{"id":318,"date":"2011-04-07T21:16:49","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T01:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/?p=318"},"modified":"2011-04-07T21:20:39","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T01:20:39","slug":"pia-toscano-leaves-american-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/04\/pia-toscano-leaves-american-idol.html","title":{"rendered":"One of the Best Leaves Idol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight the number of Idol hopefuls went from nine to eight, and Pia Toscano took the fall. \u00a0In the bottom three with her were Jacob Lusk and Stefano Langone. \u00a0This was expected, after all her performance last night wasn&#8217;t all that strong&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Wait, <em>what? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Pia??<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Too bad the judges already used their save. \u00a0In the second of absolutely insane results, America voted and one of the top vocalists on the show went home. \u00a0If you were to ask me why Pia finished last, I have absolutely no reason to give you. \u00a0This is the most baffling Idol decision since Jennifer Hudson left the show early. \u00a0Pia was the probably most consistent singer this season, always delivering notable performances and pushing herself to be better each week. \u00a0We can only hope though that like Jennifer Hudson before her, she will go on to bigger and better things. \u00a0Perhaps things where her fate isn&#8217;t decided primarily by apparently tone deaf viewers.<\/p>\n<p>With Britney Spears having the number 1 album and Pia Toscano leaving American Idol it is as clear as ever that Americans as a whole have awful taste in music.<\/p>\n<p>Related &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/04\/american-idol-top-9-single-digits-time.html\" target=\"_blank\">American Idol Top 9 Recap!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/theprophetofpop\" target=\"_blank\">Follow the Prophet of Pop on\u00a0<strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/prophetofpop\" target=\"_blank\">on\u00a0<strong>Facebook<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight the number of Idol hopefuls went from nine to eight, and Pia Toscano took the fall. \u00a0In the bottom three with her were Jacob Lusk and Stefano Langone. \u00a0This was expected, after all her performance last night wasn&#8217;t all that strong&#8230; Wait, what? 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