By contract, Idol finalists are not supposed to sing at public events (outside of the Idol competition of course) until their contract is up. 

But Kellie did, singing the National Anthem at her "homecoming" in Albemarle:

"I’m going to get in so much trouble for this," she said, "but what are they going to do — kick me off the show?"

No, but they can kick you off the tour, honey.  They shouldn’t, and probably won’t, but those Hollywood lawyers take this stuff seriously.

Kellie also had an emotional reunion with her recently-released-from-prison father: