Happy Birthday, Jorge Nuñez!,,,,

Season 8 finalist Jorge Nuñez celebrated his birthday on October 1. American Idol traveled to Puerto Rico for the very first time to audition hopefuls for Season 8. Their search turned up Jorge, the only contestant from Puerto Rico to make the Top 13. Originally, Jorge's grandfather was going to send Jorge to the states to audition for American Idol, but, unfortunately, he passed away the December before auditions. Since he was unable to pay for his own trip, Jorge felt blessed when Idol traveled to Puerto Rico for auditions.

For Jorge's semi-final round performance, he sang Elton John's "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me," and received positive reviews from the four judges. Hearing such praise made Jorge cry, and when Jorge gets emotional, he speaks in Spanish, and he did just that on the Idol stage. Ultimately, it was the Top 13's double elimination week that sent him packing. Jorge was optimistic about his journey and said this is "just the start of something much bigger."

Happy Birthday, Jorge!

Scotty McCreery’s Debut Album is Now Available,,,,

The moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived. American Idol Scotty McCreery released his debut album, Clear As Day, today.

Since winning American Idol’s tenth season, Scotty has been touring North America and the Philippines with the American Idols LIVE! 2011 Tour. Simultaneously, he recorded the 12 tracks you’ll hear on Clear As Day. The Garner, North Carolina native already has two number ones on the Billboard charts with “I Love You This Big” and “The Trouble With Girls.”

The list of tracks on Clear As Day are:

 1. Out of Summertime

 2. I Love You This Big

 3. Clear As Day

 4. The Trouble With Girls

 5. Water Tower Town

 6. Walk In the Country

 7. Better Than That

 8. Write My Number On Your Hand

 9. Dirty Dishes

 10. You Make That Look Good

 11. Back On the Ground

 12. That Old King James

It’s a big week for Scotty—he turns 18 on October 9th! A week from today—October 11th—Scotty will perform at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House. On November 15th, catch Scotty at Augusta, Georgia’s James Brown Arena. Two weeks later on November 30th, Scotty will be at the Durham Performing Arts Center in his home state.

Pia Answers Your Questions,,,,,,,,,,,,

Season 10's Pia Toscano will be answering questions from her fans each week in a segment called "Ask Pia!" If you have a question for Pia, send it in to askpiatoscano@gmail.com. Sign up for her newsletter at PiaToscanoOfficial.com and stay tuned next week to see if Pia answers your question!

Don't forget, Pia's debut single, "This Time," is available now on iTunes Pia having a good time on the Season 10 Idols Tour.