Stefano Langone, Voted Off - American Idol, Top 7 Elimination

Stefano Langone Eliminated on "Idol", Photo: Michael Becker/FOX

More than 52 million votes came in this Thursday's (April 21) result show to pluck out America's least favorite out off Top 7, unfortunately the needed "reinforcement" did not come "Closer" to the hunky, Italiano boy-toy.

Stefano Langone Comes Closer 

Who's in the bottom three? Jacob Lusk, Haley Reinhart, and Stefano Langone shared some anxiety and agony in the stools. Lusk did an "emotional" cover of Luther Vandross, while Reinhart delivered a top notch version of Adelle's "Rolling In The Deep - them two are safe, but (maybe) one of them is on the verge of being eliminated next week.

Casey And Haley Rule The Night, Stefano Is In Danger

As expected, JLo's favorite, Langone was sent home from today's episode of American Idol, Season 10.  For the "fourth" time, the wild-card's luck has run out.

Casey and Haley Rule The Night, Stefano Is In Danger - American Idol, Top 7 Performances

Photo: Michael Becker/FOX

In today's episode of American Idol Season 10, The Top 7 Idol-hopefuls rocked the songs of the 21st century.
Some sounded pleasantly "current," while a few got left behind years ago - performance wise.

So what? Idol castoffs, Ashthon Jones, Karen Rodriguez, Thea Megia, Naima Adepapo, and last week's eliminated-Twilight-star-h*oker Paul McDonald surprised everyone when they "resurrected" on the show.
Well, so what?

Scotty McCreery was the "opening act" and for the first time, i got bored watching. Like LeAnn Rhime's thinning-almost bulimic body, Scotty's style has gotten, hmm, a little uninteresting. Definitely, this 17-year old cowboy needs improvement. (See Scotty's "Swingin'" Performance)

Scary! The drummer boy James Durbin, complete with spooky dramatic entrance and a "marching band," reeked in screaming Muse's havoc throughout his performance. With that "window-breaking" high notes, he should have been included in Scream 4. (See James' "Uprising" Performance)

And then comes Haley, clad in a striking red dress. She did a cover of Adelle's "Rolling In The Deep." This Haley girl has her own style, that sexy growling - it'll bring her millions.(See Haley's "Rolling In The Deep" Performance)

Bring on the drama, here comes the male Oprah. Jacob Lusk's emotions flew to high heavens, well, god must have forgotten to send his vocal "control" back to earth. If he wants to act, just ask for JHud's advice. As for his singing, same old brand new Jacob. *sigh (See Jacob's "Dance With My Father" Performance)

Casey knows how to make a scene, the kind that people will remember you with (and will make them vote for you too.) With what he sang today, he's worth every dollar that America will spend on their "cool vice," that is, VOTING FOR THEIR IDOL BETS. This judges' saved contestant elevated his performance this week with a surprise "kiss." Jeez, i hope it ain't Judas kiss.(See Casey's "Harder To Breathe" Performance)

Casey Abrams Steals A Kiss From Jennifer Lopez

Steven Tyler Tells Casey Abrams, "You're So F*cking Great!"

Stefano Langone, the Italiano boy-toy, laid all his cards on stage. He did some "pimp dancing" so the votes will come "Closer." He's more like of a pornstar to me now, yeah with that sexy outfit, but you see he may be in danger tomorrow. What if Langone's time has come? Can Mama Mia, JLo handle it? (See Stefano's "Closer" Performance)

Who closed the show? Lauren Alaina. Have you noticed how intricate her hairstyle is every week? I just hope that her confidence is at par with her hair-do, for me she's still holding back. Thank god, she has a lot of girl fans that will, maybe, bring her into the Top 4 spot? We'll see. (See Alaina's "Born To Fly" Performance)

Stefano Langone Comes Closer - American Idol, Top 7 Performance

Photo: Michael Becker/FOX

Song: Ne-Yo, "Closer"

Steven said: "Stefano, nobody can say you weren't all up in it"

Jennifer said:"You really had your swag going on"

Randy said: "Dude, you turned me around"

The Mind Slut says: "Stefano's performance borders between cheesy and sexy. His all-smile tantalizing look - cheesy, his jumper and pants without a belt - sexy. With regard to his singing, let's all hope American girls would buy that display of "seductive" swagger"

Casey And Haley Rule The Night, Stefano Is In Danger

Steven Tyler to Casey Abrams, "You're So F*cking Great!"

Casey Abrams Steals A Kiss From Jennifer Lopez

American Idol, Top 8 Performances: Stefano Langone Proves His Worth; Scotty, Lauren and Casey Hit It Big

It's the movies night on American Idol Season 10. Some performances bill top-notch, while others just settle as supporting casts.

Stefano Langone, Scotty McCreery, Lauren Alaina, Casey Abrams,

American Idol Top 8 Performance, Photo: Michale Becker/FOX

Today, the almost eliminated Stefano Langone returns to the Idol stage with a bang. He sings BoyzIIMen hit "End of The Road." Well, clearly, it's not the end for him. He has the key to JLo's house, his emotional performance says it all!

Once labeled "the one man phony," Scotty McCreery does his country trick once more. The 17-year old, North Carolina native sits comfortably on his stool as he sings George Strait's "Cross My Heart." It's not the song that you'd want him to sing, but whatever he does, it hits. His simplicity always captures the audience - everyone gets mesmerized.... and they want more.

Surprise! Lauren Alaina is starting to have that "it." She sings Miley Cyrus' "The Climb," with ease. She even does it better than Hanna Montana herself. Undoubtedly, her star is starting to shine on the show. Let's hope she brings something more next week. Heck! I can see her in the Top 4.

The always weird Casey Abrams does his jazz sh*t while his hands caress a big white cielo. The judges-saved contestant once again "wows" the panel, i wonder if he "wows" the audience. There's this something deep going on inside Casey, his artistry just pours out whenever he does something (imagine he choses to ignore Jimmy Ivine's song suggestion.) Find out tomorrow if America will appreciate what he does on the show today.

What about the others?

Paul McDonald's did his best, but i think he'll be in the bottom 3. Other than his fancy suit, what he sang was too kareoke for me.

Jacob Lusk sang dramatically awesome, i am not sure if he's got enough fans to put him through the eliminations tomorrow. God help him.

Haley Reinhart rocked the house. But what she has done, its quiet forgettable, i am crossing my fingers, i don't know if she's gonna be safe anymore.

James Durbin, with all that shrieking and shouting, i guarantee, he'll be spared from tomorrow's elimination.

AI Recap: Stefano Langone Touches Jennifer Lopez, Scotty McCreery Stays in The Zone

The American Idol Season 10 finalists sang Elton John classics this week. Some contestants made their stars spark while others just stayed the same, in short, they did not do anything new.

So here are some of my favorites for this week's American Idol Episode... 

Scotty McCreery proved, once more, that he's the real country-hottie-puss-slayer. Armed with his guitar and a pair of sexy boots, he came out really dashing and ended his performance with an amazing "low note." 

Scotty McCreery 

Jennifer Lopez liked his amazing instincts about performing and about what's right for him. Randy Jackson commented he has seasoned so fast in the show. Well, the thing that i like about Scotty is he does not need to do any gimmicks to be noticed. He just sings, and he nails it every time. 

What's different today? Stefano Langone, who obviously took note about the judges' comments with regard to "connection," opened his eyes throughout his presentation. Good Job!

The Italian contestant, who tripped into the bottom three last week, did his take on Elton's "Tiny Dancer." As the song neared its end, he walked into the judges table and reached his arms, Randy jokingly aimed his hand at Langone, but JLo was fast enough to get the Italian hunk's touch. Flirting galore? LOL 

Stefano Langone

She growled, she rocked, Mr. Tyler said she sings sexy, yes, she  just did!

Haley Reinhart finally nailed it tonight. You see she has this angst inside her, been rooting for her since day one. I am not sure if she'd make it trough the rough cut tomorrow, but at least - she showed the world her awesome vocal talent.

Haley Reinhart

Casey Abrams did an emotional and toned down performance of "Your Song." It could be Elton John's song, but the way he delivered it, very, very,  Casey.

Did Casey deserve the American Idol Judges' save last week? Effin' yeah! The way he sang tonight, My god, he blew me away - I think you would agree on me this time. 

Casey Abrams

So what about Pia Toscano and Jacob Lusk? Weren't they good? Yes, in fact they do perform great stuff every time, but you see, things are getting a little boring for the two of them.  

James Durbin, the eclectic singer who sang "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", gave out  an over the top "almost-irritating" performance.  (with all that fire and punk-feel that was incorporated on stage, pffft!)

Thia Megia delivered the goods. It was an awesome emotional number, the one that you can feel. However, i wasn't stunned. But she sang my name, "Daniel," LOL, so i love her.

Lauren Alaina was in the same boat like Thia. She sings good, but there's something that is lacking. I don't know. do you?

I agree with Randy when she said that Naima Adidapo was a little corny tonight. 

Please, for the love of god, dear  Paul McDonald, throw away those flowery suit. 

Stefano Langone's Big Mouth

He reminds me of David Archuleta, minus the "gay-ness."

Image Credit: Fox

If in case 'you don't know him by now', Langone was Jeniffer Lopez' pick from the Wildcard Competition a few episodes back. With every performance, the 22-year-old singer/songwriter slowly but surely sings his way to the top.

Yesterday's  March 16 AI Episode has revealed the story about his grandfather's musical shop and the tradition that runs in the Langone family. He sang "If You Don’t Know Me By Now", Simply Red's 1989 re-release of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes classic.

Stefano gave a hundred percent moving rendition, the kind that raises your butt off the chair for every high note that he successfully hits.

Although Lopez has asked him to maintain his eye-contact with the audience every time he's on stage, she admired the wide-eyed-boy-next-door's phrasing (which has become pretty obvious and it's very good!).  Randy Jackson has again involved the Olympics, he summed  it all up by saying it was "the best performance of the night so far."

His efforts has paid off, Stefano has been spared from today's March 17 AI Elimination Show.

JUST A THOUGHT.

Don't you think, for aesthetic reasons, he shouldn't open his mouth that wide whenever he belts the high notes. I have done this rough calculation, four microphones would fit inside his cute mouth.

NONSENSE.

We all may remember Langone's dramatic story,  he was in tears as he recounts how he got his arm wound and how he cheated with death in a 2009 drunken driver-related car crash that landed him on a wheelchair. Now reports have surfaced from Star Magazine that the year after his accident, he was arrested for DUI by the Washington State Police. At-least, the police officer recounted, " While en route [to police headquarters], Langone began singing"

I wonder what drunk-masterpiece could it have been.

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