--- description: Tens of thousands auditioned, and now only five remain. title: Watch: ‘American Idol’ Top 5 Revealed image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt903b5599a7bd2062/69868c8a3617608dc090bafc/harris-idol-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _American Idol_ Top 5 Revealed by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2014 4:15 PM CUT  American Idol Contestant C.J. Harris by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 25, 2014 4:15 PM CUT Country crooner C.J. Harris was eliminated from _American Idol_ Thursday night, leaving just five singers in the competition for Season 13’s title. Tens of thousands auditioned, and now only five remain in the thirteenth season of the hit show. The finalists are now less than a month away from the finale, where one of them will be crowned the next American Idol. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/77284/american-idol-top-5-revealed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/77284/american-idol-top-5-revealed/"},"headline":"American Idol Top 5 Revealed","datePublished":"2014-04-25T16:15:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:30:26.303Z","description":"Tens of thousands auditioned, and now only five remain","url":"https://time.com/77284/american-idol-top-5-revealed/","keywords":["Television","Music","Fox","American Idol"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt903b5599a7bd2062/69868c8a3617608dc090bafc/harris-idol-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt903b5599a7bd2062/69868c8a3617608dc090bafc/harris-idol-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"C.J. Harris on American Idol","caption":"American Idol contestant C.J. Harris","creditText":"American Idol Contestant C.J. Harris","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/77284/american-idol-top-5-revealed/","name":"American Idol Top 5 Revealed"}}]}] ```