[silent_jonny]

(((American Idol Ping)))

FINALLY!

As always, if you want on or off this ping list, just let me know :)

[no more apples]

Hi darlin'! Dolly was pinging you (and so was I, but to mention you were probably busy) on the Finest thread. I'm ready tonight - for the whole show!

[bonfire]

Look for our friend "Amanda" tonight. She was shown alot last week but they didn't show her tryout. She made it to Hollywood but then got cut.

[kevkrom]

Very informal review tonight... with them showing very small parts of lots of folks (though by no means everyone), it's hard to tell too much.

This is the first I recall hearing from Patrick Hall -- he sounds pretty good. Old favorities like Paris Bennett, Katherine McPhee, and Lisa Tucker all did fine (though the latter two had reversed comments from their initial auditions -- this time, Katherine seemed very composed and Lisa was "pushing" a little too much).

I think "Cowboy Kid" was let through to the next round for two reasons: 1) they've probably already decided that unless he completely stunk up the joint, that they would let him stay to the final cut, and 2) although his performance wasn't good, he got the nerves under control this time -- a big improvement in the area he had the biggest problems in during his initial audition.