The final three contestants on the eighth season of American Idol were greeted with hugs, parades, and other forms of celebratory fanfare in their hometowns on Friday.

Adam Lambert’s old high school put on a show — complete with cheerleaders, a marching band, and thousands of fans and students — in celebration of their hometown hero.

Friday was declared “Danny Gokey Day” in Milwaukee. The spectacled powerhouse spent the afternoon performing at Faith Builders International Ministries, where he volunteered as the song director before trying out for Idol.

Kris Allen, of Conway, Arkansas, treated a cheering crowd to a concert in Little Rock on Friday.

Fox taped today’s events and will air the footage on next week’s American Idol.