
The unthinkable happened last night on Idol. Pia Toscano, the big diva/ballad singer, was the contestant with the lowest number of votes and was eliminated from the competition at the American Idol season 10 Top 9 live results show on Thursday (April 7)- watch video below.
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Jacob Lusk, Stefano Langone and Pia Toscano were in the bottom 3. After Jacob’s unforgivable lack of modesty, I was ready to say goodbye him, but Ryan Seacrest scared him and sent him back to safety. So I thought Stefano’s departure was inevitable. Ryan says the person leaving us tonight is Pia. Everybody was shocked.
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Stefano was totally shocked. His eyes were popping out. The judges were shocked, angry and mad at America for eliminating probably the best singer in the competition. Technically, Pia, who sang Tina Turner‘s “River Deep Mountain High” like a perfect robot (watch video here), was the best singer, but as a performer she bored me to death.
Do I think Pia should have been eliminated? NO. Of course not. Jacob and Stefano deserved to be gone before Pia, but the truth is Pia didn’t have a strong personality or a good personal story. She lacked the passion. Pia was the perfect singer yet she was cold and uninteresting on stage.
Yeah, people thought she was good, but she didn’t make them want to pick up the phone and vote. Of course, you can say only teen girls and cougars vote so they will vote for a cute guy instead of a beautiful girl with a good voice. I know this is a problem. In this case, I think it is not that relevant.
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Who was with Pia in the bottom 3? Two boys – Stefano and Jacob. The other two girls in the competition, Haley Reinhart and Lauren Alaina, were safe on the couches with the rest of the boys. So Haley and Lauren must have something that appeals to the public. They have a personality and some charisma.
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Now the judges were totally out of line for acting so shocked. Steven Tyler blamed America, said it was wrong and once again stated Pia is beautiful and sings like a bird. The problem is the judges do not do their job. If they offered constructive criticism instead of petting everyone’s head, leaving America confused, this might not have happened.
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Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven are useless. Every contestant is super talented, beautiful, wonderful and amazing. So I wonder who do they think was supposed to be gone instead of Pia? I don’t think they made it clear when they should have pointed out Jacob sucked (“Men In The Mirror”) and Stefano disappointed (“When a Man Loves A Woman”) on Wednesday.
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I digress. I was surprised by Pia’s elimination, but not shocked. What really shocked me was the other contestants’ reaction to what was happening on stage. Ryan says Pia is eliminated. You can see Casey Abrams looking totally shocked and his hand is on Jacob’s leg. OMGosh! Funny!
And Haley Reinhart? She looked like she didn’t care or was secretly enjoying Pia Toscano’s fall from grace. Stefano Langone and Pia were in the bottom 2. Haley liked Stefano, but he rejected her because he was interested in Pia. Haley was hurt and started hooking up with Casey Abrams, who had his hand on Jacob Lusk’s leg.
HILARIOUS!
Pia was asked to sing one more time on the Idol stage. She chose to sing “I’ll Stand By You” and she finally showed what she had been lacking for all this weeks – emotion and passion! The vocals were not perfect this time, but the performance had emotional depth (see video below). Too little, too late.
P.S. – I also think Pia can blame Gwen Stefani for making her wear the most horrible outfit ever.
After the show, Pia tweeted, “I’m truly going to miss my idol family! Thank you @JLo Randy and Steven for believing in me. Love you and love my fans!”
And Stefano was totally shaken by what happened. He wrote, “I don’t even know what to say right now… All I can say is it wasn’t right. And anyone that thinks they have a clue on how I feel or what I’m going thru as a PERSON, has NO idea…”
This is not Stefano’s fault. Stefano is still in the competition and America seems to really like him. And it’s also not Casey Abrams’ fault. The judges did not waste a save when they used it on Casey because he needed to be saved for the sake of an entertaining show.
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