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The Top 3 on American Idol include Madison VanDenburg, Alejandro Aranda and Laine Hardy. (ABC Photo)

Alejandro is far and away the Instagram leader among the Top 3 with more than 630,000 followers. In fact, he’s gained more than 360,000 followers on that platform since April 14.

Laine is far and away the Facebook leader among the Top 3 with nearly 412,000 followers. He’s picked up more than 250,000 since mid-April, more than his two Top 3 competitors combined.

Laine and Alejandro also rank number one and number two on Twitter, where they’ve each gained more than 20,000 followers in the last month.

The Top 3 of Laine, Alejandro and Madison VanDenburg square off Sunday night in American Idol’s Season 17 finale.

The show starts at 8 p.m. Check back then for song by song grades as the three finalists perform.

Below are each contestant’s social media numbers as of late Saturday night. The number is parenthesis is fans gained since April 14.

See also …
Ranking the Top 3 on American Idol
What YouTube tells us about the outcome
How to cut costs and improve American Idol
Partial set list for the American Idol finale

INSTAGRAM

1. Alejandro Aranda, 631,000, (+361,000)
2. Laine Hardy, 452,000 (+211,000)
3. Madison VanDenburg, 173,000 (+123,500)

FACEBOOK

1. Laine Hardy, 411,929 (254,753)
2. Madison VanDenBurg, 58,594 (+39,294)
3. Alejandro Aranda, 46,762 (+20,767)

TWITTER

1. Laine Hardy, @TheLaineHardy — 52,200 (+25,700)
2. Alejandro Aranda, @scarypoolparty — 45,800 (+24,500)
3. Madison VanDenburg, @MadisonV — 20,500 (+14,900)