She tried so hard, and even had her dad on stage to rock out a little Led Zeppelin.
Last night on American Idol Singer Haley Reinhart was eliminated leaving Scotty McCreery and Lauren Alaina to take home the gold during next week’s finale.
This is where things are going to get hard, and we are torn between Scotty and Lauren and could see either of them going all the way.
InfoStar had a feeling that out of the three remaining contestants Haley had the best chance of going home. This is the first year that the top three finalists all had terrific talent.
Last night’s show was also full of firsts.
It was the first time we got to see McCreery cry as he journeyed home to Garner North Carolina and visited his fans and old High School. It was one of the sweetest moments we have ever seen.
We found out that there were over 95 million votes – a new American Idol record.
And we got to see the first ever Italian boy band singing “O sole mio” – we’re still not really sure why we had to see that.
So this is it. It comes down to Scotty and Lauren.
The current rumor mill of the day has suggested that American Idol contestant James Durbin has been - or was arrested.
NOT TRUE. It is a hoax.
This is similar to the rumors that had Justin Bieber being a 50 year old man, and Lady Gaga as a hermaphrodite, and Lindsay Lohan dying in a car crash.
It just aint true folks.
However, since we’re talking about American Idol contestants, perhaps everybody has James confused with this season's Jacob Lusk.
It is TRUE that American Idol contestant Jacob Lusk was arrested in L.A. before the season started taping and InfoStar even has the mug shot!
Lots of fans are talking about Stefano Langone these days.
And they are all asking the same questions:
Does he have a record deal yet? Does he really play piano and guitar? Did he hold back on American Idol? Did he really admit to being gay?
Ever since Stefano told reporters he was intentionally holding back during his American Idol performances, viewers have been wondering when he will be signed to a record contract.
Langone, 21, shocked the world when he told reporters that he is using his Idol experience as “star school”, and was planning to release his “swag” on the general public with his first album after the summer tour.
Most critics are saying it is just a matter of DAYS before he announces a record deal. Remember what happened to Pia Toscano?
Within 24 hours of Pia being eliminated she had a record deal with Interscope Records and is already working on her first single.
Stefano has been dealing with the media as if he is already the next big sensation telling reporters,
“I held back on purpose. Idol is not my style. I didn’t want viewers to see me play the guitar or piano because I am waiting to show them my passion and skills on my first album”
Langone says he knew he would never be the Idol winner so instead he has used the exposure to network and prepare to launch his own career.
He says that during the American Idol Summer Tour he plans to show audiences how good he really is.
There is also speculation that Langone will appear on the Jay Leno show this week and will be asked about not only a record deal, but also about getting arrested for DUI in 2010, and rumors that he is gay.
Another Idol, Jacob Lusk, has also admitted to being arrested but feels it won’t jeopardize his chances at winning. Jacob has admitted to being gay.
Stefano says he has a “man crush” on fellow contestant James Durbin, and has even agreed to be his best man at his wedding, but also says he is single and hanging out with the ladies – taking it all in saying, “I’m not gay”.
This is the story about how American Idol power singer Jacob Lusk was almost NOT a contestant on the popular show.
It seems that back in November, the day after Jacob received his golden ticket to Hollywood, he was arrested in Los Angeles for not paying for a subway ticket.
Lusk, 24, was arrested back in April 2009 for the offense and decided to blow off his court appearance hoping the problem would just go away. It didn’t.
Last November after auditioning for American Idol, Lusk was pulled over in L.A. for a routine traffic stop and the cop saw he had an outstanding warrant for not showing up in court back in 2009 and was arrested.
After spending the night in jail, Lusk appeared before a judge and pleaded guilty to “failure to appear” and was sentenced to three days in Jail and two years of supervised probation.
The problem? American Idol does not allow contestants to compete if they are on probation.
So after serving his three days in jail, Lusk made an appointment with the Judge and explained his situation and begged his honor to terminate the probation so he could compete on Idol.
Thankfully, the Judge agreed and terminated Jacob’s probation allowing him to compete on season 10.
Lusk also tells a story about being in jail and explaining to the other inmates about his Idol journey and they all wanted to hear him sing. So Lusk belted out a song that was heard by over 150 inmates – and the guards.
Lusk is one of the favorites this season and has gained a strong fan following. One of his largest followings? The gay community.
While Jacob has not openly admitted to being gay, several individuals who know the singer say he is very much gay – and okay with it. Just watching him move on stage you can see how someone might form that opinion. But his fans love him.
One fan commented,
“Jacob Lusk is gayer than Elton John and Clay Aiken put together. He's almost as gay as Ryan Seacrest”
Not that there is anything wrong with that…
Lusk has commented on the show that he has been through some very very hard times in his life, but with a voice like that we suspect greener pastures are in his future. You don’t have to be the first place winner to score big on Idol. Just ask Pia Toscano.
Pia scored a record contract with Jimmy Iovine and Interscope records just 48 hours after being voted off last week.
Poor Haley Reinhart.
