Idol Chatter & Voice Views

When NBC dumped the Miss USA Pageant after Donald Trump’s inflammatory comments over immigration, the performers scheduled to take the stage jumped ship too.

That includes Season 7 Voice winner Craig Wayne Boyd and hit rapper Flo Rida.

Well, the pageant is now being aired on Reelz and the performers for the show have been replaced by folks who will be at least somewhat familiar faces to fans of televised singing shows.

Now performing tonight will be Stefano Langone, who placed seventh on Season 10 of Idol; Felicia Barton, a semifinalist during Season 8 of the same show; and Adley Stump, a contestant on Season 2 of The Voice.

And, yep, Stefano has already been quizzed about his involvement in the event, given his ethnic background. “Guess business over morals,” someone wrote on Twitter.

Stefano’s response: “The comments made your (sic) referring too are not a reflection of the #MissUSA pageant. Again, I just want to say I’m up here for no one else other than the 51 amazing women on that stage, and I’m so thankful to be a part of it.”

Stefano has said he’ll be performing a song tonight that he did on Idol and predicts “all girls will thoroughly enjoy” it.

Adley says on Facebook that she has an extra reason to be excited about her performance.

“The coolest part about it all for me is that my best friend in the whole world Olivia Jordan is Miss Oklahoma and I will get to share the stage and sing while she is walking it.” she writes. “I couldn’t be more proud of her!”

While they aren’t exactly household names, all three have kept busy since their singing show appearances.

Felicia sings on “Dancing with the Stars” and has released an EP and two singles since being on Idol. Her latest single, “Up and Away,” hit iTunes last month.

Adley has enjoyed some success with a song called “Stay at Home Soldier.” She released a seven-track country EP back in May.

And Stefano has released a trio of singles since his Idol stint. The most recent, “Fill My Cup,” came out in February.

Tonight’s pageant begins at 8 p.m. on Reelz.