Casey Abrams, whom TMZ reports is certainly in American Idol’s Top 24 this year, has been hospitalized. Abrams was dealing with severe stomach pains about three hours before 20 million people were attempting to catch a glimpse of him on Idol’s Wednesday broadcast.

Abrams, 19, was rehearsing in CBS Television City when he became ill. It is expected he will be hospitalized overnight, and perhaps longer. He and the other 12 men in Idol’s Top 24 are scheduled to tape a performance for the show this Friday. We're told that if he’s not well enough to go on stage, Casey Abrams will be eliminated from the contest.

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