{"id":13062,"date":"2011-03-16T10:52:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T17:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/kents-stefano-langone-in-top-12-tonight-on-american-idol\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T16:00:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T23:00:47","slug":"kents-stefano-langone-in-top-12-tonight-on-american-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kents-stefano-langone-in-top-12-tonight-on-american-idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent’s Stefano Langone in top 12 tonight on ‘American Idol’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kent’s Stefano Langone and the rest of the “American Idol” final 12 contestants will sing songs from the year they were born on Wednesday night’s show on Fox.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

After the performances Wednesday, the Thursday night results show is expected to eliminate another contestant. Ashton Jones had the fewest votes from viewers last week and was sent home.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Contestants Karen Rodriguez and Haley Reinhart also were in the bottom three last week based on votes received.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Langone, 22, a former Kentwood High School and Bellevue College student, gave an inspiring rendition of Stevie Wonder’s “Lately” on the March 9 performance show.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Judges Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez and Randy Jackson each gave Langone positive reviews. He also received enough votes from viewers to move on to the next round.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The two-hour show starts at 8 p.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The critic on Joe’s Place Blog, which analyzes “American Idol” each week, ranked Langone No. 9 going into Wednesday’s show and wrote this:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“Oh my did I loathe Stefano\u2019s rendition of ‘Lately,’\u201d according to www.joesplaceblog.com<\/a>. “Though I think spots of his vocal were quite strong, I just was not in the mood for that arrangement. Either way, I think Stefano is doing a solid job of rising in the rankings in this competition, something that will only help him. However there are at least six frontrunners in the competition, and Stefano has a lot of work to do before he genuinely has a shot at the title.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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