During the last night vote-out, the viewers, instead of Anoop who was in the bottom two after his performance of "Beat It" on Tuesday's Michael Jackson night, voted off Jasmine Murray and Jorge Nunez.

Anoop's performance had received a mixed response from the judges.

Judge Simon Cowell, who introduced Anoop, 22, into the "American Idol", was so disappointed with his performance that he went on to say that "he regretted adding the former UNC Clef Hanger to this season's surprise Top 13."

Judge Paula felt that the song was not the right choice.

She thought it sounded Karaoke.

But, as Cowell has also said, "it's up to America."

After 33 million votes, the most in eight seasons at this stage of the competition, Anoop remains to sing another day.

Anoop, floored by being part of the top 13, in his video pointed out that his parents, who think he is living an American Dream, taught him about the Indian culture.

Indian-Americans are now pinning all their hopes on Anoop. He has become the darling of Indian-American bloggers, who have tagged him "Anoop Dogg."

Fox, the entertainment channel which airs the show, went to the top of the ratings chart Tuesday night with a two-hour "American Idol" that drew 25.8 million viewers, according to updated ratings released last afternoon.

At the start of yesterday's elimination show, host Ryan Seacrest introduced a new wrinkle to "Idol's" eighth season: "the judges' save."

He explained that the show's four judges, acting as a group, will be able to prevent one person from going home during the course of the season.

"From this point forward, up until the Top 5, the judges can save one contestant from elimination, just once," Seacrest said.