Casey Abrams of 'American Idol' to Sing Despite Hospitalization

On Thursday night's 'American Idol,' Casey Abrams made the cut as a season 10 top 24 finalist. Sadly, he watched that episode from a hospital bed after being admitted Wednesday for stomach pains. For the past two days, it's been up in the air whether he'd be well enough for Friday's taping of the top 12 men's performances.

Luckily for all of his fans in American, Abrams has been released and will be able to tape. "He is performing tonight," a source close to the show tells PEOPLE. "He had some stomach pains but he will perform."

As the first contestant in the history of 'Idol' to perform with an upright bass, Abrams has separated himself from the pack as one of the more unique contestants. "I don't think we've ever seen a musician as talented as yourself," judge Randy Jackson said on Thursday's episode. "It's like three people in one."

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'Bachelor' Aaron Buerge Says He's Not Broke, Despite Bankruptcy Filing

Aaron Buerge, the star of 'The Bachelor' season two, says that despite recently filing for bankrupcy, he's far from broke.

Buerge is now the proud father of an 18-month-old daughter with his wife, Angye McIntosh, who he met after calling off his engagement with 'Bachelor' contestant Helene Eksterowicz.

Despite his happy home life, things haven't been as great on the business front for Buerge, a restaurant owner and banker, who declared personal bankruptcy last week. Buerge says that his financial troubles are the result of the collapse of a bank with whom he held a business loan. When the loan was transferred to a new institution, he was asked to pay up sooner than he had anticipated.

"We've been making payments ... every month, but they've just been pushing to come after some private assets that I might have," he tells PEOPLE.

"I'm not broke," he says. "I'm not in financial distress -- nothing like that. Otherwise, I wouldn't be paying everybody."

While Buerge's current $9.3 million in debt looms large, particularly when up against his comparatively paltry $2.3 million in personal assets, his focus remains on his family and not his finances.

"I'm more focused on my family than on continuing to pay to fight the lawsuit for who-knows-how-long," he says. "I'm a family guy now. That kind of changes a guy's priorities in life."

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