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"Bruce Springsteen has visited the remaining American Idol contestants.  The Born To Run star made a surprise appearance at the Top 7&amp;#039;s recording studio last week, according to a post on the show&amp;#039;s official Twitter feed. &amp;quot;Holy pride of New Jersey....BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN in the studio right now listening to the idols sing!!!!&amp;quot; said the message, posted on Friday. This week&amp;#039;s American Idol will see the contestants tackling songs from the 21st century. Previous themes have included Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, memorable tracks from the movies, and music from the year they were born.  Katy Perry will perform &amp;#039;E.T.&amp;#039; on the Thursday night results show, which will also feature the premiere performance of season seven winner David Cook&amp;#039;s new single &amp;#039;The Last Goodbye&amp;#039;, taken from his sophomore album This Loud Morning. Paul McDonald became the first male finalist to exit the competition last week after receiving the fewest votes for his performance of &amp;#039;Old Time Rock and Roll&amp;#039; by Bob Seger on Wednesday. American Idol airs Wednesdays and Thursdays on Fox. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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