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Caleb Kennedy, a top 5 finalist on “American Idol,” will no longer compete on the show after a controversial old video of the young singer circulated on social media this week.
The Times confirmed Thursday that Kennedy, 16, will not move forward on ABC’s singing competition, and Sunday’s episode will “feature the Top 4 with one contestant elimination.”
The news comes after a damaging video of Kennedy surfaced online Tuesday. In it, the singer sits next to a person in a pointed white sheet with eyeholes cut out, closely resembling a Ku Klux Klan hood. The word “bow” is captioned over the clip. YouTube personality Def Noodles (Dennis Feitosa) shared the clip on Twitter, where it has already attracted more than 100,000 views.