Tonight 11 American Idol contestants bid farewell, leaving us with a great list of 13 finalists.  Here they are!

Casey Abrams
Naima Adedapo
Lauren Alaina
James Durbin
Ashthon
Jones
Stefano Langone
Jacob Lusk
Scotty McCreery
Paul McDonald
Thia
Megia
Haley Reinhart
Karen Rodriguez
Pia Toscano.

The voting system did its job, and the judges certainly did theirs.  This is going to be a great competition!