Matt Giraud Bids Goodbye to American Idol Season 8

After he made history by being the first idol aspirant to be saved by the judges, Matt Giraud finally bid goodbye to American Idol on March 29.

Now, the four remaining idol hopefuls are now preparing for next week's presentation which theme is "Rock" music.

American Idol Season 8 Top 9 Performance Night

Watch below (click names to view their performances) the performances of remaining 9 American Idol hopefuls.

Anoop Desai sings Caught Up by Usher

Megan Joy sings Turn Your Lights Down Low by Bob Marley

Danny Gokey sings What Hurts The Most by Rascal Flatts

Allison Iraheta sings Don’t Speak by No Doubt

Scott MacIntyre sings Just The Way You Are by Billy Joel

Matt Giraud sings You Found Me by the Fray

Lil Rounds sings Surrender by Celine Dion

Adam Lambert sings Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry

Kris Allen sings Ain’t No Sunshine

American Idol Says Goodbye to Michael Sarver

Michael Sarver who performed "Ain’t Too Proud to Beg" on American Idol Top 10 performance night was sent home tonight.

As a recap, here’s what the judges said on Sarver’s last night performance:

Paula Abdul: "For me this was a tough performance. Felt Las Vegas loungy for me. You need to be dominating that song.

Simon Cowell: "I couldn’t wait for it to end. You were screaming and shouting. You have no chance of winning based on that type of vocal. In the real world it isn’t good enough."

Randy Jackson: "The song was a little to big for you. You made it little corny. It wasn’t a great performance."

Kara DioGuardi: "We are looking for an artist. Next week you need to be an artist."

Scott McIntyre and Matt Giraud joined Sarver in the bottom three spot.