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American Idol 2010: Katie Stevens and Andrew Garcia looking forward to tour!

Former American Idol contestants Andrew Garcia and Katie Stevens have revealed that they are “excited” about going on tour with their fellow finalists.

Both singers were eliminated from the show last week, after judges saved Michael Lynche the week before. They will both go on tour with the rest of the Idol 2010 final ten.

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American Idol 2010: Andrew Garcia felt ‘picked on’ by the judges

Outgoing American Idol star Andrew Garcia has admitted that he felt the judging panel ‘picked on’ him a little during his time on the show.

The 24-year-old singer from Moreno Valley, Calif shone in earlier stages of the show, when the judges raved about his version of Paula Abdul’s ‘Straight Up’ but his performances on the live shows never quite reached that high. After his final performance on the show, a rendition of Elvis’ ‘Hound Dog,’ Simon Cowell called it ‘lazy and predictable’ and Randy Jackson said it was ‘not good karaoke.’

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American Idol 2010: Andrew Garcia & Lee Dewyze will collaborate on tour

Outgoing American Idol contestant Andrew Garcia has admitted that he and Lee Dewyze plan to do some song writing together in the future.

The 24-year-old dad from Moreno Valley, Calif was speaking to People, when he admitted that his close pal Lee and he were looking forward to the Idol tour this summer and plan to use their time to come up with some new collaborations. He said:

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American Idol 2010: Katie Stevens & Andrew Garcia confused by judges

Outgoing American Idol contestants Katie Stevens and Andrew Garcia have admitted that they were incredibly confused by the advice they received from the judges each week.

It seems to be a common complaint, former eliminee Didi Benami also slammed Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi, Ellen DeGeneres and Randy Jackson for not being ‘consistent.’

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Andrew Garcia: ‘American Idol judges don’t know me!’

Outgoing American Idol contestant Andrew Garcia has admitted that he did get annoyed when the judges repeatedly called him boring.

Even celebrity mentor Adam Lambert told him that he needed to make his performance more interesting and asked him to put some more energy into his song. However in an interview with MTV, Andrew claimed that the judges don’t hang out with him and don’t know him personally at all.

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American Idol 2010: Andrew Garcia didn’t like the themes

Outgoing American Idol contestant Andrew Garcia has admitted that he struggled to cope with the weekly themes imposed by judges and thinks he may have fared better if he had been allowed to choose more current songs.

The 24-year-old singer from Moreno Valley, Calif shone in earlier stages of the show, when the judges raved about his version of Paula Abdul’s ‘Straight Up’ but his performances on the live shows never quite reached that high. Andrew went onto the show with 25,000 youtube followers, who loved his acoustic version of popular tracks, so why couldn’t he win Idol viewers over so easily? He told USA Today:

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American Idol’s Andrew Garcia ‘Lee Dewyze is my brother for life!’

Outgoing American Idol contestant Andrew Garcia has said that he and roommate Lee DeWyze are “brothers for life.”

The 24-year-old singer from Moreno Valley, Calif was eliminated from the show on Wednesday night, after he performed Elvis’ ‘Hound Dog’ and told reporters:

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American Idol 2010: Andrew Garcia and Katie Stevens eliminated

Andrew Garcia and Katie Stevens were the victims of a double eviction on last night’s American Idol results show.

The show received over 34 million votes this week, the highest of the season so far. However, it wasn’t enough for Andrew or Katie and with the judges only save used last week for Michael Lynche, the pair knew there was no hope for them at all.

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American Idol 2010: Adam Lambert brands Andrew Garcia’s Hound Dog ‘boring’ (VIDEO)

Dead man walking, Andrew Garcia, performed the Elvis classic – Hound Dog on this week’s American Idol show. Former runner up Adam Lambert didn’t pull his punches when mentoring Andrew – he straight out called it a boring performance.

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American Idol 2010: ‘Corny’ Andrew Garcia ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ (VIDEO)

We honestly thought that ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ was an inspired song choice this week by Andrew Garcia, but when he took to the American Idol stage he managed to underwhelm us a little bit.

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