'American Idol' determines Top 14 singers: did Pacific grad Filo escape elimination?
"American Idol" is swiftly whittling down the competition.
In two consecutive episodes, the ABC competition show shed 10 contestants. After viewers picked their 20 favorite singers from the Top 24 in the April 20 episode, the contestants learned who made it into the Top 14 – including who would need a lifeline from the judges – on April 21.
Kyana Fanene, Grayson Torrence, MKY and Penny Samar were shown the door on April 20, during the "songs of faith" episode. Based on these Easter Sunday performances, "Idol" viewers cast their votes for the Top 14, and judges Luke Bryan, Lionel Richie and Carrie Underwood had the opportunity to save four singers who'd found themselves in the "danger zone."
How did University of the Pacific graduate Filo Ebid, who won a Platinum ticket after wowing judges Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie in March, do?
Here are the contestants who will remain in the competition and who didn't make it into Season 23's Top 14.
Who went home from the 'American Idol' Top 20?
Six singers didn't make the cut after they failed to receive a save from the judges.
- Isaiah Misailegalu
- Drew Ryn
- Olivier Bergeron
- Baylee Littrell
- Zaylie Windsor
- Victor Solomon
Here's who is in the 'American Idol' Top 14
These singers will sail into the next week after the audience voted based on their "songs of faith" performance.
- Kolbi Jordan
- Thunderstorm Artis
- Filo
- John Foster
- Mattie Pruitt
- Canaan James Hill
- Breanna Nix
- Jamal Roberts
- Slater Nalley
- Gabby Samone
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Filo studied vocal performance and pre-med at Pacific and has been acting since he was in the eighth grade.
He performed at a number of hallmark events at Pacific, including President Christopher Callahan’s inauguration dinner, several scholarship lunches and the memorial service for student life trailblazer Judy Chambers, according to the university, which will be holding watch parties every Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Lair to watch the famous alum.
The performance that landed the 23-year-old Egyptian musician on the exclusive platinum list, which fast tracks a few contestants through the first week in Hollywood, was a rendition of Otis Redding's "Try A Little Tenderness." The judges were unanimously won over.
Here's whom the judges saved:
- Desmond Roberts
- Josh King
- Ché
- Amanda Barise