LIVE FROM TIMES SQUARE. >> HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU BREAK OUT IN SONG. IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH. WE HAVE MUSIC MEGA STARS WITH US DANCING. ALL THE MULTIPLATINUM SELLING ARTISTS. LUKE PERRY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THE 21st SEASON OF "AMERICAN IDOL" AND YOU HAD A WAY OF CELEBRATING. YOU POSTED FROM YOUR 21st BIRTHDAY. DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR 21? >> NO, DO YOU? >> HECK NO. >> I CAUGHT THAT. MY 21st BIRTHDAY ON A SHOE STRING BUDGET AT THE TIME AND I HAPPENED TO GET TWO KEGS REMEMBER KEGS? I PUT THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROLLER SKATING RINK. ONE PERSON BROKE THEIR ANKLE AND ONE BROKE THEIR ELBOW. >> THAT IS MEMORABLE. >> DO YOU REMEMBER YOUR 21th BIRTHDAY? >> I REMEMBER MINE BUT WE DO NOT NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT. >> I'M SORRY. >> WHAT HAPPENED? GO AHEAD. >> IN THE DARK AGES? >> I DID NOT KNOW ABRAHAM LINCOLN. >> THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING BUT THE POINT I WILL SAY 1st BIRTHDAY IN HIGH PARK FEEDING PIGEONS AFTER PARTYING ALL NIGHT AND I WAS COMMUNICATING. THEY WERE TALK BACK. >> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN ANOTHER TERRIFIC SEASON AND LONG. HAD LONG DAYS WITH ALL THE AUDITIONS AND THAT. MY MAN QUACKY. FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN -- ROLL THE TAPE. >> I LIKED IT. [ Quacking ] >> MY QUESTION IS THAT SOMETHING YOU BRING WITH YOU TO THE SHOW? >> WE WERE IN NASHVILLE TALKING ABOUT DUCK HUNTING BECAUSE I'VE BECOME A LITTLE BIT OVER THE TOP DUCK HUNTING THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS SO SUDDENLY A DUCK CALL APPEARED. AFTER 14 HOURS DAYS. >> A DUCK CALL. >> THE IDEA TRYING TO GET THE CONTESTANT THROUGH. >> SO WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU MEDITATE? YOU STRETCH? WHAT? >> I MEDITATE ALL THE TIME WHICH IS GOOD. >> LIONEL, I HESITATE. I GET COMFY AND MEDITATION AND MEDICATION TO GET TO A CERTAIN POINT. WHAT HAPPENS WITH ME IS I COME TO THE SHOW TO KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. I HAVE TO BE IN THAT LOOSE. >> ALL THE HONOURS HE'S GETTING YEAR AFTER YEAR THE BIGGEST HONOUR IS ON THIS PANEL WITH US, RIGHT? >> YES, THAT'S RIGHT. >> WHAT I'M LOVING IS NO MATTER WHAT I'VE DONE IN MY CAREER I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING LIKE AMERICAN DOLL. >> AND NOW ONTO HOLLYWOOD WEEK. >> THAT'S WHEN IT GETS REAL. >> LET'S PLAY A BIT MORE SO YOU CAN SEE. [ ♪♪ ] >> 50 MILLION VIEWS. >> WE GOT A LITTLE PEEK OF THAT ALL OF US SAID WE GOT CHILLS HOW IS THE TALENT THIS SEASON? >> ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS EVERY TIME WE SATURATED THE WHOLE THING THEY SHOW UP FOR ANOTHER SEASON AND IT GETS BETTER AND WHAT I'M GETTING NOW IS THAT OUR EDUCATIONAL PART OF THIS, WE ARE TEACHING THEM WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. LOOKING FOR CHARACTERS. FORGET SINGERS. WHAT CHARACTER WILL YOU BRING. THAT'S WHAT YOU FALL IN LOVE. LUKE IS A CHARACTER, KATIE IS A CHARACTER. FALL IN LOVE WITH THE CHARACTER AS WELL AS THE VOICE AND THEY TRUST US. >> THEY OPEN THEIR MOUTHS AND WE ARE IN TEARS. >> I KNOW. >> WHO YOU JUST SAW ONLY THE SECOND TIME WE HEARD HIM SING ON THIS SHOW. AND HIS VIDEO HAS GOTTEN 150 MILLION VIEWS. >> FANS ARE SITTING IN THERE WAITING ON THE NEXT. THEY'LL GET TO GO WATCH HIM. AND I LOVE OUR ABILITY EVEN WHEN I WATCHED LAST SUNDAY AND I'M LIKE WONDERING WHILE WE SEND CERTAIN PEOPLE HOME AND WHILE WE SEND PEOPLE THROUGH IT'S NICE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND THEM THROUGH TO HOLLYWOOD WEEK TO WATCH THEM GROW. SOMETIMES THE KIDS DON'T COME IN POLISHED BEING THE BEST SINGERS. THEY DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE SO FUN GIVING THEM CONFIDENCE TO SING AND WATCH THEM GROW. >> AND THEY LOVE "AMERICAN IDOL," THEY COME IN AND MENTOR THEM A LITTLE BIT. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THERE? >> NEXT WEEK OUR ALUMNI COMING IN TO SHOW THEM THE ROPES AND GET THEM INTO SHAPE. HOLLYWOOD WEEK IS SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST HONESTLY. IT'S LONGER DAYS AND NOBODY IS SLEEPING, NOBODY IS HYDRATED ENOUGH. AND ALL KIND OF SURVIVING AND SOME GO OUT AND WE HAVE CLIENTS COMING IN TO DO SOME CRITIQUING AND GIVE NOTES. I SAW A SNIPPET OF HIM DOING IT. >> HE WAS IN THERE. >> DO THIS, DO THIS. THAT'S GREAT. >> SO MANY ALUMNI COMING IN CHECK IT OUT NEXT WEEK. >> WE LOVE HAVING YOU ON AND IN HONOUR OF THAT A RAPID FIRE QUESTION. WE'LL SPIN THE WHEEL AND SEE WHO GOES FIRST. ARE YOU READY? AND THE QUESTION GOES TO? KATIE. KATY WHAT SONG WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE BANNED FROM AUDITIONS? >> OH, I CAN'T DO THAT. I CAN'T DO THAT. LISTEN I CAN'T DO THAT. >> WATERMELON. >> DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT A GREAT SONG. >> OR ANYTHING BY DEMI LOVATO BUT THE THING IS EVERY SINGER SINGS IT. >> AS A GO TO. >> THE McBRAD SONG ALL THE GIRLS SING IN THE PAGEANT. >> TIME FOR ONE MORE. SPIN IT. SPIN IT. >> LIONEL. WHICH OF YOUR SOCKS WOULD YOU WANT TO HEAR A CONTESTANT SING? >> THAT'S SCARY. SOMETIMES YOU THINK -- >> I WOULD BAN "HELLO." THERE IT IS. >> I WOULD BAN "TRULY" BUT "ALL NIGHT LONG" IS SCARY. >> MADE UP A LANGUAGE. >> DO IT. >> NOT EVEN A LANGUAGE. >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> I SAID ABSOLUTELY LANGUAGE. >> I SAID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. >> OH, MY GOD. THANK YOU. YOU ALL BRING IT EVERY TIME YOU ARE HERE. >> THIS IS EVERY DAY. >> JUST WATCH US ON SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS ON ABC. >> YOU HEARD THE