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Last night, the AMERICAN IDOL judges announced the 14 semifinalists who have secured a coveted spot in this season's Top 24.

On tonight's episode of AMERICAN IDOL, the final judges' eliminations began after weeks of cuts. Whittling down the numbers from 42 to 24 is no easy task - who made the cut and who didn't? Find out now!

The good news for the contestants on tonight's AMERICAN IDOL is that they made it through the audition round - but the bad news is that more than 300 other contestants did too, and the judges warn at the start of the show that half of them will be headed home over the next two days of auditions.