Tonight the Top 12 finalists perform live for the nation, vying for the American Idol crown. In this special two-hour show, the contestants will sing their hearts out in hopes of winning Americas vote and surviving another week in the competition.
Tonight's theme is: Diana Ross songs
Performing Tonight are:

Blake Lewis

Brandon Rogers

Chris Richardson

Chris Sligh

Phil Stacey

Sanjaya Malakar

Gina Glocksen

Haley Scarnato

Jordin Sparks

Lakisha Jones

Melinda Doolittle

Stephanie Edwards

Mike heads off to San Diego, California to learn the dirty job of hydroseeding.



He then reads a viewer's letter and shows us never before seen footage from a previous episode.



Finally Mike gets dirty cleaning up a 100 year old steam yacht.

A young paparazzi, Marqui Jackson, tags along with Don on his latest assignment - tailing a local starlet - but the two are confronted by Ozzy Romero, a former gang leader turned paparazzi, who taps his gang relations to get Don and Marqui away from the story. Meanwhile, Julia has trouble adjusting to life after rehab; Willia tries to avoid Brent after she tries to break it off with him, but he refuses to let the relationship go; and Lucy's stalker continues to escalate their stalking.

Tonight, cult film director John Waters talks about his new Court TV series, 'Til Death Do Us Part.
Jon begins with Bush's last day touring South America where he apparently helped box lettuce in Guatemala. Jon then looks at the Democrats complicated withdrawal plan out of Iraq in a segment called '08 Simple Rules for Dating our Withdrawal. Jon then discusses Vice President Cheney's clout and how it never seems to run out. Finally, Jon looks at the Democrats withdrawal from a Fox News sponsored debate because of something Roger Ailes, Fox News President said.

Tonight Stephen welcomes ordained minister, professor at Princeton & the University of Pennsylvania and author of Debating Race, Michael Dyson

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