'American Idol' Top 10 Men Step It Up - MTV.com

Lee Dewyze and Alex Lambert make an impression, while Jermaine Sellers and John Park still don't get it.

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Tuesday night's (March 2) last-minute switcheroo was as good a lesson as any for the "American Idol" top 20 that if you want to be a star, you have to be ready to roll with it. The top 10 women were supposed to perform, but due to an undisclosed illness for Crystal Bowersox — who was under a doctor's orders to take it easy — the men had to step it up and take the stage a night earlier than usual. After last week's poorly received first round of live performances, the boys could only go up, so it was anyone's guess what kind of firepower they were going to bring. Another change? Ellen DeGeneres was on the move again, migrating from her spot at the far end of the table — as distant from foil Simon Cowell as possible — to the middle, right up against Kara DioGuardi, with Randy Jackson providing the bookend.

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