Anoop Desai and Lil Rounds will appear on Live with Regis & Kelly and on The Ellen Degeneres Show tomorrow (Monday, April 27).

Anoop and Lil Rounds are the most recent contestants kicked off of American Idol, and are scheduled to chat and sing on both shows. 

Live with Regis & Kelly airs here on ABC at 9am, and Ellen airs on NBC at 3pm.

Now that he's been eliminated from 'American Idol," Anoop Desai has found his true love, and it isn't folklore studies.

In a conference call yesterday, reports say, when asked whether he was returning to UNC-CH for his post-graduate work, Anoop said this:

"I am definitely going to pursue a music career. Singing is what I am the happiest doing. It's what I do the best.

Guest blogger Chloe Paterson gets to say goodbye:

Anoop’s coming home!
…
Ryan has a live shot from backstage and he still hasn’t let the contestants forget that there is a double elimination tonight. He says the judges don’t have as much to do tonight because the save has already been used - when do they ever do anything important on elimination nights?

Paula choreographed the Idols’ group song for tonight. She seems to be in her element when she’s in the dance studio. Too bad she isn’t a judge on “So You Think You Can Dance”. The contestants give her flowers after the performance. In case anyone was wondering who buys Matt Giraud ringtones, he does…

Well, Chapel Hill "American Idol" finalist Anoop Desai's luck finally ran out Wednesday night. After all the close calls (and a judge's save that expanded the top-12 to a top-13 to accomodate him), Desai was finally voted off the show. He made the top-six but will go no further.

This was the fourth straight week Desai finished in the bottom three, and his fate was sealed when it came down to either him or Allison Iraheta who would be going home. Iraheta is a particular favorite of the judges, and also the last female contestant standing after the departure of Lil Rounds (who was also voted off this week).

Sure enough, Desai was the one to go. So maybe he'll be getting back to his folklore studies at UNC before too long.

Update: Or maybe not.

First there was an article in England, hinting that Simon Cowell might leave Idol after his contract expires, followed by word from Simon that it wasn't a negotiating ploy. He wants to be #1.

Now the AP is reporting on an interview with Paula Abdul on ABC's 'Nightline" tomorrow night, in which she talks about her contract being up this season.

She also says that she loves the show, especially this season, which has a fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi.

Guest blogger Chloe Paterson was shaking her groove thing as she reported on AI:

It’s Disco Night! Ryan keeps reminding everyone that the judges saved Matt last week. The second Top 7 definitely needs the added pressure of knowing they can’t be saved and there’s already a double elimination tomorrow night…

Performing in the best spot (last), Anoop sings “Dim All the Lights” by Donna Summer. There are some good parts.

This was "Disco Week" on "American Idol," and Chapel Hill's Anoop Desai got a primo performance slot. He closed with Donna Summer's "Dim All the Lights," and drew a wide range of opinions from the judges. Kara DioGuardi told Desai that he'd done his best performances of the competition the past two weeks, while mean judge Simon Cowell said this was Desai's "worst by a mile."

Voting goes on until 10 p.m. Eastern time, and Desai's number is 866/436-5707. Vote early, vote often -- after last week's judge's save, two out of seven performers are going out this week.

Guest blogger Claire Meyerhoff: Well, we finally got to see what all the fuss was about. Yup, for the first time in American Idol History, the judges waved their magic wand over the contestant with the least amount of votes and “saved” him.

“Him” being that guy I always say sounds something like Justin Timberlake but his real name is Matt Giraud.

Matt gets to sing for us again next week…and it’s Disco Week! Ryan Seacrest tells us that next week, TWO contestants will go home. Wait, I thought the magic wand was really magic…so what gives? According to the guy next to me on the sofa, the magic wand is “yet another gimmick
designed to keep this tired format afloat.”

Wednesday night's "American Idol" results show was a good news/bad news situation for Chapel Hill contestant Anoop Desai -- but one with a happy ending for everyone.

Bad news first, Desai was stuck in the bottom three for a third straight week despite a fine Tuesday-night performance that had judge Paula Abdul praising his voice as "really magical." But on the good-news front, Desai was at least spared the indignity of a third straight week in the bottom two.

After the bottom-three contestants were announced, host Ryan Seacrest sent Desai back to safety. That left Matt Giraud and Lil Rounds sweating it out as this week's luckless duo, and Giraud was declared the lowest vote-getter.

But in a wrinkle new to "American Idol" this year, the judges exercised their "Judge's Save" and kept Giraud in the competition. So all seven competitors advance to next week's round -- the dreaded "Disco Night."

Guest blogger Claire Meyerhoff enjoys a night at the movies:

I had a very special wish for American Idol’s Movie Night. At 8:00 p.m. EST, I crossed my fingers, closed my eyes and pleaded with the powers that be…

“Please, please, please…someone sing “Sister Christian” from the movie Boogie Nights and dedicate it to the late Marilyn Chambers.”

My American Idol Movie Night dream did NOT come true : (

Ah yes, movie night. With Quentin Tarantino. Interesting concept, having a film director mentor the contestants (…because? …why? )