American Idol is now on it’s 3rd leg of elimination round. The remaining 12 semi-finalists from the Top 36 list will perform on Wednesday, March 3, 2009. This 3rd group are consists of Arianna Afsar, Felicia Barton, Kendall Beard, Ju’not Joyner, Scott MacIntyre, Nathaniel Marshall, Kristen McNamara, Jorge Nuñez, Lil Rounds, Von Smith, Taylor Vaifanua and Alex Wagner-Trugman. The results will be revealed on March 5. The Top 3 will be chosen based on the top male vote-getter, the top female vote-getter, and the next highest vote-getter, either male or female, will move on and join Grace, Gokey, Sarver, Iraheta, Allen, and Lambert in the top 12. Who will be the next 3 semi-finalists that will move on the next round? Here’s my Top 3 picks.
Update: American Idol Group 3 Results March 4, 2009
1. Scott MacIntyre, 23-year-old blind musician from Scottsdale, Arizona. He’s a pianist, vocalist, and songwriter and has independently produced, engineered, and released 6 full-length CD’s and has written in genres spanning pop, rock, punk, jazz, and classical.
2. Felicia Barton, 26-year-old bar singer from Virginia Beach, Virginia. She’s already a wild card contestant for me because she replaced Joanna Pacitti after Joanna was disqualified in the contest.
3. Von Smith, 22-year-old student from Kansas City, Missouri. He sang “Over the Rainbow” for his auditioned in Kansas City.