When I first found out that I was an Idol finalist, I cried tears of happiness. I was just so happy, and my family was there and the fact that got to see that moment and share that moment with me was just everything to me.

In September 2012 Toscano finiPia Toscanod shooting her debut role in the film Grace Unplugged. She performed the National Anthem and "God Bless America" for the Brooklyn Cyclones the Mets' minor league team several times a year for three years. On July 5 2011 it was announced that Toscano had officially signed with Interscope Records.

Pia Ann Rose Toscano (born October 14 1988) is an American singer from Howard Beach New York. Some viewers and media outlets described Toscano's departure as one of the most shocking eliminations in American Idol history.