American Idol 2012--Live Thread

americanidol.com ^ | January 18, 2012

[ken5050]

Is this the, ahem..”whitest” top 24 ever?

[Netizen]

Hmmm maybe that is why they want to add a 13th so they can bring a black guy back.

[retrokitten]

I totally agree about it feeling rushed. The first time I watched it, I kept saying, “WHAT?!?!!” every 5 minutes. I don’t even really dislike Megan- I just dislike her with Don.

I am so curious to see what becomes of Joan and Roger. I so hope she ditches Dr. Rapey.

[Netizen]

http://www.buddytv.com/articles/american-idol/american-idol-poll-who-should-44159.aspx

Who should they bring back?

[silent_jonny]

The 2012 Top 24

(Click Here for Video Interviews of the Singers)

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Aaron Marcellus
27 years old
Atlanta, GA

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Adam Brock
27 years old
Washington, PA

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Baylie Brown
22 years old
Krum, TX

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Brielle Von Hugel
17 years old
Staten Island, NY

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Chase Likens
20 years old
Point Pleasant, WV

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Chelsea Sorrell
23 years old
Stokesdale, NC

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Colton Dixon
20 years old
Murfreesboro, TN

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Creighton Fraker
28 years old
Queens, NY

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DeAndre Brackensick
17 years old
San Jose, CA

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Eben Franckewitz
15 years old
Loveland, OH

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Elise Testone
28 years old
Charleston, SC

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Erika Van Pelt
26 years old
South Kingstown, RI

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Haley Johnsen
23 years old
Beaverton, OR

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Hallie Day
24 years old
Baltimore, MD

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Heejun Han
22 years old
Flushing, NY

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Hollie Cavanagh
18 years old
McKinney, TX

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Jen Hirsh
25 years old
Agoura Hills, CA

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Jeremy Rosado
19 years old
Valrico, FL

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Jessica Sanchez
16 years old
San Diego, CA

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Joshua Ledet
19 years old
Westlake, LA

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Phillip Phillips
21 years old
Leesburg, GA

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Reed Grimm
26 years old
Ellsworth, WI

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Shannon Magrane
16 years old
Tampa, FL

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Skylar Laine
18 years old
Brandon, MS

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A SURPRISE SAVE

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Who Will The Judges Bring Back?

At the end of Thursday's final judgment episode, a dramatic twist was revealed. One of these four contestants – Jermaine Jones, Johnny Keyser, Richie Law, and David Leathers – will get a second chance and join the male semi-finalists next week on a special night, Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 8/7c on FOX.

[silent_jonny]

Ping to Pics & Bios to The Top 24 (or 25) Above

Have a great weekend! See you Tuesday.

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

[Netizen]

Thanks for that. You have a nice weekend, too. We got a bunch of snow yesterday. would you like to trade weather? :)

[twin2]

Sure are a lot of blondes.

You just might like this season.

[Nea Wood]

Sure are a lot of blondes.

To make it even more confusing, among the blondes are a Hollie, a Hallie and a Hayley!!

[HalfFull]

Thanks. My favorite voice so far belongs to Chelsea Sorrell.

I believe they will bring back the large crying guy.

[ken5050]

Tampa is just going WILD over Shannon McGrane..all over the local radio and TV...I like her..also, any of the HOT “H” girls..Hollie, Hallie, Haley..works for me..

[GracieOMalley]

Thank you for the bios.

This will help me to keep everyone straight in my mind.

Though there will be confusion with all the “H” girls.

[Shelayne]

Thank you, Jonny! Since I missed most of it, that was very helpful, though I honestly do not remember some of them. LOL.

I think they bring back the big blubbering black guy. Why else would they show us footage of him sobbing in the fetal postition? LOL. I think that is their #13.

Oh joy.

[stylecouncilor]

Jon Hamm missed you guys last night!



The show is torture without the thread! :)

[slugbug]

Yay-FR us back up and running! See you tonight!

[slugbug]

*is* I hate when I make typos....

[GracieOMalley]

What a shame that this thread was down last night. It was a very good show. I was impressed by the level of professionality.

It’s hard to pick 5 top guys from that very excellent group.

Joshua was outstanding; I still like quirky Phil; the “saved” Jermaine is more suitable for Broadway; the Bieber lookalike ( Eben) will of course win the preteen vote. Dee-Andre is different vocally, but musically very gifted.

Do not like: Fraker (something does not ring true); Reed (what’s with the tight pants?); Marcellus (too retro).

So-So: Heejun; Skunkhead; Jeremy; The Chef (Adam). All will do well on a cruise ship (preferably not an Italian one) or in a club atmosphere. Chase is too Broadway.

[Netizen]

Yeah it will be interesting to see who stays. We all guessed right as to who they were bringing back.

I don’t like Fraker either and Reed Grimm squirms around too much.

Eben was weak but, I hope he gets to stay.

I was worried that once they picked their own song choices that it wouldn’t be so enjoyable. While the did well, it just wasn’t as good as other episodes. imo

[slugbug]

Oh I like Heejun! I also really like Phillip Phillips and DeAndre...I’m still debating whether I like Skunkhead or not...will be interesting to see who gets voted off...

[CounterCounterCulture]

Just caught up with last night’s performances. I’d give a slight edge to Deandre (”Reasons”). Most of the field was pretty good.

Young Eben has a nice voice, but he should never ever sing Adele songs again (might survive anyway if he carries the younger voter base). Reed didn’t quite do it for me with his version of “Moves Like Jagger.”