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In honor of Katy Perry's new video for "E.T." (which you can watch online right now and catch the on-air premiere tonight on MTV), the rumor floating around MTV News headquarters was that there was going to be a pro-Perry flash mob that assembled and performed in Times Square on Wednesday (March 30). It sounded like it had the potential to look especially crazy, so we sent a crew down to try to document the madness.

A group of black hoodie-clad characters wearing cardboard alien masks did descend on Times Square in the early evening, but the intrepid NYPD broke things up before anything could really happen. The performers were undeterred though, as they skulked around the area, grabbing innocent bystanders, busting out crazy dance moves, mounting telephone kiosks and bowing before images of Perry. It was a wild scene, and while we may never know what the performance was actually supposed to look like, it still provided a nutty, unexpected early evening Times Square experience.

Perry has been on a roll lately, as her second album Teenage Dream continues to sell well, her tour is extremely popular and "E.T." just ascended to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, knocking out Lady Gaga's long-running "Born This Way." That means that every single from Perry's album has gone to the top of the charts, which is a remarkable and unprecedented accomplishment.

Don't miss the on-air premiere of Katy Perry's "E.T." video, featuring Kanye West, at 7:53 p.m. ET tonight on MTV, followed by our live "MTV First" interview with Katy Perry on MTV.com!

We're just going to pretend like last week didn't happen. Especially since we totally blew it when we said Haley Reinhart was going home, only to watch as Casey Abrams was dealt a near death blow. Every season has one of those "Wait, did that just happen?" moments — sometimes more than one.

But after Wednesday night's (March 30) Elton John performance show, we're feeling pretty bullish again. All of a sudden, Reinhart is seemingly out of the fire, along with Abrams, who took the judges' advice to tone it down and chill out.

The bad news is that thanks to the Casey save, two singers go home tonight.

Once again, ladies choice Stefano Langone sounded like he was trying out for one of those cheesy Disneyland street shows (you know, the ones with all the "Cars" character, chipper tumblers in neon jumpsuits and animatronic dinosaurs?) and his "Tiny Dancer" just felt minor.

And though I've appreciated her spunk and wacky demeanor in a cast of genetically-bred-to-be-stars wannabes, Naima Adedapo may have just confused most of America with her reggae take on "I'm Still Standing." I loved it, but I had to agree with Randy that it felt a bit corny at times.

In keeping with our season-long elimination mind meld, "Idol" blogger MJ Santilli felt pretty much the same way as I did about this week's walk of shame twofer. "Naima Adedapo, Stefano Langone and Thia Megia will make up this week's bottom three, with Naima and Stefano hitting the road," she said confidently. "Naima is fascinating, but just too weird for the 'American Idol' viewing audience. If she leaves, I would say she was done in by fake Jamaican accent."

She said Langone will probably suffer from being stuck in the middle of the performance pack and just being too bland to get anyone to pick up the phone and vote for him. She also suspected Thia would land in the bottom again, but would squeak by because of her sob story about how "Daniel" reminds her of when her brother went away to college when she was a little girl.

MTV's own "Idol" obsessive, Jim Cantiello, said he was also sure that America's ready to put the "gone" in Langone. "Stefano's affected stylings almost got him booted last week and his 'Tiny Dancer' was more of the same, even if the judges decided to give the guy some good reviews for a change," he said, agreeing that Adedapo's bold choice was cool, but may have been done in by the faux Jamaican accent. "You could practically hear all of America simultaneously go,
'Huh?' as soon as she opened her mouth." He also picked Megia as the third bottom runger, but suspected she'd make it one more week.

And if there's anything we can all agreed on, it was that Abrams was 100 percent safe this week. Then again …

(One of our usual panelists, Maura Johnston, was unavailable to play this week.)

To recap, here's our prediction for the bottom three. Let us know your list in the comments below.

Gil Kaufman/MJ Santilli/Jim Cantiello: Naima Adedapo (out), Stefano Langone (out), Thia Megia

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Who do you think is going home tonight? Let us know in the comments!

This week, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" was finally knocked off the top of the Billboard Hot 100, but the next single from Born This Way seems ready to appear and take its place in the pantheon of her great singles. The lyrics to the song leaked this morning (Thursday, March 31), and as the title suggests, the track uses a lot of religious imagery to get the point across.

And while this isn't the first time Gaga has indulged in lyrics that reference religion (in fact, "Born This Way" has plenty of allusions to a higher power), but it is one of the sharpest. It might even ruffle some feathers (especially the line "Your Bible won't save you"), which would associate "Judas" with some of the most faith-baiting tracks in recent rock history.

Kanye West, "Jesus Walks"
West has managed to antagonize just about everybody under the sun. However, he actually managed to bring people together with "Jesus Walks," as it helped welcome religion back into contemporary hip-hop. That all happened even though the lyrics could be taken as West comparing his journey through the rap world as not unlike the second coming of Christ himself.

Depeche Mode, "Blasphemous Rumours"
Even though the members of Depeche Mode have regularly stated that the lyrics to "Blasphemous Rumours" weren't meant to be anti-religion, it still got banned from quite a few radio stations for the chorus, "I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours/ But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor/ And when I die I expect to find Him laughing."

Joan Osborne, "One of Us"
Osborne's big breakout hit (written by Eric Bazilian of the Hooters) raised some eyebrows in 1995 because the chorus attempted to humanize God ("What if God was one of us?/ Just a slob like one of us?"). Though it seemed relatively safe, that didn't stop the head of the Catholic League from publicly condemning the song and accusing Osborne of "Catholic baiting."

Madonna, "Like a Prayer"
With Madonna, it has always been more about the imagery in the videos than they lyrics to the songs, but that all came together on "Like a Prayer." The lyrics on "Like a Prayer" aren't particularly sacrilegious (in fact, the word "prayer" is about the only word that could be considered religious), but the video made up for it.

Nine Inch Nails, "Heresy"
A lot of Trent Reznor's work questions the work of the higher power, but his sharpest attack on faith came on one of the key songs on his 1994 opus The Downward Spiral. If you didn't get the message based on the song's title, Reznor clears everything up with the chorus: "God is dead/ And no one cares/ If there is a Hell/ I'll see you there."

Tori Amos, "God"
Amos believes in power and energy that mere mortals don't comprehend, but her particular religion focuses on faeries. On "God," Amos addresses Him directly, consistently repeating the line, "God, sometimes you just don't come through" and wondering "Do you need a woman to look after you?"

"We definitely need to get everybody to rally together. We need to let everybody show their strengths and just give 110 percent all the way, and just make sure that their voices are heard. This is the time to make a statement. This is the time to strike a blow for the genre and let it be known that we're not going to go away quietly."

-Disturbed frontman Dave Draiman, rallying his fans around his band's match-up with Coheed and Cambria in the Elite Eight round of MTV's Musical March Madness. His band is one of the surprising Cinderella stories of this year's tournament, as they have rallied to defeat the likes of Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters and Patrick Stump (all of whom fought tough battles) to reach the regional finals. Now they face their toughest test yet in Coheed and Cambria, the defending Musical March Madness champions.

Draiman recognizes the competition but feels confident that his fans will pull through. "I think they're very, very talented musicians ... I definitely think they're very stiff competition," Draiman told MTV News' James Montgomery. "They've got an unbelievably dedicated fanbase, they're a very powerful band ... they're going to be a very serious challenge for us. I mean, we're up against leviathans here, you know, whether it's Green Day or any of the rest of these guys, they're all huge bands, so we're just very, very honored to be in competition with them. And I know that we, and the Disturbed fanbase, will give 110 percent all the way."

MTV's Musical March Madness has reached the Elite Eight! Voting is now open and will continue until Thursday (March 31) at midnight, when we'll roll on to the Final Four. All winners are determined by your votes, so if your favorite act is still standing, it's up to you to guide them to glory. You can rally the troops on Twitter using the hashtag #MMM — but get ready, things only get tougher from here on out!

It's MTV's second annual Musical March Madness! MTV News took the 64 biggest names in rock, split them up into four regions, assigned them seeds and puts them up against one another in a single-elimination series of match-ups in a winner-take-all contest. We're leaving it to you to decide an actual champ in this field of 64, so over the next few weeks, fan voting will determine who will emerge as this year's champion. It's all about the fans, and the artist with the most passionate fan base will score the awesome Musical March Madness trophy!

Just when you thought MTV's Musical March Madness couldn't get any crazier, the Elite Eight has come around to raise the stakes. There have already been a number of lead changes and shifts in momentum in all four of the Elite Eight match-ups, and they will probably all go down to the wire when the voting closes Thursday night (March 31) at midnight. The Final Four will be revealed on Friday (April 1), and voting will run through the weekend leading up to Monday's (April 4) championship game. Any one of the bands left could win.

Voting for all Elite Eight match-ups will close on Thursday, March 31 at midnight. As always, you can follow all the voting here.

Midwest

» (6) Coheed and Cambria vs. (9) Disturbed

West

» (3) Green Day vs. (5) Panic! at the Disco

South

» (5) Paramore vs. (14) Tokio Hotel

East

» (3) My Chemical Romance vs. (16) Sum 41

Watch the latest update on all the Elite Eight action!

Check out the Musical March Madness bracket and be take a look at the hoops-centric photos of some of the tournament's biggest bands.