Jelaskan Guest mentor: Akon dari American Idol Musim Kesebelas

Group performance: "Raise Your Glass" (Pink)

Top 7 (second week) – Songs from Now & Then

Each contestant performed two songs: a Billboard number-one hit from the 21st century and a song from the classic soul era.

Group performance: "Dancing in the Street" (Martha and the Vandellas)

Top 6 – Queen / Pilihan Kontestan

Brian May & Roger Meddows Taylor with group on performance night: "Fat Bottomed Girls" / "Another One Bites the Dust" / "We Will Rock You" / "We Are the Champions" (Queen)

Top 5 – Lagu dari 1960-an / Pop Inggris

Guest mentor: Steven Van Zandt

Top 4 – California Dreamin' / Songs They Wish They'd Written

The contestants sang songs that were sung by Californian artists and a song they wish they'd written themselves.

Penampilan grup: "California Dreamin'" (The Mamas & the Papas)

Top 3 – Pilihan Juri / Pilihan Kontestan / Pilihan Jimmy Iovine