Jackson-Themed “American Idol” To Re-Air Tonight

FOX is honoring the memory and celebrating the life of Michael Jackson with an encore showing of the Jackson-themed American Idol performance show, airing tonight from 8-10pm ET/PT. In this episode, this season’s top 13 contestants performed music from Michael Jackson’s songbook, including Lil Rounds singing “The Way You Make Me Feel,” Adam Lambert singing “Black or White,” Danny Gokey singing “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing),” Scott MacIntyre singing “Keep the Faith,” Michael Sarver singing “You Are Not Alone,” Jasmine Murray singing “I’ll Be There,” Kris Allen singing “Remember the Time,” Allison Iraheta singing “Give In to Me,” Anoop Desai singing “Beat It,” Jorge Nunez singing “Never Gonna Say Goodbye,” Megan Joy Corkrey singing “Rockin’ Robin,” Matt Giraud singing “Human Nature” and Alexis Grace singing “Dirty Diana.”

This marks the first time in the 8-year run of Idol that an episode has been rebroadcast.