Jim Farber Friday, March 4th 2011, 4:00 AM
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The 'American Idol' judges weren't as tough as advertised Thursday.
Call it the Thursday night massacre.
No fewer than 14 singers were sent to the killing fields on Thursday's "American Idol" - though at the last minute three got a stay of execution.
For those keeping count, that means the group promoted all week as the final Top 10 (voted in by viewers) got watered down in the last few minutes by three "wild card" additions shoved in by over-empathic judges.
It made for a long and teary two hour night.
While host Ryan Seacrest promised "drama like you've never seen before," what we got was "padding like we've never seen before."
Still, amidst the drawn-out sadistic tricks, a lucky Top 13 did eventually emerge.
Viewers picked the following:
• Lauren Alaina, the self-described 16-year-old Georgia peach with a country rock growl.
• Karen Rodriguez, a Latina with a Mariah Carey range.
• Casey Abrams, the Seth Rogen look-a-like with an equal sense of humor, not to mention the most musician-ly chops of the crew.
• Jacob Lusk, owner of the biggest voice in the competition, and the most shameless singing style.
• Thia Megia, the youngest player here, who killed by giving the simplest reading this week.
• Paul McDonald, the scratchy-voiced, quirk-meister
• Haley Reinhart, a routine R&B screamer.
• James Durbin, the multi-handicapped guy who's still trying to live down sounding too much like Adam Lambert.
• Pia Toscano, who sang the stuffing out of "I'll Stand By You" in this crucial week.
• Scott McCreery, the deep voiced country bumpkin, who's been milking that character for all its worth.
Of the 14 singers initially sent packing, the judges gave six the chance to grovel, beg, and, oh yes, sing for their lives. These included baby diva Ashthon Jones, sweet-voiced Stefano Langone, shrieky Kendra Chantelle, hunky Jovany Barreto, spitfire Naima Adedapo and Long Island's own Robbie Rosen.
In the end, only three got the call from the governor, including Ashthon, Stefano and Naima.
That left to the gallows, flame haired Brett Loewenstern, karaoke wrangler Clint Jun Gamboa, zombified Tim Halperin, wobbly Jordan Dorsey, strong voiced Lauren Turner, Colombian beauty queen Julie Zorrilla, R&B hottie Ta-Tynisa Wilson, and wash-out Rachel Zevita.
So who got rooked?
Barreto had the chops to go further, as did Turner, who killed on "Seven Day Fool" Wednesday.
On the opposite side of things, Scott McCreery only got into the Top 10 by the always strong Southern vote. And Reinhart has no place here, either. Then again, it wouldn't be "Idol" without at least a few true head-scratchers.
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