American Idol's Top 14 Revealed In The First Live Episode Of Season 20

After bumping three singers from the competition on Sunday, American Idol doubled down with six more eliminations on Monday, revealing this season's Top 14.

Twenty nervous hopefuls remained atop the two-hour broadcast, with Ryan Seacrest gradually announcing the 10 singers being sent through by America's votes. The four remaining slots were left to the judges — Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie — to fill.

The only question was: Whose performances would double as victory celebrations, and which in-danger singers would need to earn the judges' favor?

Read on for a breakdown of which 14 singers are moving forward in the competition, including video of each performance (added when available), then drop a comment with your thoughts on the results. Did any of your personal favorites get the boot?

SAFE: Ava Maybee

The first singer sent to the Victory Zone, Maybee celebrated the good news with an uplifting performance of Lizzo's "Cuz I Love You." And America loved her right back.

SAFE: Christian Guardino

"Thank Jesus!" the fedora-clad crooner exclaimed before putting his own spin on Radiohead's "Creep."

IN DANGER, ELIMINATED: Cameron Whitcomb

Whitcomb was the first singer sent to the dreaded Danger Zone after singing The SteelDrivers' "If It Hadn't Been For Love," hoping for one of the judges' elusive saves.

Perry actually thought that the bad news humbled him into delivering a more thoughtful, nuanced performance. "It brought you down a little bit," she said. "It focused you."

He'll have to take those kind words as a consolation prize.

IN DANGER, SAVED: Allegra Miles

America didn't love Miles quite as much as the judges, making her the second singer of the night to be sent to the Danger Zone. Reinforcing herself as a risk taker, Miles attempted to earn the judges' approval with "Tainted," another original song.

"I'm still free falling with you," Perry told Miles before giving her the good news that she'd be sticking around.

SAFE: Lady K

With all of Alabama (and the country, nay, the world!) behind her, Lady K sailed through to the next round, celebrating with a high-energy performance of Jazmine Sullivan's "Bust Your Windows."

"I've never vandalized any property," she said. "I just look this bad."

SAFE: Huntergirl

One of this season's most obvious frontrunners, Huntergirl celebrated her good news with a polished, professional performance of Miranda Lambert's "Vice."

IN DANGER, EIMINATED: Katyrah Love

An appropriate choice for her predicament, Love chose Chaka Khan's "Through the Fire" as the song she hoped would earn her a coveted save from the judges.

Sadly, her Idol journey has gone up in smoke.

IN DANGER, ELIMINATED: Cadence Baker

In one of the more confusing announcements of the night (even Perry called Seacrest out for his trickery), Baker was gradually informed that she didn't receive enough of America's votes to send her to safety.

But would a performance of Whitney Houston's "I'm Your Baby Tonight" be enough to earn the judges' favor? Unfortunately, no.

SAFE: Dan Marshall

It was bold of Marshall to perform Richie's "Stuck on You" in front of the man himself, but he was riding pretty high after finding out that America sent him through. Richie saying that he "knocked it out of the park" was just the cherry on top.

SAFE: Leah Marlene

No surprises here whatsoever. Not only was Marlene sent through to safety, but the judges ate up her encore of "Wisher to the Well," the original song that first entranced them all those weeks ago.

SAFE: Nicolina

This Top 14 no-brainer followed up her unsurprising news with a powerful encore of Sara Bareilles' "She Used to Be Mine" from Broadway's Waitress.

"You make it look so easy," Seacrest said, to which she immediately laughed and replied, "It's not!"

IN DANGER, ELIMINATED: Sage

Beloved by the judges, but less so by America, Sage hoped that a performance of Allen Stone's "Brown Eyed Lover" would be enough to keep her in the competition.

"That is the way you come out after getting bad news!" Richie said, agreeing that it was a better performance than the one Sage delivered on Sunday.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the last piece of bad news she'd receive before the end of the night.

IN DANGER, SAVED: Jay

Jay, who publicly denied having tacos for dinner last night when Seacrest asked him about it (awkward!), learned that he did not earn enough votes to send him to safety. Cue a performance of Imagine Dragons' "Believer." (As in, I'm not a believer that Jay had tacos for dinner last night.)

Jay received his good news directly from Richie, his new No. 1 fan.

SAFE: Noah Thompson

Thompson had to wait through a commercial break to learn that he, in fact, charmed his way into America's hearts, returning the love with a performance of Morgan Wallen's "Cover Me Up."

IN DANGER, ELIMINATED: Jacob Moran

Hoping to do just that, Moran sang Perry's "Rise." But the fact that she complimented Moran on his boots (after seemingly covering her ears during his performance) makes me think she didn't love it.

Unsurprisingly, Moran did not receive one of the judges' saves.

IN DANGER, ELIMINATED: Elli Rowe

It wasn't under the happiest of circumstances, but Rowe still brought a little sunshine to the stage with her (hopefully) save-worthy performance of Kodaline's "All I want."

Unfortunately, it just wasn't enough to keep her in.

SAFE: Emyrson Flora

Honestly, Flora deserved to be safe after enduring Seacrest's awkward intro. ("Last night, you performed Demi Lovato's 'Tell Me You Love Me.' Now, we'll find out if America loves you.")

Flora celebrated her well-earned victory with another performance of Adele's "Love in the Dark."

IN DANGER, SAVED: Mike Parker

Yeah Parker was so mad about ending up in the Danger Zone that he threatened to set a bed on fire. Or maybe that was the song he was singing for the judges' save. Honestly, it was all very charming and I got distracted.

"America will hopefully be 'chasing after you,'" Bryan told Parker after sending him through to the Top 14.

IN DANGER, SAVED: Tristen Gressett

"You are a rock star no matter what happens to you tonight," Perry told Gressett following his performance of Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way."

Perry told him that he scared them at first, but now they're going his way.

SAFE: Fritz Hager

Hager was the final singer of the night to find himself in America's favor, channeling all of that joy into a fun performance of Harry Styles' "Golden" — even if that excitement did occasionally get the better of his voice.

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