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Curtis Finch, Jr. (born January 16th, 1988)[1] was a contestant on Season 11 and Season 12 of American Idol.

Season 11 Audition[]

Curtis' audition was not televised.

Season 11 Hollywood Round[]

Curtis' stay in Hollywood was not shown much, but he did manage to advance to the final seventy.

Las Vegas Round[]

Curtis was shown in a group with Amber Holcomb, Shannon Magrane and Joshua Ledet singing "Blue Suede Shoes" by Elvis Presley. Joshua and Shannon advanced while He and Amber did not.

Season 12 Audition[]

Curtis auditioned in Chicago. He sang "God is Able" by Smokie Norful. All three judges voted "yes", sending him to the next round.

Season 12 Hollywood Round[]

Curtis was shown in a same Group of Ten as Karl Skinner. He advanced and was later shown in a group called "The Couch Potatoes" with Nicholas Mathis and Charlie Askew singing "The Lazy Song" by Bruno Mars. Everyone in his group advanced and for his final solo performance he sang "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri. It was revealed that he advanced along with Paul Jolley and Lazaro Arbos. He eventually did enough to make the Top 20 Guys.

Top 40[]

Curtis was shown in Male Group 1 and sang "Superstar" by Delaney & Bonnie. Afterwards, the judges told him he did enough to become a semifinalist.

Top 20[]

Curtis sang "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly. He received enough votes to place him in the five highest voted male contestants, making him a Top 10 finalist. To celebrate, he sang "So High" by John Legend during the results show.

Top 10[]

Curtis sang "I Believe" by Fantasia. He was placed tenth place in the voting for that week, eliminating him from the competition.

Trivia[]

  • Keith Urban was absent for his Season 12 audition.
  • Nicki Minaj gave him the nickname "Finchy" during his Season 12 audition.
Season 12
Finalists
Candice Glover ยท Kree Harrison ยท Angie Miller ยท Amber Holcomb ยท Janelle Arthur ยท Lazaro Arbos ยท Burnell Taylor ยท Devin Velez ยท Paul Jolley ยท Curtis Finch, Jr.
Semifinalists
Charlie Askew ยท Nick Boddington ยท Aubrey Cleland ยท Zoanette Johnson ยท Adriana Latonio ยท Elijah Liu ยท Vincent Powell ยท Cortez Shaw ยท Breanna Steer ยท Tenna Torres
Quarterfinalists
Melinda Ademi ยท Juliana Chahayed ยท Cristabel Clack ยท JDA ยท Rachel Hale ยท Kevin Harris ยท Jett Hermano ยท Josh Holiday ยท Brandy Hotard ยท Isabelle ยท Johnny Keyser ยท Kamaria Ousley ยท Gurpreet Singh Sarin ยท Jimmy Smith ยท Bryant Tadeo ยท Mathenee Treco ยท Shubha Vedula ยท Chris Watson ยท David Oliver Willis ยท Jenny Beth Willis
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