American Idol – the top 24 revealed
I hope everyone has recovered from last night’s drinking game in time for round two! It took less than a minute for Ryan Seacrest to utter “the final judgment” on Wednesday’s episode. Bottoms up!
As I predicted yesterday, Janell Wheeler (“If I was bikini girl, I’d kiss you right now”), Tyler Grady, Ashley Rodriguez, Crystal Bowersox, Katie Stevens, Jermaine Sellers, Haeley Vaughn (wearing the same headband I bought at Target two months ago), and Andrew Garcia have made the AI9 top 24. Congratulations! I love when my early faves go far in the competition. *patting myself on the back* I was happy to see dark horse Alex Lambert (no relation to Adam) make it through too. Unfortunately for some other dark horses – Joe Munoz, Paige Miles, Michelle Delamor, and John Park – their “final judgements” were shown very quickly and without any backstory. They’ll need to have strong performances in the semi-finals to win over the fans who’ve already started to pick their favorites from the previously pimped contestants.
And unfortunately for many the rejected contestants, the show rubbed salt in their wounds by giving them little or no attention as their “final judgment” was announced. Numerous nameless auditioners were glossed over in a terse montage of rejection. Sad. Even sadder? Angela Martin, who has made it to Hollywood week three times, had to withdraw from the competition twice before, and was sent packing by the judges this year. Poor thing. Based on what was broadcast on tv, I thought she might be good enough to make it through. Hopefully Idol hasn’t totally crushed her dreams. She’s talented.
Now if you were watching closely (and taking notes like I was), you should have noticed that only 23 contestants’ “final judgments” at the Kodak Theatre were broadcast this week. Why? According to the source of all AI scoop, MJ’s Big Blog, Chris Golightly (the guy with the really blonde curly hair wearing a green shirt and standing between Michael and Todrick when Seacrest said “your top 12 guys”) was originally named to the top 24 in January but was disqualified recently for something relating to a previous recording contract. Tim Urban, the teenager who in my opinion performed poorly in Hollywood, has been chosen as his replacement. I don’t expect him to last very long.
If you weren’t keeping score at home, here’s your top 24:
Michael Lynche Didi Benami
Casey James Katelyn Epperly
Aaron Kelly Janell Wheeler
Lee Dewyze Lacey Brown
Todrick Hall Ashley Rodriguez
Tyler Grady Crystal Bowersox
Alex Lambert Katie Stevens
Joe Munoz Lilly Scott
Jermaine Sellers Paige Miles
John Park Siobhan Magnus
Andrew Garcia Michelle Delamor
Tim Urban Haeley Vaughn
Check out the link to MJ’s Big Blog above to see and hear more about this season’s top 24. If I had to choose the top 12 right now, I’d go with Michael, Casey, Todrick, Tyler, Jermaine, Andrew, Didi, Katelyn, Janell, Crystal, Katie, and Haeley just based on what we’ve seen so far. But who knows? Maybe one of the little publicized dark horses will surprise us all.
Now brace yourselves: next week we get THREE nights of Idol! The top 12 girls perform on Tuesday in the season’s first live show when we, the viewers, will finally get the chance to vote. Get your phones ready! The top 12 guys will perform on Wednesday, and 4 contestants (2 girls, 2 guys) will be eliminated on Thursday. This pattern will continue for the next three weeks until the field is narrowed down to the top 12. Nine episodes of Idol – over a dozen broadcast hours – in the next 3 weeks?! I might need a drinking game to get through it! Any suggestions now that “the final judgment” is complete?
- Angela Pasquinelli
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