The American Idol 12 finale results show was held on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. It was aired live via satellite in the Philippines by Star World.
The show started off with host Ryan Seacrest presenting the season's Top 2 - Kree Harrison and Candice Glover. It was followed by a production number of the Top 10 singing and dancing to The Wanted's Glad You Came.
The Top 2 American Idol 12 contestants performed Wednesday night for America’s votes and the chance to become the next American Idol.
Kree Harrison and Candice Glover performed three songs each. Kree did Angel, Up To The Mountain, and her potential coronation song All Cried Out, while Candice sang Chasing Pavements, I (Who Have Nothing), and her potential coronation song I Am Beautiful.
American Idol 12 is now down to its Top 2 contestants as revealed in the May 9th episode of the show. Kree Harrison and Candice Glover will battle it out next week for the final showdown which will determine their fate on the top rating show.
Meanwhile, Angie Miller's AI journey ended with a Top 3 finish. She didn't get enough votes with her performances of Elton John's Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Words, Pink's Try, and Emile Sande's Maybe.
The American Idol 12 Top 4 girls performed again after no one was eliminated last week. They performed two songs each - one song from this year and one classic.
Angie Miller chose Rihanna’s Diamonds and Frank Sinatra’s Someone To Watch Over Me. The judges didn’t like her first performance but commended her for the second.
The Top 4 contestants of American Idol 12 performed three songs on Wednesday night, April 24, 2013 (April 25, Manila time). The first song was a song of choice, second was a duet with fellow contestant, and third was a one-hit wonder picked by the winners.
While Angie Miller and Amber Holcomb did well, it was a rocky night for Kree Harrison. She was in the Bottom 2 last week and she could very well be in it again on Thursday night.
Janelle Arthur was eliminated during the Top 5 results show of American Idol 12. She got the lowest number of votes for her performances of Vince Gill’s When I Call Your Name and Dolly Parton’s Dumb Blonde.
She was joined in the Bottom 2 by Kree Harrison who was last week’s Top 2. She sang Have You Ever Been In Love and She Talks To Angels during the performance show Wednesday night.
Lazaro Arbos was eliminated from the twelfth season of American Idol during the Top 6 results show on April 11, 2013 (Apr 12 in Manila).
He failed to get enough votes to stay in the competition with his rendition of The Carpenters’ Close To You and Robbie Williams’ Angels during the Top 6 performance night.
Burnell Taylor got eliminated from the twelfth season of American Idol on Thursday night, April 4, 2013 (Friday morning, Manila Time). He went home with a Top 7 finish.
He sang Bon Jovi’s You Give Love A Bad Name during the Wednesday performance night and his performance didn’t quite get the vote of American viewers.
Devin Velez was eliminated from American Idol 12 on Thursday night (US time), ending his Idol journey as this season’s Top 8.
He sang Tracks Of My Tears in the performance night on Wednesday, which judge Randy Jackson described as one of Devin’s best performances.
The Top 8 contestants have performed and as usual, there were good ones and bad ones. I was surprised to actually hear Angie Miller go flat and forgot the lyrics like she’s going through some rough time or something.
But I think she won’t be eliminated tomorrow because she’s still better than some of the other contestants.
The Top 9 results had been announced and American Idol sent home Paul Jolley for getting the least number of votes from America.
Paul sang Eleanor Rigby during the Top 9 performance show Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time). It was The Beatles week.
The American Idol 12 Top 9 contestants performed songs by The Beatles during the March 20 episode.
Check out their performances below.
Curtis Finch, Jr. is the first to be eliminated from American Idol 12’s Top 10 contestants. He sang Fantasia Barrino’s I Believe and he did quite well, but then I guess it’s because he’s the one with the least star factor and the least appeal to the audience that’s why he was voted out.
Not a single Fil-Am went through to the Top 10 of American Idol 12. Despite dialidol’s prediction that Adriana Latonio, the half Pinoy who went through to the Top 20, was the female contestant with the most votes, her name was not announced in the Top 10.
So did your favorite made the cut? See below.
American Idol 12 launches the SuperVote! It’s a chance for the fans to be able to vote 50 times at once.
The SuperVote can be used starting Tuesday, March 5, when the Top 10 Girls will perform, followed by the performance of the Top 10 Boys on Wednesday. The Top 12 will finally be announced on Thursday, March 7.
Bryant Tadeo was eliminated during the fourth round of American Idol 12’s Sudden Death, thus, failing to make it to the Top 20.
He sang Alicia Keys’ New York State Of Mind and although he got a standing ovation from the audience, it was only Keith Urban that liked his performance from among the judges.
The last ten boys in the Top 40 has performed Thursday night (Friday morning in Manila) and five had been named part of American Idol 12.
Sadly, Fil-Am Bryant Tadeo suffered the same fate as Jett Hermano and failed to join fellow Filipino Adriana Latonio in the list but, oh well, at least we still have a Pinoy contestant to cheer for this year.
Jett Hermano, ‘the other Filipina’ in American Idol 12, failed to make it to the Top 20 and her performance didn’t impress all four judges unlike Adriana Latonio’s who got praises from all four of them.
But despite her vocal abilities, could Jett’s destiny already been predetermined when Adriana, who performed last week ahead of her, got into the Top 20? I think AI doesn’t want two girl contestants who are both Filipinas competing in the show and overshadowing the Americans.
Fifteen contestants out of American Idol 12’s Top 20 have already been revealed after Wednesday night’s (Thursday morning Manila time) episode. The last ten of the girls performed for the sudden death round where half of them would stay and become part of the Top 20, and sadly, half of them would have to go home.
Last week, Filipino-American Adriana Latonio impressed the judges with her rendition of Aretha Franklin’s Ain’t No Way, thus, making it to the Top 20. Last night, however, another Fil-Am Jett Hermano failed to deliver with her slow version of Rihanna’s Only Girl In The World and was sent home.
Bryant Tadeo, one of the Filipino-American hopefuls in the twelfth season of American Idol gets through to the next round.
Judge Nicki Minaj was the one who broke the news to him, but not without playing around first by telling Bryant that they are sending him home.
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