The American idol results show is underway and even though it sometimes seems easy to predict these elimination shows last week proved that there will be shocking results.  None of the prognosticators had Michael Johns going home but the soulful Australian singer was unceremoniously dumped from American idol six days ago on a special Thursday night elimination.

On Wednesday night, host Ryan Seacrest has announced that there were 36 million votes were cast via phone and text message and American idol fans really showed up in big numbers during a week that featured songs by record setting pop star Mariah Carey.  Many fans detested it and certainly some of the contestants couldn’t have liked the choices they had.

So who goes home?  The clock is ticking and the show is live on the east coast and right now Jason Castro and Carly Smithson have been placed in one group.  David Cook and Kristy Lee Cook in another group.

Brooke White has now joined David Cook’s group.  Syesha has joined Carly Smithson’s group. David Archuleta is the odd man out right now but he is likely safe and probably has the most votes.  Check back and refresh as we will have the results live as they come in.  Or click here for all of our American idol coverage.