'American Idol' Recap: Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, Jorge Nunez Clinch Top 12 Spots

Von Smith, Anoop Desai, Tatiana Del Toro included in wild-card round. By Gil Kaufman Lil Rounds performs on "American Idol" on Wednesday Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images/ Fox "American Idol" producers dispensed with some of the drama right off the bat Wednesday night, when host Ryan Seacrest waved early favorite Lil Rounds over to the top 12 without the usual nail-biting suspense. Rounds got the nod near the top of the last one-hour audience-voted elimination show before the finals begin next week. "Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!," Rounds shouted before reprising her flawless take on Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You." The news was not great for Arianna Afsar, who got slammed Tuesday night for her dull arrangement of ABBA's "The Winner Takes It All"; Taylor Vaifanua, who got a mixed vote from the judges for her rendition of Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You," and geeky growler Alex Wagner-Trugman. That left Texas girl Kendall Beard and the show's first ... (link)