Michael Sarver was voted off American Idol last night. For the second week in a row he was in the bottom 2. Last week he was in the bottom 2 however, it was Alexis Grace who was voted off the show. This week Michael Sarver and Matt Giraud were in the bottom 2. This time Michael was sent home.

Michael Sarver was allowed a second chance to sing “The Temptations - Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” hoping that the judges would overrule the votes of viewers. However, after the judges confered Simon Cowell said, “Michael, you’re going home. Sorry.”

So, we are down to 9 contestants and the competition is heating up. The nine remaining contestants on American Idol Season 8 are, Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert, Anoop Desai, Danny Gokey, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Matt Giraud, Megan Corkrey and Scott MacIntyre.