The following candidates were selected as finalists; all of them performed on March 9, 2011. They were eliminated as the season progressed (the date when each of them was voted off is added in parentheses).
Casey Abrams was this season's only allowed Judges' save.
1. Naima Adedapo (Judges' choice, voted off March 31, 2011)
2. Stefano Langone (Judges' choice, voted off April 21, 2011)
3. Pia Toscano (voted off April 7, 2011)
4. James Durbin (voted off May 12, 2011)
5. Casey Abrams (voted off March 24, 2011; Judges' save voted off April 28, 2011)
6. Thia Megia (voted off March 31, 2011)
7. Ashthon Jones (Judges' choice, voted off March 10, 2011)
8. Paul McDonald (voted off April 14, 2011)
9. Jacob Lusk (voted off May 5, 2011)
10. Lauren Alaina (runner-up)
11. Scotty McCreery (2011 winner)
12. Karen Rodriguez (voted off March 17, 2011)
13. Haley Reinhart (voted off May 19, 2011)
Note:
As the 2011 season progressed, the contestant's date of elimination was placed after their name until Scotty McCreery won and Lauren Alaina came in second (on May 25, 2011.)
(Related questions for each week's songs and elimination have been added under the Related questions below.)
Yes season 1 had only 10 finalists
His name is Ace Young. He was one of the finalists in the 5th season of American Idol.
Yes they have eliminated the first finalists for season 10 on March 10 2011
The finalists from Season 1 were:Wendy PepperKara SaunJay McCarroll
The finalists from Season 2 were:Santino RiceDaniel VasovicChloe Dao
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