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Six weeks after “American Idol” kicked off season 4 on ABC on Valentine’s Day we are now at one of the most fun stages of the competition, Hollywood Week. Night 6, which airs March 21, sees judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie taking a second look at the 150 contestants who got a golden ticket. At the end of those seven days, only 40 will make the cut.

Those two score of contestants will then take turns performing on their own and with celebrity guests. Only half of this Top 40 will move on in the competition. And from these Top 20, just 14 contestants will get put through to the live shows, which begin in early April. At that point, you will be able to predict the outcome of each episode in our predictions center.

Below, follow along with all the action in our live blog of the Night 6 Season 19 episode of “American Idol.

Hollywood Week — or “Hell Week,” according to that little devil Ryan Seacrest — continued on Monday’s American Idol, which ended with one contestant threatening (nay, promising!) to pee on the floor. And after sitting through this episode, I could relate.

These poor children were put through the wringer, forced to sing and dance and smile on mere minutes of sleep. They were treated like… like… well, like children in Hollywood, to be honest.

But unlike the episode, which forced the contestants to wait until the last possible moment to learn their fates, we’re going straight to the results:

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After five episodes of auditions, “American Idol” moved on to Hollywood Week on Sunday. March 24. This episode, and the one on Monday (March 25), chronicles the competition between the 150 contestants who earned tickets to Hollywood when they auditioned for the three judges. There, they had to sing three more times for Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, who then cut the field down to just 40. These two episodes were taped months ago and we’ve unearthed the results. Spoilers ahead

The Top 40 contenders were flown to the Disney Aulani resort in Honolulu, Hawaii at the end of January where they were competed to make the top 20. The episode featuring those make-or-break performances will air on Sunday, March 31. We know that the three judges put 11 men through to the Top 20.

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In advance of Sunday’s episode of “American Idol,” ABC has given us a sneak peek at the dozen contestants we will see audition for judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie. Among the 12 artists featured on the Night 3 episode are eight who ended up being given tickets to Hollywood and then competing there to make the Top 40. We’ve done some digging and can tell you which of these hopefuls made that first cut as well as the results of how they fared in the showcase round. Spoilers ahead.

At the end of January, the Top 40 travelled to Hawaii and stayed at the Aulani Resort, a luxury hotel in Honolulu owned by Disney as is ABC, the new network for “American Idol.” Each of these would-winners of season 17 sang once again. Only 20 of them were put through to the next round. This episode will air on March 31.

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