Scott MacIntyre is returning to familiar turf to perform a duet on ‘American Idol,’ just as the show announces season 9′s Top 12 finalists. MacIntyre, who finished eighth in season 8 after singing Survivor’s ‘The Search Is Over,’ is vision-impaired, and both his story and his musical chops won him admiration and a nation full of fans. Less than one year later, the singer-songwriter is set to release his first full-length, post-’Idol’ album, ‘Heartstrings,’ March 11 (available on iTunes and at MacIntyre’s website )

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Scott MacIntyre: The Best Part of ‘American Idol’ Is Getting Voted Off

Filed under: Poll This week’s Top 8 girls and Top 8 guys performance shows — arguably the most important of every season — decide which contestants will make up the enviable Top 12 spots. Even though contestants were encouraged to bring their A-games this week, some early favorites continued to fall off — (get it together, Andrew Garcia), while a few underdogs continued to surprise us — (‘sup, Alex Lambert?)