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UPDATE: Durbin Moves On; So Do 10 Others

Judges use only wild card to keep all 11 until next week; and all 11 go on the live summer tour

The video for Wednesday night's American Idol episode speaks for itself. 

James Durbin sang Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City" for Motown week, and the judges had little bad to say.

Randy Jackson complained at first that Durbin sounded "a little rough at first" but then said he was "unbelievable."

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Tyler, the front man for Aerosmith, said, "Sometimes it takes a little bit of being crazy in the world. You nailed it."

The votes will be counted, and one of the remaining 11 will be bounced from the show Thursday 8-9 p.m. on FOX-TV.

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