American Idol 10 - Top 13 Finalists

Here are the official Top 13 Finalists of American Idol Season 10 as announced during the competition's Top 24 elimination episode:

The Viewers Choice

Scotty McCreery, 17
Garner, North Carolina
An extremely likable teen with a natural country delivery, he's perhaps not as polished as some of the others.

Lauren Alaina, 16
Rossville, Georgia
The sassy country-pop semifinals performance from the teen Steven Tyler dubbed "The One" continued a string of strong showings.

Pia Toscano, 22
Howard Beach, New York
Pia became an instant favorite Wednesday by tackling The Pretenders' I'll Stand by You, finishing with a flurry of high notes.


Karen Rodriguez, 21
New York, New York
She made her bid to become the first Latina Idol with a bilingual version of the Mariah Carey hit Hero.


Jacob Lusk, 23
Compton, California
He put to rest concerns about a tendency to oversing with a dramatic but controlled rendition of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's A House Is Not a Home.


Casey Abrams, 20
Idyllwild, California
Casey's an early front-runner thanks to the sense of humor and unpredictability he brings to each jazzy performance.


Thia Megia, 16
Mountain House, California
This young Filipino-American singer impressed more with tone than vocal acrobatics.


Paul McDonald, 26
Nashville, Tennessee
He enhanced his reputation for quirkiness during the semi-finals by wandering around the stage as he tossed-off a note-perfect version of Rod Stewart's Maggie Mae. But he's the only finalist with an album currently on a Billboard chart.


Haley Reinhart, 20
Wheeling, Illinois
Her sultry, bluesy delivery seems to be finding an audience.


James Durbin, 22
Santa Cruz, California
Probably the only real rocker in the crew, James turned heads by bringing a Judas Priest song to Idol for the first time.


The Wild Cards


Ashton Jones, 24
Nashville, Tennessee
Faced with elimination, this wild card diva-in-the-making sang And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going - and the judges agreed.


Stefano Langone, 21
Kent, Washington
The wild-card pick struggled with Bruno Mars' Just the Way You Are Tuesday but fought his way back with a heartfelt gospel ballad Thursday.


Naima Adedapo, 26
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Her look and song choices (including Donnie Hathaway's For All We Know Thursday) suggest a musical diversity that makes her a true wild card.