American Idol Voting Results - Feb 18, 2009

With over 24 million votes cast after Tuesday’s performance show – almost 10 million more than this time last year – it was revealed tonight that Alexis Grace from Memphis, TN; Michael Sarver from Jasper, TX; and Danny Gokey from Milwaukee, WI, were chosen by America to become the first three finalists to advance to AMERICAN IDOL’s Top 12.

On Tuesday night, Grace sang “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You” by Aretha Franklin, Sarver entertained the audience with “I Don’t Want To Be” by Gavin DeGraw and Gokey performed “Hero” by Mariah Carey.

Next week, the second set of 12 semifinalists (Kris Allen, Matt Breitzke, Megan Joy Corkrey, Matt Giraud, Mishavonna Henson, Allison Iraheta, Kai Kalama, Adam Lambert, Jesse Langseth, Nick Mitchell, Jasmine Murray and Jeanine Vailes) will perform live Wednesday, Feb. 25 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) in the hopes of winning America ’s vote. Tune in the following night to see which three semifinalists advance to the Top 12 on the live results show Thursday, Feb. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

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