One contestant, Dimitrius Graham, faked out Ryan Seacrest and the other contestants by pretending he hadn't made it through, and then revealed at the last minute that he had.
As usual, the show paired a few contestants with similar vibes, and delivered the news to them together. In one instance, personality-plus contestants Margie Mays and Eddie Island got the news at the same time. Eddie got the nod, but Margie, who has a degree from Stanford University to fall back on, was sent home.
The final pairing of the night was former contestant Laine Hardy, who was cut at the exact same point in the competition last year, and fellow Louisiana singer Tyler Mitchell. Laine blew the judges away with his beach performance by sporting a dapper suit and tie and rocking out on a version of the Beatles' \"Come Together.\" \"Am I allowed to have a crush on a contestant?\" asked Katy Perry.
Needless to say, Laine made it through, while Tyler was sent home. And Laine isn't the only contestant from last year to get the nod -- Alyssa Raghu is also in the top 20.
A few notable contestants who didn't make it through: Shayy, who is blind, Johanna Jones, whose boyfriend proposed to her during Hollywood Week, Drake McCain, the kid with the red high-top fade and 10 brothers and sisters, Kai the Singer, whose church paid for her to go to Hollywood, Nick Townsend, who lost two brothers to suicide, and Vietnamese vocal powerhouse Myra Tran, who won \"X Factor\" Vietnam in 2016.
On Monday night's show, the Top 20 contestants will sing in front of a live audience at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. Watch it at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
The remaining contestants are:
- Madison VanDenburg -- Cohoes, New York
- Shawn Robinson -- Atlanta, Georgia
- Eddie Island -- Nashville, Tennessee
- Evelyn Cormier -- Claremont, New Hampshire
- Alyssa Raghu -- Orlando, Florida
- Ryan Hammond -- Modesto, California
- Raquel Trinidad -- Tampa, Florida
- Logan Johnson -- Boise, Idaho
- Dimitrius Graham -- Baltimore, Maryland
- Riley Thompson -- Mabank, Texas
- Walker Burroughs -- Birmingham, Alabama
- Bumbly -- New York, New York
- Ashley Hess -- Fremont, California
- Alejandro Aranda -- Pomona, California
- Laine Hardy -- Livingston, Louisiana
- Kate Barnette -- Kennesaw, Georgia
- Uche -- Sugar Land, Texas
- Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon -- Catonsville, Maryland
- Laci Kaye Booth -- Livingston, Texas
- Wade Cota -- Phoenix, Arizona
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