Thursday night's show of American Idol marked the farewell of four contestants; Ayla Brown, Kinnik Sky, Will Makar and Gedeon McKinney were voted off by the audiences & got sent home.
It also marked the start of a new stage, where separate competitions between the boys & the girls are no more, and an end to the three-nights-a-week Idol shows; the show will now air twice a week until the final Idol is selected May 24.