AMERICAN IDOL Recap: Lazaro Arbos finally sent packing, 5 Remain

By PETER BROWN / Contributing Editor

Posted: April 12th, 2013 / 10:41 AM

Stars: Randy Jackson, Keith Urban, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Ryan Seacrest
Network: Airs on Fox, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 pm
Original Telecast: April 11, 2013

The Top 5 on AMERICAN IDOL Season 12 | (c) 2013 Fox/Ray Mickshaw

It was decision time once again on the world’s greatest karaoke competition, AMERICAN IDOL. So who went home?

By now you know that Lazaro Arbos was voted as the bottom performer and was not saved by the judges. Amber Holcomb was also in the bottom 2.

I will spare you the terrible group performance, a song by Scotty McCreary, a song by Kelly Clarkson and a whole ton of filler.

They did the whole separating the contestants on stage.

Kree Harrison and Candice Glover were on one side. Lazaro Arbos and Amber Holcomb were on one side. And Angie Miller and Janelle Arthur were on another. Turns out Lazaro and Amber in the bottom. Finally, Lazaro got the lowest votes and was sent home by the judges.

If he had not been, given how bad he has been in the last few weeks, IDOL risked being turned into a joke. Now the question is this. He has finished in the Top 5 in the last few weeks even in the Top 3 once. Did the IDOL producers just get rid of him to save their jobs? Conspiracy theorists go to town on this one as this was the first time he was in the bottom. Regardless, he needed to go home as he was clearly the worst male performer and him still being in the competition was ridiculous.

What do you think?

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