“American Idol” The votors chose the 13 finalists on Thursday, ending a week that saw the field of 24 semi-finalists cut by just short of half.
The top vote receivers (Five boys and five girls) took the first ten spots with the three spots left being made up of the judges choices.
The judges awarded one wild-card spot for Naima Adedapo, then both Ashthon Jones and Stefano Langone grabbed the other two, which was unfortunate for Kendra Chantelle and Robbie Rosen, who though a touch off the mark for the last chance both have the Idol factor - if it still required a bit of polish but that would have Jones has the stage presence of a star and just needs to bring out the vocals to match. Langone, who went with Smoke Norful’s “I Need You Now” for his last-chance song, has been very good when he hits his marks. Bringing in the more gospel-y sound was enough to get him a second chance at making a positive impression on the public.
Among the men.it was predictable Scotty McCreery, Casey Abrams, Jacob Lusk, Paul McDonald and James Durbin all got the votes to move on without singing again. The next stage will get interesting for the guys with such a difference of styles and voices.which should make for less repetitive shows than in past seasons.
The top five women Lauren Alaina, Pia Toscano, Thia Megia, Karen Rodriguez and Haley Reinhart. Alaina and Toscano all avoided the sing off.
So what about the rejected, at least they had plenty of company as 11 of the 24 got the boot after a single performance this time around.
Chantelle and Zevita joined Julie Zorrilla in an early exit, Zorilla look resigned to going home from the start, even before her fate was announced. In the pretaped intro with the women she said that she’d be thankful “because I know I messed up yesterday.”
Lauren Turner though warned the voters that if we cut her, she’d cut us — and she knows where we live, but she was only kidding. we had better hope she was anyway
Brett Loewestern didn’t make the cut, but ran down to give each iof the judges a last hug anyway. Love him or hate him — too few people few love him to keep him on the show — he’s officially the most effervessent young man in “Idol” history.
Clint Jun Gamboa looked as if he was about to either throw up or pass out when he got the news he wasn’t through.
Jovany Barreto had to be the least surprised of the second chancers, J.Lo said “You did a good job, baby. You did all you could do. You did all you could do,”
Ta-Tynisha Wilson, Tim Halperin and Jordan Dorsey also had their time on “Idol” come to an end. None looked surprised by that.
The finalists
"American Idol's" Top 13 are
Paul McDonald,
Ashthon Jones,
Pia Toscano,
Casey Abrams,
Haley Reinhart
Scott McCreery.
James Durbin,
Naima Adedapo,
Jacob Lusk,
Thia Megia,
Karen Rodriguez,
Stefano Langone
Lauren Alaina
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