Il Volo guesting at American Idol on May 19, 2011

Just minute's before last night's American Idol result was announced and we discovered who would miss out on the chance to perform on next week's season finale, Italian trio Il Volo took to the stage.

We thought they were a little like Il Divo, however it seems that Piero Barone (17), Ignazio Boschetto (16) and Gianluca Ginoble (16)are actually more frequently described as the Mediterranean's very own Jonas Brothers and they certainly shone on Thursday's penultimate results show.

They crooned their way through an incredibly tuneful and vocally pleasing rendition of 'Oh Solo Mio,' and during their performance, took time to walk down to the judges table and sing directly to Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler. we loved the Aerosmith's frontman rock type handshake as they passed by!

And that top note they hit at the end.....amazing! Kudos to the Idol bosses for stepping outside the norm and bringing us a slightly different but still brilliant performance as the season draws to a close.

If you want to see a bit more of Il Volo, then catch their performance tomorrow on CBS' "The Early Show". The performances are designed to promote the may 17 release of their self-titled debut album, produced by hitmaker Humberto Gatica and longtime champion of Italian music Tony Renis.

Category:

Music

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• Il Volo
• Pierro Barone
• Ignazio Boschetto
• Gianluca Ginoble
• classic
• Opera
• American Idol
• America Idol Season 10

[sylviap63]

Wonderful voices!!!! Can they sing in English?

[snpacia]

@sylviap63 they have 2 english songs on their album, Painfully Beautiful and Smile

[breezymary]

1. They CAN sing.

2. They're ATTRACTIVE.

3. They're ITALIAN.

♥ O H M Y G O D ♥

[SpaghettiGirl1982]

They are absolutely fabulous, magnificent voices & beautiful in appearance. I understand they went platinum in Italy. I don't know if it will happen here - if there is an audience to support this type of singing. I hope so because I'd like to see more of them.

[ScarecrowHuggins]

Opera singing Drake and Josh.

[letmebyrsunshine3]

ABSOLUTLY BREATH TAKING - Wish more American singers would sing as great as this group - being in Italian enhances the song. Hope they have a wonderful life.

[Zarpado4]

@PaolitaFernanda I dont believe they wont be appreciated in America because im from Argentina and i love their music, and many more AMERICAN countries like them. Maybe your intention was to write "USA" or "United States", if that so, apologize my misunderstanding.

[501998]

Gianluca you are so hot and I love his voice too

[lMPOSSIBLEISNOTHING]

Il Divo vs Il Volo..?!?!..

[stelladinord]

Voces angelicales!

[patyrocker]

@snpacia also This Time

[DjSgirl9]

One word: AMAZING! 

[PaolitaFernanda]

Sadly they will never make it big in america. America only likes crap music with "good beats" that talks about important things such as" haterz , hoes and hustling" or whatever. And lets not forget how they just LOOVE untalented pretty faces that use autotune to sound "good".....yep thats what it takes to make the big bucks.

So yea, sorry Il Volo, as the REAL musicians that you are, because of your deep beautiful lyrics, you wont be appreciated in america.