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American Idol contestant Emily Brooke just revealed that she wasn’t asked to come to the series finale next Thursday night (April 7).

The 17-year-old Season 15 contestant made it all the way to the Top 24 but took to her Twitter to say she won’t be at the show’s final taping.

“So this upcoming week is sad. 1) dont have tickets to the @ACMawards & 2) dont have tickets to @AmericanIdol finale ???? #musicdepression ????,” she wrote.

When fans suggested she sign up to be in the on-camera audience section, she said that she’d tried all season to no avail. She also explained that surprisingly not all top contestants get tickets.

We hope that someone helps Emily finally get tickets to the finale!

American Idol‘s series finale airs on Fox on April 7 at 8 P.M.

Dalton Rapattoni sings his heart out while performing during the Top 3 round of American Idol on Thursday (March 31) in Los Angeles.

The 20-year-old singer made it to the final three and each of the contestants performed three songs throughout the evening.

Dalton sang Blue October‘s “Calling You” as his hometown dedication song, Bruce Springsteen‘s “Dancing In the Dark” as mentor Scott Borchetta‘s choice, and Tears for Fears‘ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” as his judges’ choice song.

While the judges got to pick the song for the final round, they all commented that it was not his strongest performance.

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SPOILER – Do not continue reading if you don’t want to know who went home on American Idol!

There are just three singers left in the American Idol competition now after someone was sent home tonight.

During the episode on Thursday (March 31), the final four all got the chance to perform a song and have their hometown visit videos aired before one of them was sent home.

Each of the contestants had to prepare three songs for the episode – a hometown choice, a judge’s choice, and a song picked by mentor Scott Borchetta.

There was a special guest performance during the episode this evening from judge Keith Urban, who performed his brand new single “Wasted Time.”

Click through the slideshow to find out who is in the top four…

With the series finale of American Idol just weeks away, JJJ is excited to see most of all the past winners return to the stage for an epic stand off.

But the one name missing from the roster that we’re really anxious to see? David Archuleta!

While the show, nor David, has confirmed a return for the big finale, the show has teased that “more past performers” could be included by airdate and “surprises” are still expected. Crossing fingers!

The past Idol alums who WILL be returning: Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery, Candice Glover, Caleb Johnson, Nick Fradiani, Ace Young, Allison Iraheta, Amber Holcomb, Blake Lewis, Bo Bice, Brandon Rogers, Bucky Covington, Carly Smithson, Casey James, Chris Daughtry, Clark Beckham, Clay Aiken, Colton Dixon, Constantine Maroulis, Danny Gokey, Diana DeGarmo, Elliott Yamin, George Huff, James Durbin, Jessica Sanchez, Josh Gracin, Joshua Ledet, Justin Guarini, Katharine McPhee, Kellie Pickler, Kimberley Locke, Kree Harrison, LaToya London, Lauren Alaina, Melinda Doolittle, Pia Toscano, Sanjaya Malakar, Skylar Laine, and Tamyra Gray.

The American Idol finale will kick off on Tuesday, April 5th with a 90-minute retrospective looking back on great memories from over the years. Then on Wednesday night, the final contestants will compete in a one-hour episode before the last episode ever on Thursday.

One more contestant was just sent home during the live episode of American Idol on Thursday (March 24) and we are sad that the series is almost over!

One of the final five singers was sent home before he or she got the chance to sing the songs they prepared.

Each of the contestants that got the opportunity to perform sang two songs – a rock song and one from Sia‘s songbook.

There were several guest performances throughout the evening – season 7 winner David Cook returned to perform his new single “Heartbeat,” season 5 runner-up Katharine McPhee reprised her performance of “Over the Rainbow,” and Sia performed her new single “Cheap Thrills.”

Click through the slideshow to find out who is in the top four…

SPOILER ALERT – Do not continue reading if you don’t want to know who went home on American Idol!

Another contestant was eliminated and the top 5 has officially been revealed on American Idol‘s final season.

The judges – Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr., and Keith Urban – got the opportunity to save one more contestant on the Thursday (March 17) episode after the top six singers performed.

The theme for next week’s episode has been announced and you can look forward to the contestants singing songs from Sia‘s songbook. She will also be on hand as a mentor for the singers, in addition to Steven Van Zandt from the E Street Band.

Click through the slideshow to meet the top five and find out who went home…

The eliminations keep coming on American Idol and two more contestants were sent home on Thursday night (March 10) to give us the top six.

The singers in the bottom three from last week’s vote sang at the end of the show and the judges got to save one of them from elimination.

The top eight contestants also paired up to perform some great duets at the top of the show!

Click through the slides to find out who went home…