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Friday, March 4, 2011

American Idol 10 - Top 13 Finalists


Here are the official Top 13 Finalists of American Idol Season 10 as announced during the competition's Top 24 elimination episode:


The Viewers Choice


Scotty McCreery, 17
Garner, North Carolina
An extremely likable teen with a natural country delivery, he's perhaps not as polished as some of the others.


Lauren Alaina, 16
Rossville
, Georgia
The sassy country-pop semifinals performance from the teen Steven Tyler dubbed "The One" continued a string of strong showings.


Pia Toscano, 22
Howard Beach, New York
Pia became an instant favorite Wednesday by tackling The Pretenders' I'll Stand by You, finishing with a flurry of high notes.


Karen Rodriguez, 21
New York, New York
She made her bid to become the first Latina Idol with a bilingual version of the Mariah Carey hit Hero.


Jacob Lusk, 23
Compton, California
He put to rest concerns about a tendency to oversing with a dramatic but controlled rendition of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's A House Is Not a Home.


Casey Abrams, 20
Idyllwild, California
Casey's an early front-runner thanks to the sense of humor and unpredictability he brings to each jazzy performance.


Thia Megia, 16
Mountain House, California
This young Filipino-American singer impressed more with tone than vocal acrobatics.


Paul McDonald, 26
Nashville, Tennessee
He enhanced his reputation for quirkiness during the semi-finals by wandering around the stage as he tossed-off a note-perfect version of Rod Stewart's Maggie Mae. But he's the only finalist with an album currently on a Billboard chart.


Haley Reinhart, 20
Wheeling, Illinois
Her sultry, bluesy delivery seems to be finding an audience.


James Durbin, 22
Santa Cruz
, California
Probably the only real rocker in the crew, James turned heads by bringing a Judas Priest song to Idol for the first time.


The Wild Cards


Ashton Jones, 24
Nashville, Tennessee
Faced with elimination, this wild card diva-in-the-making sang And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going - and the judges agreed.


Stefano Langone, 21
Kent, Washington
The wild-card pick struggled with Bruno Mars' Just the Way You Are Tuesday but fought his way back with a heartfelt gospel ballad Thursday.


Naima Adedapo, 26
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Her look and song choices (including Donnie Hathaway's For All We Know Thursday) suggest a musical diversity that makes her a true wild card.


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