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Lionel Richie, Carrie Underwood, Nikki Glaser and Luke Bryan react to a performance on American Idol (ABC Photo)

American Idol’s ratings bounced back nicely this week.

In fact, the total estimated audience for Sunday’s show checked in a 5.36 million.

That’s up slightly from last season’s Top 7 show (5.27 million). That’s up 5 percent over the previous week’s show (5.07 million).

And it’s Idol’s largest audience since the Hollywood Week episode aired back on Feb. 23.

Idol ranked second to the NBA playoff on NBC in the ratings battled with a 0.42 rating among 849 years olds.

That’s up from 0.37 the previous week.

Idol returns Monday night with the Top 5 taking the stage and competing for a spot in the Seson 24 finale.

Original Idol judges Randy Jackson and Paula Abdul will be on hand to mentor the singers. Paula will also serve as a guest judge.

See also …
Ranking American Idol’s Top 5
A look at who had this week’s most popular performances on American Idol
Song by song grades for the Taylor Swift round
Song by song grades for the California round