'American Idol' Recap, S14 E11, Hollywood Week 3: Group Audition Day Performances

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On the newest episode of "American Idol" on FOX, Hollywood Week continues with contestants perform a round of group shows before elimination.

To get prepped on the talented (and not so talented) voices you'll hear this week, check out this official behind the scenes vid of contestants getting ready to show their stuff:

"It's a very telling thing--group day," noted celebrity judge Jennifer Lopez. And as long time American Idol fans know, the group rounds will make or break you.

Last week, we saw 218 hopeful contestants cut down to the final contenders--and it all ended on a dramatic note, when contestant Alexis Granville was overcome with exhaustion during performance time.

As it turned out, the judges called a time out for Granville to be treated for an anxiety attack, and then she and her group performed as planned.

In the end, Alexis and fellow contestant Jax continued on to the next round.

Meanwhile, potential contestant and guitar-player Emily has food-poisoning, and her group "3-to-1 Brunette" are forced to find a back up plan. However, Emily is determined to pull through. As they finished, everyone went on to the next round.

Group "Boulevard" were a quad of college buddies who sang the first American Idol Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone." They were actually the most talented group, and it wasn't painful to watch them perform, and all of them went through to the next round.

Many more groups performed, some obviously better than others, and we have to find one that isn't trying way too hard to show they have vocal range.

One of the best parts of audition process is watching people make fools of themselves, but it's even better when we can laugh along with them.

Band "LKYCO (Please)" which stands for "Ladies Keep Your Clothes On (Please)" aptly exhibited what is known as the "crazy band name."

"Ok guys, sometimes it's weird. The things we have to do," said J Lo. But then all of them were let into the next round. Oh, American Idol, you sure have a talent for cliffhangers.

But not every group can get along as swimmingly as LKYCO. Contestant Laurel of "Team No Sleep" had quite a few harsh things to say to her fellow teammates.

In short, Laurel sucks as a teammate, but she rocked it out in her performance. Did the judges agree? No. She is not going through, but a few of her other members went through.

"I can honestly say, I did not like my group," Laurel said, naturally being one to blame everyone but herself! But whatever.

Meanwhile, no episode of American Idol is complete without its tear jerkers.

Contestant Rocky, who was competing with his mom in mind, was disappointed to be eliminated.

Other contestants who were in their last year for eligibility were heartbrokenly let down, but walked away proud they made it as far as they did.

And some people are just crazy. One chick named Heatherle from group "Soul Connection" didn't want to perform with her group, and went behind their back to be like "I don't wanna perform with my group."

They all asked her what her deal was, so she started crying a lot, saying she's not going to sing with them because they're not going to back her up.

They're all like "Um, ok," and kind of shrugged their shoulders, not really sure what the hell she was talking about.

When the group performed, the problem wasn't really clear, because all the ladies rocked the rock out of their performance. But perhaps Heatherle saw something we didn't, because she was unfortunately chosen not to continue.

Tune in tomorrow night for solo performances, as we get closer and closer to the finalists.