American Idol eliminates remaining 'black' finalist Jacob Lusk

American Idol Season 10 eliminated once more another finalist last night and it's Jacob Lusk, the only remaining Black finalist in the Top 5.

And now he's gone, leaving 4 finalists who are all White and that just means American Idol will have its 7th white winner this season. That's kinda sad.

Jacob Lusk is actually a great performer, but not the best this season.

The competition in the American Idol Season 10 now becomes tougher as it comes closer to the finals happening on May 25 and 26.

And it becomes very clear who's most likely to be in the Final 2. For me, it's James Durbin and Scotty McCreey.

American Idol Season 10: Ranking the Top 5 finalists

American Idol Season 10 is now down to its Top 5 finalists after judges' favorite Casey Abrams was eliminated last Thursday.

With Abrams elimination, judges' decision to use their one-time "save" vote for Abrams during the Top 11 eliminations has been put to waste.

But at least, he was able to reach this far.

Casey Abrams was among those finalists this season who gave consistently good performances.

On Mykiru's weekly ranking, he was ranked #1 twice, but that was during the first weeks.

Recently he has been losing momentum and his elimination was actually not as surprising as Pia Toscano's elimination, but he was still among the best and 1 or 2 of the Top 5 remaining finalists should have been eliminated ahead of him.

Here's Mykiru's updated ranking for the remaining Top 5 finalists of American Idol Season 10 (James Durbin still the top choice, Haley Reinhart goin' up!)

1. James Durbin (Previous ranks: #7, #5, #2, #1)


2. Scotty McCreery (Previous ranks: #4, #3, #7, #4)


3. Haley Reinhart (Previous ranks: #11, #8, #11, #6)


4. Lauren Alaina (Previous ranks: #3, #2, #8, #3)


5. Jacob Lusk (Previous ranks: #6, #7, #6, #7)

Photos courtesy of FOX / Americanidol.com

American Idol Results: Stefano Langone eliminated, James Durbin cried

Stefano Langone has been eliminated on Thursday's American Idol Season 10 Results Night (April 21).

But it was quite all fine for Stefano who told host Ryan Seacrest that American Idol started his career and he's happy he reached that far.

In the Bottom 3 were Jacob Lusck and again Hailey Reinhart.

I was expecting Jacob to get eliminated, and sadly it was Stefano, who happens to be one of my favorites.

Here's Stefano's performance of Ne-Yo's "Closer", a great performance but unfortunately didn't earn him enough votes to stay in the competition:

And what was quite interesting on last night's elimination was how James Durbin cried for Stefano. What's the real score between them?

Watch how James cried for bf (best friend) Stefano, plus his farewell performance "Lately":


Video uploads courtesy of MikeCruzVEVO

American Idol Results: Paul McDonald got voted off

American Idol Season 10
Top 8 Results Night
April 14, 2011 (Apr 15 MLA Time)

Paul McDonald is the latest eliminated finalist on American Idol Season 10.

From Top 8, they're now down to just 7 (5 males, 2 females).

After 5 consecutive female finalits, Paul McDonald is the first male finalist to be eliminated since the Final Top 13 eliminations.

This week's theme was "Songs from the Movies" and McDonald performed "Old Time Rock and Roll", a song from the movie Risky Business, but America's voters didn't like it as he got the lowest number of votes.

Here's the list of their song choices this week:

1. Paul McDonald "Old Time Rock and Roll" from the movie Risky Business
2. Lauren Alaina "The Climb" - Hannah Montana: The Movie
3. Stefano Langone "End of the Road" - Boomerang
4. Scotty McCreery "I Cross My Heart" - Pure Country
5. Casey Abrams "Nature Boy" - The Boy with Green Hair
6. Haley Reinhart "Call Me" - American Gigolo
7. Jacob Lusk "Bridge over Troubled Water" - The Pursuit of Happyness
8. James Durbin "Heavy Metal" - Heavy Metal

Also called in the Bottom 3 along with Paul were Hailey Reinhart and Stefano Langone, who were on their 3rd time already to be part of the Bottom 3.

It's amazing how Hailey managed to reach this far. She almost went home during the first 2 eliminations, but here she is now surviving 'til the end.

The other remaining 'Idol' finalists are Casey Abrams, Jacob Lusk, James Durbin, Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery.

So far, only James, Lauren and Scotty are the ones who haven't been called as one of the Bottom 3 finalists.

Next week, the remaining Top 7 finalists will sing song from the 21st Century.

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By the way, Paul McDonald may have been eliminated from American Idol, but he has won the heart of 'Twilight' actress Nikki Reed, as the two are confirmed dating, according to People.com.


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Here's Mykiru's new ranking for the remaining Top 7 finalists:

1. James Durbin (Previous ranks: #7, #5, #2)


2. Casey Abrams (Previous ranks: #1, #1, #3)


3. Lauren Alaina (Previous ranks: #3, #2, #8)


4. Scotty McCreery (Previous ranks: #4, #3, #7)


5. Stefano Langone (Previous ranks: #5, #6, #5)


6. Haley Reinhart (Previous ranks: #11, #8, #11)


7. Jacob Lusk (Previous ranks: #6, #7, #6)

American Idol eliminates Pia Toscano

American Idol Season 10 Top 9 elimination Thursday night (Friday AM in Manila) was by far the most shocking elimination of the season with Pia Toscano as the one who was voted off the competition.

Stefano Langone was surprised that he's not going home.

Even 'Idol' judge Jennifer Lopez couldn't hide her disappointment upon learning that Pia was the one eliminated following her inclusion in the Bottom 3 with Jacob Lusk and Stefano Langone.

JLo said she's shocked and angry with the results.

Watch a video of the elimination: Everyone, from the judges to the audience and even Pia's co-finalists, they were all shocked!!


I think the 3 judges are now regretful for using the "Save" vote too early for finalist Casey Abrams two weeks ago.

Pia was considered a strong contender, usually ranked in the Top 5 of everyone's list but her elimination shows that there's no such thing in American Idol whose winner is based on the viewers' votes.

And it's kinda obvious that the viewers were favoring the male finalists more than the female ones as Pia is already the 5th consecutive female finalist to be eliminated from American Idol Season 10.

There are only 2 female finalists left in the in the competition, Lauren Alaina and Hailey Reinhart, and the 6 others in the Top 8 are all male who are still in tact since the selection of the Top 13 Finalists.

Shall we expect a male winner this season? Or will it be between Lauren and the "survivor" Hailey?

Video upload courtesy of MikeCruzVEVO

Thia Megia is 5th least popular on Twitter among the 11 remaining 'Idol' finalists

Thia Megia is only ranked 7th among the Top 11 finalists on American Idol Season 10 if based on the number of Twitter followers.

As of 8:30 am today, the Filipina contestant has 30,299 followers, just 88 short from James Durbin who ranks 6th and has 30,387 followers.

1. Scotty McCreery 45,624
2. Casey Abrams 44,126
3. Paul McDonald 37,253
4. Lauren Alaina 32,183
5. Pia Toscano 31,795
6. James Durbin 30,387
7. Thia Megia 30,299
8. Stefano Langone 27,902
9. Jacob Lusk 18,450
10. Hailey Reinhart 17,289
11. Naima Adedapo 14,203

[Follow Thia Megia on Twitter]

Is the number of Twitter followers a measure of how popular an American Idol finalist is?

In a way, yes, because Hailey and Naima have the least followers, and during the previous 2 weeks, they were in the Bottom 3 of the competition.

However, it's not always the case as Casey Abrams, who has the 2nd highest number of followers, had the lowest number of votes from the viewers for this week and both Hailey and Naima were not part of the Bottom 3.

Anyone of them still has equal chances of winning American Idol.

And for Thia, the youngest finalist, I hope she survives 'til the end of the competition.