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"&lt;strong&gt;Pia Toscano&lt;/strong&gt; never had a chance of winning \"&lt;strong&gt;American Idol&lt;/strong&gt;\" -- this according to well-placed sources connected with the production.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/04/11/0411-idol-winometer.jpg\" alt=\"0411_idol_winometer\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told before Pia was booted, America's votes put her in the murky middle -- she was never near the top of the heap.&amp;#160; As one \"A.I.\" spy put it, \"It was only a matter of time before Pia was kicked off.&amp;#160; She was never going to win.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And, our spies say, there are 5 remaining contestants who are \"fairly consistently placing in the top 4.\"&amp;#160; Our sources would not reveal who they are, but we have an educated guess as to 3 of them -- &lt;strong&gt;Scotty McCreery&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Lauren Alaina&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;James Durbin&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;#160; As for the remaining 2, we're guessing &lt;strong&gt;Jacob Lusk&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Casey Abrams&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for Pia, don't feel bad.&amp;#160; We're told the rumored record deal she has with&lt;strong&gt; Interscope Records&lt;/strong&gt; is more than a rumor.&amp;#160; We're told it's a \"certainty\" Pia will sign.&amp;#160; And something else -- &lt;strong&gt;Jimmy Iovine&lt;/strong&gt; will ignore the judges, who wanted Pia to sing some up-tempo songs.&amp;#160; Jimmy, we're told, will go strictly for ballads.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2011/04/12/3579-pia-toscanos-pretty-pictures\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;img src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/04/12/0412-pia-toscano-pictures-footer-credit.jpg\" alt=\"0412_pia_toscano_pictures_footer\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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