Jacob Lusk

Last night, Jacob Lusk, the 23-year-old gospel singer from Compton, was eliminated from American Idol in fifth place. Today, he spoke to reporters about his troubled past, his dream duet partners, and those controversial comments about America not being able to look at themselves in the mirror.

On his lively singout, and whether it helped having the pressure (which Jimmy Iovine said may have...

Well, Idol just got a little less vocally acrobatic. Now that Jacob Lusk has hit his last outrageously high note of the competition, America must look itself in the mirror. Undoubtedly one of the most amazing voices in recent memory, Jacob repeatedly received praise from Randy Jackson, who dubbed more than one of his performances the best in Idol history. Never one to shy away from sweeping...