American Idol (season 8)
Guest performances
Columns: 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 (51,171 +999%) | live performance | Top 36/ Group 3 | No performer | No performer | No performer | No performer | Top 13 | Kanye West | 7 (+1) | 13 (95,223 +18%) | pre-recorded | Top 13 | Kelly Clarkson | 5 (+4) | 6 (141,167 +38%) | live performance | Top 11 | Brad Paisley | 35 (debut) | 18 (64,127 +999%) | live performance | Top 11 | Carrie Underwood Randy Travis | 9 (+48) | 4 (125,806 +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 | Top 9 | David Cook | 63 (debut) | 40 (39,430 +498%) | pre-recorded | Top 9 | Lady Gaga | 2 (+1) | 2 (228,799 +11%) | live performance | Top 8 | Frankie Avalon | N/A | N/A | live performance | Top 8 | Flo Rida Wynter Gordon | 3 (=) | 4 (179,913 +9%) | live performance | Top 8 | Kellie Pickler | 50 (+53) | 34 (46,825 +257%) | live performance | Top 7 (week 1) | Jennifer Hudson | 63 (+23) | 86 (19,112 +172%) | live performance | Top 7 (week 1) | Miley Cyrus | 4 (+4) | 2 (189,566 +0%) | pre-recorded | Top 7 (week 2) | David Archuleta | did not debut | 107 (12,875 +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 | 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(24,615 +999%) | pre-recorded | Top 4 | No Doubt | ineligible to re-enter | TBA | pre-recorded | Top 4 | Daughtry | 15 (debut) | 7 (103,593 +999%) | live performance | Top 3 | Noah Mushimiyimana | NA | NA | live performance | Top 3 | Jordin Sparks | 32 (debut) | 12 (75,007 +999%) | live performance | Top 3 | Katy Perry | 13 (+38) | 5 (103,921) +180% | live performance | Top 2 | Carrie Underwood | 79 (re-entry) | TBA | live performance on May 19, 2009