•
Scotty McCreery (born October 9, 1993) was from
Garner, North Carolina, and was 17 years old at the time of the show. He auditioned in Milwaukee with
Josh Turner's "
Your Man" and
Travis Tritt's "
Put Some Drive in Your Country." He performed "Your Man" in Hollywood, but forgot the words to
Lee Ann Womack's "
I Hope You Dance." For his final solo, he performed Josh Turner's "
Long Black Train." •
Lauren Alaina (born November 8, 1994) was from
Rossville, Georgia, and was 16 years old at the time of the show. She auditioned in Nashville with
Faith Hill's "
Like We Never Loved at All" and Aerosmith's "
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," which she also sang in Hollywood. She also performed "
Unchained Melody" twice, once for the first solo in Hollywood and again for the final solo. She performed "
Hello, Goodbye" for the Las Vegas round with Scotty McCreery and Denise Jackson. •
Haley Reinhart (born September 9, 1990) was from
Wheeling, Illinois, and was 20 years old at the time of the show. She originally auditioned in Chicago in the
ninth season, but did not advance to the Hollywood round. She auditioned in Milwaukee with
The Beatles' "
Oh! Darling." She performed
Corinne Bailey Rae's "
Breathless" in the first solo round. In Hollywood, she performed
Billie Holiday's "
God Bless the Child." In the Las Vegas round, she performed
the Beatles' "
The Long and Winding Road" with Naima Adedapo and Jacob Lusk. For her final solo, she performed
the Shirelles' "
Baby It's You." •
James Durbin (born January 6, 1989) was from
Santa Cruz, California, and was 22 years old at the time of the show. He originally auditioned in the
eighth season, but was not selected. He auditioned in San Francisco with
Muddy Waters's "
You Shook Me" and
Aerosmith's "
Dream On." He performed
the Beatles' "
Oh! Darling" for his solo in Hollywood, Queen's "
Somebody to Love" in the group round, and
Sam Cooke's "
A Change Is Gonna Come" for his final solo. •
Jacob Lusk (born June 23, 1987) was from
Compton, California, and was 23 years old at the time of the show. He auditioned in Los Angeles.
Randy Jackson considered his performance of
Billie Holiday's "
God Bless the Child" in Hollywood the best ever seen on
Idol. He also performed
the Temptations' "Get Ready" with
Naima Adedapo, and
Leon Russell's "
A Song for You" for his final solo. In the top 24 round, he earned a standing ovation for his performance of "A House Is Not a Home" by
Luther Vandross. •
Casey Abrams (born February 12, 1991) was from
Idyllwild, California, and was 20 years old at the time of the show. He auditioned in Austin with
Ray Charles' "
I Don't Need No Doctor." He impressed the judges with his performance of "Georgia on My Mind" in Hollywood. He also performed
Ella Fitzgerald's "
Lullaby of Birdland,"
the Temptations' "
Get Ready" in Hollywood, "
A Hard Day's Night" in the Las Vegas round, and
Kansas Joe McCoy's "
Why Don't You Do Right?" for his final solo. He played the
double bass and
melodica on the show. •
Stefano Langone (born February 27, 1989) was from
Kent, Washington, and was 22 years old at the time of the show. He auditioned in San Francisco with
Marvin Gaye's "
I Heard It Through the Grapevine." He performed
Stevie Wonder's "
Sir Duke" in Hollywood, "
Get Back" in Las Vegas, and his own composition, "Come Home," for his final solo. •
Paul McDonald (born August 29, 1984) was from
Huntsville, Alabama, and was 26 years old at the time of the show. He auditioned in Nashville with
Rod Stewart's "
Maggie May." He performed
Fleetwood Mac's "
Landslide" and his own composition, "American Dreams," for his final solo. •
Pia Toscano (born October 14, 1988) was from
Howard Beach, New York, and was 22 years old at the time of the show. She had auditioned for
Idol four times before and made it through to Hollywood in the
sixth season, but did not continue further. She auditioned in East Rutherford. She and
Karen Rodriguez sang together the Beatles' "
Can't Buy Me Love" in Las Vegas. She also performed
Bruno Mars's "
Grenade" in Hollywood and
Alicia Keys's "
Doesn't Mean Anything" for her final solo. •
Naima Adedapo (born October 5, 1984) was from
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was 26 years old at the time of the show. She auditioned in Milwaukee with
Donny Hathaway's "
For All We Know." She performed the Beatles' "
The Long and Winding Road" with
Jacob Lusk and
Haley Reinhart in Las Vegas, and
Corinne Bailey Rae's "
Put Your Records On" for her final solo. •
Thia Megia (born January 30, 1995) was from
Mountain House, California, and was 16 years old at the time of the show. She auditioned in Milwaukee with
Adele's "
Chasing Pavements." She performed "
Summertime" from
Porgy and Bess and
Louis Armstrong's "
What a Wonderful World" in Hollywood, "
Here Comes the Sun" in Las Vegas, and
Secret Garden's "
You Raise Me Up" for her final solo. •
Karen Rodriguez (born March 22, 1989) was from
New York City, New York, and was 21 years old at the time of the show. She was one of the
Myspace auditions, who then auditioned in front of the judges in Los Angeles with
Whitney Houston's "
You Give Good Love." She performed
Jennifer Lopez's "
If You Had My Love," Bruno Mars's "
Just the Way You Are" in Hollywood, and
Selena's "
No Me Queda Más" in the final round. •
Ashthon Jones (born February 27, 1986) was from
Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and was 24 years old at the time of the show. She auditioned in Nashville. She sang "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from
Dreamgirls,
Blu Cantrell's
Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!) in Hollywood, and
Whitney Houston's "
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" for her final solo. ==Finals==