The Salt Lake Tribune
Friday, February 27, 2009
Megan misses the cut
Sandy singer Megan Joy Corkrey missed the cut on "American Idol" Thursday night, but don't count her out yet.

The tattooed mom's jazzy rendition of Corinne Bailey Rae's "Put Your Records On" - which Simon Cowell said she "oversang" in the second half - wasn't enough to convince the voting public to put her in the Top 12.

Instead, Kris Allen (who did a cover of Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror"), Allison Iraheta (Heart's "Alone") and Adam Lambert (The Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction") advanced.

But Corkrey's fans shouldn't give up hope. Several of the also-rans from the Top 36 will be back for a wild-card round on March 5. It's clear from the comments Wednesday night that the judges like Corkrey's jazzy sound - and Randy Jackson even opined that he wants to see her go farther in the competition. (He's not the only one: Entertainment Weekly's "Idol" blogger Michael Slezak picks Corkrey as one of the singers he'd like to hear in the wild-card show.)

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