Deletion of American Idol (season 11) finalists

Comment: per Werldwayd, and in the future, un-redirect the winner and anyone who goes on to become notable. At the moment, all of them fail 
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ONEEVENT)

Comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (|step 3).  I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2012 March 5
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:AFDHOWTO)

Comment: per  and as stated by
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NMUSIC)

Comment: The proposer of this deletion misread  - it says winner or placed, and in American Idol, all the finalists are considered placed, only the order needed to be determined.  The finalists therefore qualify under 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NMUSIC||WP:NMUSIC)

Comment: per . Notability is already established by being in top 12. At most, one or two finalists from earlier seasons do not have WP articles at this point. With there being active work done on the articles, deletion is unwarranted. Also, bungling all these articles together to be voted on as one feels a bit wrong; they should be assessed by themselves if deletion is still being pushed for - but asserting in general that AI finalist entries do not automatically classify for deletion because of  is a good thing
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NMUSIC||WP:BLP1E)

Comment: All of these articles now are reliably sourced by references that have significant coverage that are independent of the contestants, thereby passing both  and #1.  Also being a finalist on ''American Idol'' passes #9
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:MUSICBIO||WP:MUSICBIO)

Comment: per .  "Place" means ANY place; all of them will be ranked between first and 13th place in the show.  Except for a few early seasons, virtually every past AI finalist has a Wikipedia article; season 11 should be no exception
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NMUSIC)

Comment: then create redirects to the show article, text book example of 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP1E)