Actually, you can forego the Idol hopefuls. I can listen to Slash playing his guitar all day and not get tired of it. The iconic rocker is coming out with a solo album soon. Just like Carlos Santana, he’s going to be featuring a lot of amazing singers to sing as he plays his guitar.

Matt Giraud finally got the boot from American Idol last night. That means that Allison Iraheta is still surviving amongst the guys! What’s even more surprising is that she wasn’t even on the bottom three. Don’t get me wrong, I really love her on the show but if you base it on the voting pattern, she could have easily been predicted as the one to go home. The jaw-dropping moment of the night was when Adam Lambert’s name got called as the final member of the bottom three. Ryan Seacrest did the famed splitting into groups with the last Idol to choose which group he thinks he belongs to. It was Kris and Matt on one side with Allison and Danny Gokey on the other. Adam picked Allison and Danny and that’s when Ryan dropped the bomb. Though I’m not the biggest Adam fan, Matt really ran his time out on the show.

Allison Iraheta is the last woman standing on American Idol. How much longer can she stand amongst the boys? Despite winning accolades for her voice and a stage maturity beyond her years, the 16-year old may be a long shot to reach the final based on the voting patterns. She clearly has the star potential so what’s gotten her on the bottom three more than any of her rivals? Maybe it’s just her being an awkward and goofy teenager when she’s not singing. It goes without saying that the show has really turned into something more of a popularity contest rather than a talent show. Allison may be leagues better than some of the guys but those guys bring the popularity factor several times that of Allison’s.

While Tuesday night’s performance show of American Idol brought about the largest amount of creativity amongst the contestants, disco night did very little in holding some people’s interests. Hit and miss disco night scored 23.2 million viewers, per preliminary Nielsen data. It was enough to thoroughly dominate the Tuesday competition but it’s actually down by around 1 million sets of eyes and ears from last week’s performance show. And that says a lot considering last week’s night at the movies was really disappointing in my opinion. They probably just hated the fact that Matt Giraud got saved. Things just get boring without that thrill of the one-time save hanging in the air.

Even though she didn’t stand out too much in the last week, it looks like Allison Iraheta is getting ready for the big push from now on. Her rendition of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” didn’t get her better praises than the night’s star, Adam Lambert, but Allison Iraheta probably ensured herself a cozy and safe place from which she will probably strike later on. American Idol judge Simon Cowell said this about Allison Iraheta’s performance: “We’ve just got to sort you out and make you a bit more likable.” Spoken like a true man of the industry which he so proudly serves and develops!