Maybe a last gasp for Philly’s ‘Idol’ wannabes

If Internet rumors are correct, tonight and tomorrow could be viewers' last chances to see Philadelphia-area contestants on

American Idol

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Tonight at 8 on Fox, 164 contestants who passed auditions in seven cities, including Philadelphia, will compete on a Hollywood stage to make the show's final 24.

When that double dozen is announced tomorrow night, hopes for local heroes could turn to major disappointment.

Problem No. 1: Although 29 auditioners got their golden tickets here, not many were from the area.

Not one of the 10 or so selectees named during the televised tryouts came from Philadelphia or its immediate suburban counties, according to one Internet reckoning.

Four Philadelphians, though, were among the singers-to-be-named-later - possibly tonight - according to a list that The Inquirer obtained.

They are Courtney Williams, Leah Guerrier, Steve Hackman and Joshua Arrington.

Also from the region: Michael McLaughlin of Chester; Delawareans Zoltan Hall, of New Castle, Christopher Watson of Dover, and Jonathan Baines of Smyrna; and two singers from near the Shore - Alisha Dixon of Manahawkin and Joey Catalano of Mays Landing.

Wanna catch their acts? Better watch the two-hour cattle call tonight.

A little further afield: Allison Bordlemay, who hails from the Harrisburg area, and North Jersey's Joanne Borgella of Hoboken and Jose Candelaria Jr. of Bayonne.

That leaves 18 Hollywood qualifiers who journeyed here from other states: Arizona, California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Ohio and Virginia.

Problem No. 2: A supposedly leaked list of the final 24 includes no names from Pennsylvania or Delaware, and only one from New Jersey.

That was Hoboken's Borgella.

The only other rumored finalists who tried out here: Oregon's Kristy Lee Cook and California's Brooke White.

If the list proves to be accurate, there's only one final hope: Perhaps someone who lives elsewhere grew up here.

Otherwise, the region's most memorable contributions this season could belong to a few loony tunes.

No one delivered a skeevier serenade than New Hope's Paul Marturano, who sang his suggestive "Stalker" to judge Paula Abdul:

If she was a doggy, I would walk her

If she were a blackboard, I would chalk her

If I were Columbo, I'd Peter Falk her,

But I'm not, so I'll just stalk her.

Also out-there was Ben Haar, 27, of Newark, Del., who got his chest waxed because Abdul was repulsed by the growth jutting through his Princess Leia costume.

Jabba, ten hut!

And, of course, who can forget Allentown's Alexis Cohen, the overly glittered gal who swore like a longshoreman while ranting, fingers up, about judge Simon Cowell.

"Philadelphia's scariest woman," Ryan Seacrest said.