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"American Idol finalists Haley Reinhart, Lauren Alaina and Scotty McCreery have returned to their hometowns. The season ten Top 3 each travelled to their home states this week for a special visit ahead of next week&amp;#039;s live performances on Wednesday night.  Reinhart was greeted by scores of fans in Wheeling, IL, where she met fans, took part in a parade and performed a concert at Arlington Park Racetrack. The village president also declared May 14 to be Haley Reinhart Day, say local reports. Writing on Twitter ahead of the show, she said: &amp;quot;Thank u guys! Can&amp;#039;t wait 2 put on a show an spread ze love! Come on! Baby don&amp;#039;t u wanna go! Back 2 that same old place! SWEET HOME CHICAGO;) (sic)&amp;quot; As previously reported, McCreery was welcomed home to Garner, NC in a celebration that reportedly cost around $61,000 (\u00A338,000). He visited the store where he used to bag groceries, was awarded the keys to the town and performed at Lake Benson Park where he was joined by Josh Turner on stage. The mayor also declared May 14 to be Scotty McCreery Day. &amp;quot;Yesterday was definitely the best day of my life!&amp;quot; McCreery later wrote on Twitter. &amp;quot;Big thanks to @joshturnermusic for comin out! now us idols are reunited n headin back to LA!&amp;quot; Turner wrote on his own account: &amp;quot;Had a great time in Garner celebrating @smccreeryai10 homecoming. Thanks for letting me be a part of this day.&amp;quot; Finally, Alaina returned to Chattanooga, TN where her schedule included visiting a nearby town that had been affected by the recent tornados and giving a performance at Coolidge Park, where she was handed the keys to the city. She took to Twitter to write simply: &amp;quot;Im home ! I&amp;#039;m home ! I&amp;#039;m home! (: &amp;quot; American Idol continues this Wednesday and Thursday at 8/7c on Fox.  The remaining finalists will each perform three songs (their own choice, the judges&amp;#039; choice and one selected by in-house mentor Jimmy Iovine), while Nicole Scherzinger and 50 Cent and Il Volo will perform on the results show. &amp;gt; Read our full American Idol headlines "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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