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HitFix interviews the 'American Idol' Top 13

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HitFix Interviews the 'American Idol' Top 13

HitFix Interviews the 'American Idol' Top 13

On Thursday (March 4) night, "American Idol" unveiled the Top 10 Finalists as selected by voters, plus three Wild Card picks by judges Randy Jackson, Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez.

The newly minted Top 13 was then whisked over to a gala party on the parking lot roof of LA's Grove shopping center, where they were treated to their second blue carpet event in a week.

HitFix was planted on that carpet and I got to chat with each of the contestants, some for only a minute or two, some for five minutes. Click through for those interviews (slightly edited) and for pictures from the blue carpet. [For whatever reason, FOX's photographers didn't catch Paul McDonald, Haley Reinhart and Jacob Lusk on the carpet, so I've substituted photos from their Top 24 performances with their interviews.]

Enjoy...

Photo Credit: Frank Micelotta/FOX

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    dannyf

    These are great interviews, Dan- you asked a lot of the same questions I would have! And it's nice to see how self-aware some of the contestants are.

    March 9, 2011 at 10:32AM EST Reply to Comment
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      dannyf To clarify, I didn't mean to say that you're a great interviewer because you asked the same questions as I would have and I'm a genius or anything. I meant "great job at asking questions that I actually wanted to know the answers to." I just don't want to sound like an ass!

      March 9, 2011 at 10:55AM EST