american idol (season 8) 

Statements about this table:
of all the guest performance hold during season 8 of american idol , jamie foxx 's blame it and lady gaga 's poker face have the highest billboard hot 100 charting
of all the guest performance hold during season 8 of american idol , carly smithson 's and michael johns' the letter be the only 1 ineligible to chart on bollboard 's hot 100
most of the guest performance hold during season 8 of american idol be live performance
carrie underwood be the last guest to perform , live or per - record , during season 8 of american idol
week
performer (s)
hot 100 reaction
hot digital songs reaction
notes
top 36 / group 1
carly smithson michael johns
ineligible to chart (no legal digital release)
ineligible to chart (no legal digital release)
live performance
top 36 / group 2
brooke white
47 (debut)
27 (51171 + 999%)
live performance
top 36 / group 3
no performer
no performer
no performer
no performer
top 13
kanye west
7 ( + 1)
13 (95223 + 18%)
pre - recorded
top 13
kelly clarkson
5 ( + 4)
6 (141167 + 38%)
live performance
top 11
brad paisley
35 (debut)
18 (64127 + 999%)
live performance
top 11
carrie underwood randy travis
9 ( + 48)
4 (125806 + 701%)
pre - recorded
top 10
ruben studdard
did not debut
n / a
pre - recorded
top 10
smokey robinson joss stone
did not debut
n / a
live performance
top 10
stevie wonder
ineligible to re - enter
n / a
live performance
week
performer (s)
hot 100 reaction
hot digital songs reaction
notes
top 9
david cook
63 (debut)
40 (39430 + 498%)
pre - recorded
top 9
lady gaga
2 ( + 1)
2 (228799 + 11%)
live performance
top 8
frankie avalon
n / a
n / a
live performance
top 8
flo rida wynter gordon
3 ( = )
4 (179913 + 9%)
live performance
top 8
kellie pickler
50 ( + 53)
34 (46825 + 257%)
live performance
top 7 (week 1)
jennifer hudson
63 ( + 23)
86 (19112 + 172%)
live performance
top 7 (week 1)
miley cyrus
4 ( + 4)
2 (189566 + 0%)
pre - recorded
top 7 (week 2)
david archuleta
did not debut
107 (12875 + 558%)
live performance
top 7 (week 2)
freda payne thelma houston kc
ineligible to re - enter
n / a
live performance
top 5
natalie cole
did not debut
n / a
live performance
week
performer (s)
hot 100 reaction
hot digital songs reaction
notes
top 5
taylor hicks
did not debut
n / a
live performance
top 5
jamie foxx
2 ( + 2)
4 ( + 6)
live performance
top 4
paula abdul
87 (debut)
61 (24615 + 999%)
pre - recorded
top 4
no doubt
ineligible to re - enter
tba
pre - recorded
top 4
daughtry
15 (debut)
7 (103593 + 999%)
live performance
top 3
noah mushimiyimana
na
na
live performance
top 3
jordin sparks
32 (debut)
12 (75007 + 999%)
live performance
top 3
katy perry
13 ( + 38)
5 (103921) + 180%
live performance
top 2
carrie underwood
79 (re - entry)
tba
live performance on may 19 , 2009