Fil-Am Adriana Latonio Enters American Idol 2013 Top 20

Filipino-American Adriana Latonio has survived the Top 40 Las Vegas Round of American Idol Season 12.  The 17-year-old diva from Alaska wowed the judges with her rendition of the Aretha Franklin hit Ain't No Way, earning her a spot at the American Idol 2013 Top 20 semi-finalists.

In the episode shown Wednesday (Thursday morning in Manila), 10 out of the 20 girls belonging to the Top 40 performed during the "Sudden Death" round. Half of the girls were eliminated while the other half advanced in the competition.

All the judges—Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, Keith Urban and Nicki Minaj— were impressed by the petite Fil-Am singer telling Adriana that she's ready to conquer the stage. Adriana is one of the three hopefuls with Pinoy blood in the American Idol 2013 Top 40. The other two are Bridget "Jett" Hermano and Bryant Tadeo.

Along with Idol hopefuls Teena Torres, Kree Harrison, Angela Miller and Amber Holcomb, Adriana Latonio will advance to the “Sing For Your Votes” round of the competition. Joining them are Charlie Askew,  Elijah Liu, Paul Jolley, Curtis Finch Jr, Devin Velez and 10 others to be determined on next week's episode.

Watch Adriana Latonio's performance of Ain't No Way below:

Photo courtesy of USA Today

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American Idol 2013 Top 40 Spoilers: Fil-Ams Bryant Tadeo, Adriana Latonio and Jett Hermano In!

American Idol Season 12 (2013) will premiere this January 16, 2013 on Fox and many websites have already released spoilers on the Top 40 contestants who made it to the Las Vegas round. The American Idol 2013 Top 40 is comprised of 20 boys and 20 girls and according to reports, three Filipino-Americans made it to the list—Bryant Tadeo, Adriana Latonio and Jett Hermano.

Bryant Tadeo is from Hawaii and a second-timer in American Idol. He auditioned last year (AI Season 11) and made it to the Hollywood rounds. Meanwhile, this will be the first time for young diva Adriana Latonio, who at this early has been compared to Jessica Sanchez, another half-Filipino who emerged as the American Idol 2012 runner-up. Bridget "Jett" Hermano, on the other hand is born and raised in Seattle, Washington and reportedly the 1st "Asian American Idol" in the Fil-Am community of Seattle.

Will these three capture the hearts of the judges and eventually make it to American Idol 2013 Top 24? Let's find out if all these rumors and speculations are true this January on American Idol Season 12.

Here are the American Idol 12 Top 40 spoilers:

Top 20 Boys

Top 20 Girls

1. Bryant Tadeo [AI11 HW] 2. Burnell Taylor 3. Charlie Askew 4. Chris Watson [AI7 HW] 5. Cortez Shaw [AI11 SFYL/GM] 6. Curtis Finch, Jr. [AI11 LVR] 7. David Willis 8. Devin Velez 9. Elijah Liu [AI11 HW] 10. Gurpreet Singh Sarin 11. Jimmy Smith 12. Johnny Keyser [AI11 LVR] 13. Joshua “Josh” Holiday 14. Joshua “Josh” Jada Davila 15. Kevin Harris 16. Lazaro Arbos 17. Mathenee Treco [AI11 LVR] 18. Nick Boddington [AI11 LVR] 19. Paul Jolley 20. Vincent Powell [AI11 HW]

1. Adriana Latonio 2. Amber Holcomb [AI11 LVR] 3. Angela Miller 4. Aubrey Cleland [AI10 HW & AI11 SFYL/GM] 5. Brandy Hotard 6. Breanna Steer 7. Candice Glover [AI9 HW & AI11 LVR] 8. Cristabel Clack 9. Isabel Pasqualone 10. Janelle Arthur [AI10 HW & AI11 LVR] 11. Jenny Beth Willis 12. Jett Hermano 13. Juliana Chahayed 14. Kamaria Ousley 15. Kree Harrison 16. Melinda Ademi [AI10 LVR] 17. Rachel Hale 18. Shubha Vedula 19. Tenna Torres [AI11 LVR] 20. Zoanette Johnson

You can see in the notations after each name if they participated in a previous season and how far they made it in the process. “HW” stands for Hollywood Week and “LVR” stands for Las Vegas Round. Spoilers from Americanidolnet.com.

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