Sudden Death, Week Two: The 'American Idol' recap

Who would have guessed when we first saw Zoanette Johnson back in Oklahoma City, mauling the national anthem, that she'd still be around when American Idol named its Top 20? Quite possibly nobody but Johnson herself. And maybe Nicki Minaj, but she sometimes seems to have her own unknowable reasons for liking what she does.

For some reason, though, the judges kept allowing the wild-haired...