And then there were 20.
On last night's "American Idol", the public voted and sent home Ashley Rodriguez, Tyler Grady, Janell Wheeler and Joe Munoz.
Before saying goodbye to the kids, Ryan Seacrest addressed the on set tension between Simon Cowell and new judge Ellen DeGeneres by asking Cowell why his critiques have been "harsher than normal" this week. Simon was dismissive and replied that it was "just a couple of people's thoughts."
A couple of people that aren't getting along.