NOHO MAN CUT FROM 'IDOL' LINEUP.Byline: -- Staff and Wire Services Rudy's "Free Ride" ended in free fall Thursday. North Hollywood hopeful Rudy Cardenas and three other singers were booted from "American Idol American Idol is an annual American televised singing competition, which began its first season on June 11, 2002. Part of the Idol franchise, it originated from the British reality program Pop Idol. ," leaving 20 contestants remaining. Nearly 32 million votes were cast by viewers after this week's performances Tuesday and Wednesday, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. series host Ryan Seacrest Ryan Seacrest (born December 24, 1974) is an American radio and television personality. Seacrest is also a former children's game show host, who gained prominence as the host of the reality television amateur-search series American Idol. . Cardenas' version of the Edgar Winter Edgar Winter (born December 28, 1946 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American musician who had significant success in the 1970s and 1980s. He is a keyboard player, vocalist, saxophonist and percussionist, well-versed in jazz, blues and rock. Group's '70s hit "Free Ride" was labeled "corny corn·y adj. corn·i·er, corn·i·est Trite, dated, melodramatic, or mawkishly sentimental. [From corn1. " in competition by judge Randy Jackson This article is about the American Idol judge. For the former member of The Jacksons, see Randy Jackson (musician). For other uses, see Randy Jackson (disambiguation). Randall Darius Jackson . The others sent home were Paul Kim, 25, of Saratoga, Calif.; Amy Krebs, 22, of Federal Way, Wash.; and Nicole Tranquillo, 20, of Philadelphia. Cardenas, 28, sings semiprofessionally in an a cappella group called M-Pact. Thursday's show also featured a performance by third-season winner Fantasia Barrino, who announced she will star as Celie in the Oprah Winfrey-produced musical "The Color Purple" on Broadway. She will join the show April 10. Kim was the first one cut after failing to impress even Paula Abdul with his rendition of "Careless Whisper." "It hurts, man," Kim told Seacrest. "It hurts." The elimination of Krebs, who sang Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me," proves that it helps to stand out in the crowd. "She didn't sing that badly, she just didn't make an impression," noted Simon Cowell, who said Wednesday that Krebs had "the personality of a candle." Cowell also criticized Tranquillo for her "over-rehearsed" cover of Chaka Khan's "Stay." Abdul, though, had some kind words. "You're a brilliant vocalist," she told Tranquillo, who was holding back tears. "You really are." Abdul was also a fan of Cardenas. She praised his falsetto falsetto (fôlsĕt`tō) [Ital.,=diminutive of false], high-pitched, unnatural tones above the normal register of the male voice, produced, according to some theories, by the vibration of only the edges of the larynx. as "amazing," even though Cowell called him an "OK singer." LaKisha Jones, a 27-year-old single mother from Flint, Mich., drew praise from the hard-to-please Cowell. "I'm very tempted to say to 23 people, 'Book your plane ticket home,'" Cowell said on Wednesday's show after Jones' commanding take on "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going." "American Idol," now running three times a week, will return to a twice-weekly schedule next month for the elimination of the final dozen. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) RUDY CARDENAS (2 -- color) AMY KREBS (3 -- color) PAUL KIM (4 -- color) NICOLE TRANQUILLO |
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