It has been a long, low-rated season for “American Idol.” It has been one that has produced some of the show’s best performances of all-time, but in a classic “tree in the forest” scenario, never generated much accompanying buzz.<\/p>\n
Still, there is always something special about the “American Idol” finals, and we are now just two weeks away from that ending.<\/p>\n
Before getting there, however, one more must go. And it will be one of the top three–Phillip Phillips, Jessica Sanchez and Joshua Ledet.<\/p>\n
Naturally, that means that Hollie Cavanagh was eliminated. Cavanagh’s elimination was far from a shocker, but her journey most certainly was. She started out as what appeared to be a “fodder” contestant designed to keep the spotlight on some of the producers’ and fans’ favorites. But she parlayed a strong voice, an improving stage presence and a likable personality to outlast some very popular contestants, two of whom–Colton Dixon and Skylar Laine–had, at various points, been considered potential winners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n