Phillip Phillips: 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain'

Nice: Tonight's opening segment, revisiting last week's elimination of Skylar Laine and the increasing intensity of the competition, uses Carrie Underwood's Blown Away as the musical bed.

"When the dust settles, who will take the lead?"

In just two weeks, Ryan Seacrest reminds us, the new American Idol will be named. "All of them are hungry for the title," he says.

Tonight has a dual theme --...