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FOX confirmed rumors Thursday that Chris Golightly was deemed ineligible for the “American Idol” top 24, paving the way for Tim Urban to join the semifinals.<\/p>\n

The “Idol” community buzzed excessively when Golightly, who had been featured in spoiler reports for the top 24, was absent from the final video montage–Urban, who had not really received any attention during Wednesday’s episode, was instead announced as part of the Top 12 males.<\/p>\n

“It has been determined that Chris Golightly is ineligible to continue in the competition. AMERICAN IDOL contestant Tim Urban has replaced Golightly as part of the Top 24,” read FOX’s statement.<\/p>\n

The reason for the disqualification was not disclosed, but there have been rumors that his ineligibility stems from some sort of recording contract.<\/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"American Idol" Confirms Top 24 Contestant Was Disqualified<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FOX confirmed rumors Thursday that Chris Golightly was deemed ineligible for the "American Idol" top 24, paving the way for Tim Urban to join the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/02\/18\/american-idol-confirms-top-24-contestant-was-disqualified\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\""American Idol" Confirms Top 24 Contestant Was Disqualified\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FOX confirmed rumors Thursday that Chris Golightly was deemed ineligible for the "American Idol" top 24, paving the way for Tim Urban to join the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/02\/18\/american-idol-confirms-top-24-contestant-was-disqualified\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-02-18T16:38:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-02-18T17:07:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/02\/18\/american-idol-confirms-top-24-contestant-was-disqualified\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/02\/18\/american-idol-confirms-top-24-contestant-was-disqualified\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"American Idol\\\" Confirms Top 24 Contestant Was Disqualified\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-02-18T16:38:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-02-18T17:07:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"FOX confirmed rumors Thursday that Chris Golightly was deemed ineligible for the \\\"American Idol\\\" top 24, paving the way for Tim Urban to join the\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/02\/18\/american-idol-confirms-top-24-contestant-was-disqualified\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News & Charts, TV News & Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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