American Idol's Luke Bryan gets furiously booed by live audience after major mistake leaves studio a
LUKE Bryan has been furiously booed by the American Idol audience after the air conditioning went down, leaving the studio in chaos.
The country singer filmed the angry crowd and fellow judges Katy Perry and Lionel Richie as they struggled to cope with the rising temperatures on set.
Luke, 46, shared a video in between filming from Sunday's live show as he sat on the judging panel.
He told Idol fans, "The air conditioning went down," before panning the camera over to Lionel and Katy.
"Lionel is melting," Luke said, as the 73-year-old singer held a fan to his face while a makeup artist powdered his cheeks.
Luke then spun the camera over to Katy, 38, who looked like she was suffering in her skintight Incredibles costume for Disney night.
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"Katy is, uh-" Luke said.
Katy replied with a gasp: "Melting."
The country singer then panned over the crowd, who began booing when they realized he was filming.
"Do you hear that?" he asked, as they continued to boo, with some cheers mixed in.
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He posted the chaotic video on Sunday night and captioned it: "It's a hot one tonight."
Five Idol contestants took the stage during the episode to perform a variety of Disney hits in the hopes of winning enough votes to make it to the finale.
Zachariah Smith and Wé Ani were eliminated.
Colin Stough, Megan Danielle, and Iam Tongi head to the finals next week.
FAN FURY
The decision shocked fans, with one writing on Twitter: "The two most talented singers/performers are not in the top 3 next week.
"American Idol should call it quits. We Ani and Zachariah will go further than any of top 3."
Another added: "OMG Are you SERIOUS?! MEGAN DANIELLE was picked over Zachariah Smith?! WHAT?! Zachariah was better than her!"
Fans have been critical of Idol for consistently having country singers in the finale.
One viewer said: "The most mid top 3 in the history of mankind. lets not forget the actual good, non country singers who were robbed of this opportunity. haven, olivia, kaeyra, and we.
"American idol is honestly garbage nowadays. It's only the country ppl who win and it’s tiring."
It was announced last week that country legend Keith Urban will return to Idol to mentor the top three.
American Idol's official Instagram account posted: "Once an IDOL judge, now our FINALE guest mentor! Welcome back, @keithurban!"
The singer - who was a judge on the show from seasons 12 to 15 - will also be performing at the finale.
Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, and Randy Jackson joined him for Season 12.
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From seasons 13 to 15, Keith sat with Jennifer Lopez and Harry Connick Jr.
The live coast-to-coast finale airs on May 21 at 8 ET/5 PT on ABC.
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