Pia Toscano

Pia Toscano Brings 'American Idol' Audience To Its Feet

Judges praise 21 year old's powerhouse Performance of the Pretenders' 'I'll Stand By You.'

On a night when Thia Megia gave a quiet, confident performance well beyond her 15 years and teen Lauren Alaina was compared to both Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, it was nevertheless Pia Toscano who stole the show on Wednesday's (March 2) "American Idol."

Who Will Win American Idol

Adam Lambert won the evening, but I think Kris Allen will win this year’s “American Idol.”
I’ll leave the debate about whether Lambert lost because he is gay – not confirmed by him, but seemingly confirmed by a campaign to show photos released on the Internet of him kissing men as often as possible – to someone else. Let’s just say Lambert was seen as someone outside of the mainstream and, like any outsider to land mainstream acceptance, he needed to be overwhelmingly better than Allen. Lambert was definitely better, just not overwhelmingly better.
TIE Lambert should have sang something new as his first song.
ADAM Simon Fuller’s choices for them actually did try to play to their strengths.