Singer replaced with Tim Urban, reportedly due to confusion over previous boy-band contract. By Gil Kaufman Chris Golightly Photo: FOX Let the drama begin. As if the two-night Hollywood rounds finale weren’t already filled with enough joy, heartache and tears, “American Idol” producers threw one last twist into the mix at the end of Wednesday night’s program by pulling a top 24 switcheroo. After picking seven of the top 24 on Tuesday night, the judges culled the herd down on Wednesday to carve out the remaining 17 semifinalists, which appeared to include curly-haired Chris Golightly , whom we met at the Los Angeles auditions, where he talked about bouncing around between 25 foster homes as a child. Golightly was seen in the group shot near the end of the show — at which point only 11 boys had been chosen on screen. But during the traditional finalist introduction dance segment that closes Hollywood, he was inexplicably replaced by Tim Urban. “It has been determined that Chris Golightly is ineligible to continue in the competition,” read a statement from Fox. ” ‘American Idol’ contestant Tim Urban has replaced Golightly as part of the Top 24.” A spokesperson for the show could not be reached for further comment at press time. Hours after the disqualification was revealed, show host Ryan Seacrest posted the same statement on his a href=”http://twitter.com/RyanSeacrest/status/9272139729″ target=”_blank> Twitter page, where he also announced that this year’s contestants will have MySpace, Twitter and Facebook pages on the “Idol” hub. He did not elaborate on why Golightly was booted. Golightly reportedly spoke to the “Idol” fan site
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Chris Golightly Disqualified From ‘American Idol’ Top 24
