He’s made it past the Hollywood rounds… And, now Lazaro Arbos’ American Idol dreams will take him to Las Vegas…
During Thursday night’s episode of the Fox reality singing competition, the 21-year-old Cuba-born singer was named as one of the 40 Idol hopefuls advancing to the next round.
Arbos, who gave a heart wrenching audition to earn a golden ticket to Hollywood, was one of the final 20 boys to survive the Hollywood round after Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban cut eight more boys on Thursday night.
But Arbos isn’t the only Latino competitor heading to Las Vegas…
On the boys’ side, 18-year-old Devin Velez and 27-year-old Josh “JDA” Davila have advanced; on the girls’ side, 28-year-old Tenna Torres has made it to the next round.
Next week, Idol moves to Las Vegas, where only 20 contestants will remain after that round.
Here’s a look at the 40 remaining hopefuls:
Top 20 males:
- Lazaro Arbos
- Charlie Askew
- Nick Boddington
- Curtis Finch, Jr.
- Kevin Harris
- Joshua Holiday
- JDA
- Paul Jolley
- Johnny Keyser
- Elijah Liu
- Vincent Powell
- Gurpreet Singh Sarin
- Cortez Shaw
- Jimmy Smith
- Bryant Tadeo
- Burnell Taylor
- Mathenee Treco
- Devin Velez
- Chris Watson
- David Willis
Top 20 females:
- Melinda Ademi
- Janelle Arthur
- Juliana Chahayed
- Cristabel Clack
- Aubrey Cleland
- Candice Glover
- Rachel Hale
- Kree Harrison
- Jett Hermano
- Amber Holcomb
- Brandy Hotard
- Isabelle
- Zoanette Johnson
- Adriana Latonio
- Angela Miller
- Kamaria Ousley
- Breanna Steer
- Tenna Torres
- Shubha Vedula
- Jenny Beth Willis