Hollywood, here we come. Yep, twice as many girls as guys…that’s about how the auditions we saw ratioed out. (See my picks for Top 24 two posts below this one.) Of the 48 successful auditions showcased, only 19 were guys.<\/p>\n
Okay, Jory Steinberg. She’s one of my picks. Ooh, she and Paula are wardrobe twins. Not sure if that’s good or not… She sounded good to me. Just grabbing names for future reference: Geri Guyer, Kelly Caruso, Lisa Morrison, Christen Itam, Jeromishia Lemar. Haven’t seen any of them before. And they’re all gone. So I’m 0 for 24 so far…<\/p>\n
Perla Meneses. She’s on my “won’t make it” list. Dude, that’s the same song she sung for the audition. Probably not a good move. Rachel Jenkins, the Reservist. I like her, but I don’t think she’s got enough. Perla’s through, Rachel’s not. I still predict Perla won’t make the final cut.<\/p>\n
Baylie Brown. I think she’ll make it. Yep. Ashlyn Carr, Porcelana Patino, Sarah Burgess, all gone. I hoped Sarah would make the finals, but the other two don’t surprise me at all. Anyway, Sarah makes two of my picks gone. Crap. Nicole Turner–we haven’t seen her before, I don’t think.<\/p>\n
Melinda Doolittle, Gina Glockson, Tatiana McConnico, Jamie Lynn Ward are all through. Melinda’s on my definite list, the other three on my second tier one.<\/p>\n
Time for the guys. Four less boys than girls? Does that mean they’re picking 16 girls and 8 boys? Or did I completely mishear that?<\/p>\n
Brian Miller. Several of them are resinging their original audition songs. Maybe that’s what they’re doing, then. My bad. I like his voice, but he just doesn’t seem all there to me. Jerrod Fowler. Navy guy! I like him. Matt Sato–not sure he’s got what it takes, either, although I have him pegged as a dark horse at this point. Oh, and there’s Chris Sligh. Ooh, Matt’s through and Jerrod’s not? Misguessed that one. But I knew Chris Sligh was going to make it through. Matt’s gotta quit with the crying, though. He’s like the male Klancie Keough (from Australian Idol<\/i>).<\/p>\n
Also through: Blake Lewis (cool!), Nick Pedro (awesome!), Phil Stacy and Sean Michel (I cut both of them for my lists).<\/p>\n
Next up, group round. *shudder* Ooh, they have to pick their own groups? And it can be boy\/girl, and different numbers of people? We’re going for maximum conflict here, apparently! Hey, one of the singing cowboys is back! My least favorite of the three! I’m abusing punctuation!! Amanda and Antonella bickering already. Great. And Baylie’s in their group, too. Three of my faves (especially Antonella)…if they can’t get it together, they’ll drag each other down. Grr. And the attack of the forgotten lyrics. Always a popular problem. Commercial teaser–one of the Amanda\/Antonella\/Baylie group is gone. Hope it’s Amanda. I’m sorry, was that mean? I just like the other two better.<\/p>\n
House<\/i> tonight is a patient who can’t feel pain. Didn’t Grey’s Anatomy<\/i> do that like a month ago?<\/p>\n
And they’re being really tough on lyrics. So there goes Matt. Oh, that’s Sanjaya Malakar, isn’t it? Wasn’t sure if he’d gotten through. Perla, what the hell was that? Hey, Marisa’s not bad. Yep, told you. Perla’s out. Oh, and Rudy Cardenas is through, too. Cool. Awesome group. Really uses Blake’s beatboxing to good effect. Very well done. THAT’S what group needs to do. And Sundance is still around. But not nearly as impressive as he was in auditions. But apparently impressive enough for Paula.<\/p>\n
Ooh, Baylie, that’s some serious lyric forgetting. You’re totally screwed. But Antonella did really good, I thought. But as a group performance, it was really really weak and boring. So there goes Baylie. I thought they were going to stay friends, right? Or…not. Okay, Amanda is totally two-faced and I’m not at all happy with her. Antonella was the only one who came through that whole experience well, I think. There goes Sean Michel and Michelle Steingas. Are they going to reveal the final cut tonight? Last year they had a separate show for that. Or maybe that’s what they’ll do tomorrow? I don’t think there’s time tonight, anyway. Only eight minutes.<\/p>\n
How in hell is Norbit<\/i> the number one movie in the country? I do not understand American moviegoers. I swear, every time I see the trailer for it, my IQ drops a little, along with a few brain cells for good measure.<\/p>\n
Now for the rooms. Room #1 includes, I believe: Gina Glockson, Haley Scarnato, Blake Lewis, Rudy Cardenas, Chris Sligh, Paul Kim, cowboy guy from last year. And they’re through. Room #2 has: Nick Pedro, Antonella Barba, Tami Gosnell, Thomas Daniels, maybe Chris Richardson, Sundance Head, Lakisha Jones, Sanjaya Malakar, Alaina Alexander. And they’re through. Good. Room #3 then, is not going through: Amanda Coluccio, Shyamali Malakar (*pout*), Jamie Lynn Ward, Brian Miller. Aw, Sanjaya’s so sweet. I love him. But I really, really, really wish Shyamali had made it through.<\/p>\n
And Top 24 tomorrow revealed tomorrow. Here’s the list of original auditioners that went to Hollywood, chronologically by audition appearance. The bolded ones are in the final forty.<\/p>\n
Denise Jackson<\/a> – never saw during Hollywood rounds (if I say this, means I didn’t see them…could’ve been there and I missed them; could, in fact, be in that final forty, though I expect they would’ve shown them more prominently in that case) Hollywood, here we come. Yep, twice as many girls as guys…that’s about how the auditions we saw ratioed out. (See my picks for Top 24 two posts below this one.) Of the 48 successful auditions showcased, only 19 were guys. Okay, Jory Steinberg. She’s one of my picks. Ooh, she and Paula are wardrobe twins. 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\nPerla Meneses<\/a> – cut during group round
\nJerrod Fowler<\/a> – cut during initial Hollywood round
\nMichelle Steingas<\/a> – cut during group round
\nMatt Sato<\/a> – cut during group round
\nRachel Jenkins<\/a> – cut during initial Hollywood round
\nSarah Krueger<\/a> – never saw during Hollywood rounds
\nThomas Daniels<\/b><\/a> – I believe he was in room #2, therefore, in the final forty
\nBlake Lewis<\/b><\/a> – in the final forty
\nShyamali Malakar<\/a> – in room #3, cut in during last Hollywood round
\nSanjaya Malakar<\/b><\/a> – in the final forty
\nRudy Cardenas<\/b><\/a> – in the final forty, I believe
\nAnna Kearns<\/b><\/a>? – not positive, but she may be in the room #1 and #2 reunion scene, in which case she’s in the final forty
\nJordin Sparks<\/a> – never saw during Hollywood rounds, but it’s quite possible I missed her–there were several people who looked sort of like her
\nSundance Head<\/b><\/a> – in the final forty
\nDanielle McCulloch<\/a> – never saw during Hollywood rounds
\nSean Michel<\/a> – cut during group round
\nMelinda Doolittle<\/b><\/a> – she definitely made it through the initial round, but I didn’t see her after that. Anyone? edit<\/i>: Doing slo-mo on the rooms, I think she’s in room #1. Whew.
\nPhilip Stacy<\/a> – he also made it through the initial round, but I don’t remember him later.
\nSarah Burgess<\/a> – cut during initial round
\nAmanda Coluccio<\/a> – in room #3, cut in the final round
\nAntonella Barba<\/b><\/a> – in the final forty
\nKia Thornton<\/a> – don’t remember seeing in Hollywood
\nJenry Bejarano<\/a> – don’t remember seeing, which is disappointing, because he’s totally hot
\nJory Steinberg<\/a> – cut during initial round
\nPorcelana Patino<\/a> – cut during initial round
\nRachel Zavita<\/a> – don’t remember seeing
\nChris Richardson<\/b><\/a> – I think he may have been in room #2, and thus in the final forty, but I wouldn’t swear to it, and I don’t remember seeing him in any of the earlier rounds
\nNicholas Pedro<\/b><\/a> – in the final forty
\nKatie Bernard<\/a> – never saw her
\nTatiana McConnico<\/a> – she made it through the initial round, but I don’t think I saw her after that; she might be in room #2 and the final forty, but I’m by no means sure
\nBernard Williams<\/b><\/a>? – might possibly have been in room #1, and the final forty
\nJamie Lynn Ward<\/a> – in room #3, cut in the final round
\nChris Sligh<\/b><\/a> – in the final forty
\nAlaina Alexander<\/b><\/a> – I was worried about her all night! But then she was in room #2, so she’s in the final forty
\nBrandon Rogers<\/a> – don’t remember seeing him
\nBrian Miller<\/a> – in room #3, cut from final round
\nHaley Scarnato<\/b><\/a> – another of my early favorites, and she was in room #1, and thus in the final forty
\nBaylie Brown<\/a> – cut from group round
\nAkron Watson<\/a> – never saw him
\nAshlyn Carr<\/a> – cut from initial round
\nJimmy McNeal<\/b><\/a> – in the final forty
\nTami Gosnell<\/b><\/a> – in the final forty
\nPaul Kim<\/b><\/a> – in the final forty
\nGina Glockson<\/b><\/a> – in the final forty
\nAshley Cleland<\/a> – never saw
\nEbony Jointer<\/a> – don’t remember seeing, though she was quite good and I hope I’m wrong
\nLakisha Jones<\/b><\/a> – I’m pretty sure she was in room #2 and therefore the final forty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"