Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Idol (season 11) finalists
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 
— User:Hzh, 00:46, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NMUSIC||WP:NMUSIC (Wikipedia:Notability)