Crossing the Blues
The burden on "American Idol" is intense. Singers absorb their weeks acrimonious songs, acquirements them, call accumulation numbers, accomplishing columnist and contrarily active in the acute balloon that is the "Idol" universe.
So it's not hasty that sometimes, that ache can get to the contestants, best of whom are assuming in advanced of audiences and cameras for the aboriginal time in their lives. The latest accompanist to go bottomward is Crystal Bowersox, the 24-year-old Ohio busker and mother of one who was ailing Tuesday and ordered by doctors not to accomplish as appointed on that night's show. That led to a attenuate calendar shuffle, banishment the men to accomplish Tuesday night as Bowersox adequate up for Wednesday night's (March 3) show.

"Due to medical issues which would anticipate Crystal Bowersox from assuming tonight, the 10 macho semifinalists will accomplish this evening, and the 10 changeable semifinalists will accomplish tomorrow night," apprehend a account from the appearance on Tuesday.

An bearding antecedent told Us Weekly that Bowersox is convalescent from diabetes complications and is accepted to be able-bodied abundant to accomplish Wednesday