Last Thursday night’s American Idol results show was probably the biggest nail-biter of them all. With 12 coveted spots at stake, drama was at an all-time high as the top 16 waited to hear their fates. In one of the most controversial and unforgiving cuts of the season, America chose to send home a talented bunch of contestants, including Alex Lambert, Lilly Scott, Todrick Hall and Katelyn Epperly. That means that one of our favorite contestants, Andrew Garcia, just managed to slip into the top 12.

To put it plainly, this week’s American Idol results show was pretty rough. Unfortunately, the idol journey of one of our favorite contestants, John Park, abruptly came to an end. In addition, one of our other favorites, Andrew Garcia, found himself in the bottom four contestants for the week. What happened?
John Park’s take on John Mayer’s “Gravity” this past Tuesday garnered a mixed bag of comments from the judges. Ellen and Kara had positive things to say. “I thought it was a much better song choice,” said Ellen. “Way better …

It was a tough first week all around for American Idol’s top 24 contestants, with two of our favorite male singers, John Park and Andrew Garcia, unable to escape the judges’ harsh critiques after their performances this past Wednesday night. However, you can all breathe a sigh of relief: John and Andrew have made it safely through to the next round.
For those of you who missed their performances, John took on Billie Holiday’s soulful jazz standard, “God Bless a Child.” While I personally thought John did a great job of …

For this week’s American Idol Top 24 show, make sure to check out two very talented and promising contestants: John Park and Andrew Garcia.
Korean American John Park, who has already captured our hearts and charmed Shania Twain during the first round of auditions, has made it into the Top 24, making him one of the few Asian Americans to do so. Although he was given a disappointingly short amount of screen time during the Hollywood rounds (probably due to the fact that he didn’t have a dramatic back story, like …

American Idol season nine contestant John Park, who’s one of just a handful of competitors of Asian descent to appear on the show since its inception in 2002, captured the hearts of millions of viewers with his soulful, deep rendition of Blood, Sweat and Tears’ “I’ll Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” during the first round of auditions in Chicago. Country singer Shania Twain, who was a guest judge on the show for that day, playfully commented that he had a “beautiful bottom end” in reference to the lower …