'American Idol' down to final 2 singers
By DERRIK J. LANGBy DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer?
?This image provided by FOX-TV shows American Idol finalists Phillip Phillips, left and Jessica Sanchez taken May 17, 2012. The booming 20-year-old vocal powerhouse from Westlake, La., was revealed Thursday to have received the fewest viewer votes on the Fox talent contest, leaving bluesy 21-year-old crooner Phillip Phillips of Leesburg, Ga., and sassy 16-year-old budding diva Jessica Sanchez of San Diego, to compete for the show's record deal grand prize on next week's finale. (AP Photo/Michael Becker, FOX)
This image provided by FOX-TV shows American Idol finalists Phillip Phillips, left and Jessica Sanchez taken May 17, 2012. The booming 20-year-old vocal powerhouse from Westlake, La., was revealed Thursday to have received the fewest viewer votes on the Fox talent contest, leaving bluesy 21-year-old crooner Phillip Phillips of Leesburg, Ga., and sassy 16-year-old budding diva Jessica Sanchez of San Diego, to compete for the show's record deal grand prize on next week's finale. (AP Photo/Michael Becker, FOX)
"American Idol" finalist Joshua Ledet of Westlake, La., is greeted by fans after his arrival from Los Angeles at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles on Friday, May 11, 2012. Ledet, the 20-year-old top-three finalist on Fox's TV singing competition will be honored with a parade in his home town on Saturday, May 12, 2012, and a pep rally in Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles that evening. (AP Photo/K Wink, LAKE CHARLES AMERICAN PRESS)
In this May 10, 2012 photo released by Fox, the final three contestants from the singing competition series "American Idol," from left, Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez and Josh Ledet pose in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker)
FILE - In this May 9, 2012 file photo provided by Fox, contestant Phillip Phillips performs on the singing competition series "American Idol," in Los Angeles. With the eleventh season finale of "American Idol" just a week away, many fans of the Fox talent contest aren't wondering who will capture the title, but whether sassy 16-year-old diva-in-training Jessica Sanchez or booming 20-year-old vocal showstopper Joshua Ledet would even have the votes to beat bluesy 21-year-old front-runner Phillip Phillips. (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker, File)
FILE - In this May 10, 2012 file photo released by Fox, Jessica Sanchez poses in Los Angeles. The Philippines' leader is rooting for Sanchez, the 16-year-old American Idol finalist of Filipino and Latino heritage. (AP Photo/Fox, Michael Becker, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? "American Idol" finalist Joshua Ledet won't be belting it out on this season's final showdown.
The booming 20-year-old vocal powerhouse from Westlake, La., was revealed Thursday to have received the fewest viewer votes on the Fox talent contest, leaving bluesy 21-year-old crooner Phillip Phillips of Leesburg, Ga., and sassy 16-year-old budding diva Jessica Sanchez of San Diego to compete for the show's record deal grand prize on next week's finale.
"I just feel that we're all winners at this point," Ledet said before his eviction. "If I end up not making it and my friends make it, I'll be voting for both of them."
Ledet had been one of the judges' favorite finalists, earning more than a dozen standing ovations from the panel for his renditions of such songs as James Brown's "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" and Bruno Mars' "Runaway Baby." However, the gospel singer wasn't able to win over enough voters. He twice appeared as a low vote getter before Thursday's dismissal.
"Idol" host Ryan Seacrest said 90 million viewer votes were cast this week.
Phillips and Sanchez, who sometimes performs as her alter ego "Bebe Chez," will face off Tuesday, with the 11th season "Idol" champion crowned on Wednesday. Phillips has never found himself at the bottom of the voting spectrum, while Sanchez was due to be eliminated during the finals' sixth round, but the judges used their one-time-only power to rescue her from elimination.
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