The auditions are over and the Hollywood round has ended and the judges have chosen their 24 semifinalists. Now, America gets to decide who moves on and who goes home. The next three weeks, the girls perform on one night, and the guys on the next night. The 2 least voted girls and 2 least voted guys are eliminated. The pressure is up a notch. It's time to bring it or else go home.
Theme: Hits from the Billboard Charts
Choosing the right song is very important, along with confidence, stage presence, and charisma. All those elements will garner enough votes from the viewers to stay in the competition.
Top 12 Girls
Paige Miles-"It's All Right Now"-Free-Simon thinks that she has the best voice out of all the girls; not a good song choice; soul; great job; good stage presence; Paige is safe!
Ashley Rodriguez-"Happy"-Leona Lewis; Big song to sing; Kara asked her to pick songs that will make her standout; predictable; safe; clumsy; going backwards; no originality; On the bubble
Janell Wheeler-"What About Love"-Heart; bad song choice; Randy still likes her; pitchy; Ellen likes her; off key; she may be back next week
Lilly Scott-"Fixing A Hole"-The Beatles; I am unfamiliar with that song; played her guitar; random song choice; standout; lack of star power; best performance of the night so far; sang from the heart; believable; real indie artist; honest; Lilly moves on to the next round
Katelyn Epperly-"Oh Darling"-The Beatles; Very unfamiliar with that song; Simon likes her quirkiness; brave song choice; knows what she is doing; Kara hates her look; she could go places; Caught Ellen's attention; Katelyn stays; needs to work on her image
Haeley Vaughn-"I Wanna Hold Your Hand"-The Beatles; had fun, energetic; technical abilities need improvement; shined on stage; complete and utter mess; Haeley could stay for another week
Lacey Brown-"Landslide"-Fleetwood Mac; not the right song for Lacey's voice; terrible; boring; out of tune; Lacey's going home this week!
Michelle Delamor-"Falling"-Alicia Keys; fantastic; capable of better; done enough to move on to next week; lack of believability; tough song; need to take more risks
Didi Benami-"The Way I Am"-Ingrid Michaelsen; dreary; lack of sparks; lack of star quality; low key first impression; Didi's going home
Siobhan Mangus-"Wicked Game"-Chris Isaak; Kara liked her performance; in the zone; marginal song choice; mysterious; dark; Siobhan's back next week
Crystal Bowersox-"Hand in My Pocket"-Alanis Morrisette; One of Randy's favorites; refreshing; copycat; Crystal's back next week
Katie Stevens-"Feeling Good"-Michael Buble; needs to be contemporary; all over the place; has ridiculous chops; Huge voice-Katie can improve next week!!
Going Home?: Lacey Brown, Didi Benami
Top 12 Guys
Todrick Hall-"Since You've Been Gone"-Kelly Clarkson; great stage presence; way over the top; crazy arrangement; took a risk; Todrick's safe!!
Aaron Kelly-"Here Comes Goodbye"-Rascal Flatts; good performance; needs to be more confident; the judges are impressed; Aaron will be back next week
Jermaine Sellers-"Get Here"-Oleta Adams; Ellen likes his look; tried too hard; needs to be a current recording artist; cabaret-type performance; on the bubble
Tim Urban-"Apologize"-One Republic; awful performance; weak vocals; wrong song choice; going home; shouldn't be in the top 24 in the first place
Joe Munoz-"You and I Both"-Jason Mraz; Ellen liked it; great stage presence; consistent; too safe; needs to step up his game; Joe will stay for another week
Tyler Grady-"American Woman"-Lenny Kravitz; cliched; needs to focus on his vocals; lack of charisma; needs to change his godawful 1970s outfits; Tyler's time on Idol is up
Lee DeWyze-"Chasing Cars"-Snow Patrol; played his guitar; screechy; Randy hated the song; needs to choose a better song; Simon called it "the best performance of the night"; authentic voice; Lee's safe!
John Park-"God Bless the Child"-Billie Holiday; flat; no emotion; pointless performance; boring; wrong song choice; no chance of making top 12; John may be in trouble
Michael Lynche-"This Love"-Maroon 5; played his guitar; great song choice; energetic; Ellen enjoyed it; vague; needs to step up his performances to stay in the competition
Alex Lambert-"A Wonderful World"-James Morrison; uncomfortable performance; the nerves got the best of him; copycat; has great potential; Alex needs to get his act together or else he is booted from the competition
Casey James-"Heaven"-Bryan Adams; Kara was flirtatious; Eye candy and ear candy; great song choice; fits his voice perfectly; Casey's safe!
Andrew Garcia-"Sugar We're Going Down"-Fall Out Boy; Simon was disappointed; too serious; strange arrangement; needs to get better
Going home?: Tim Urban, Tyler Grady
Results-24 million votes were cast
Safe:
Girls: Siobhan Mangus, Haeley Vaughn, Michelle Delamor, Katelyn Epperly, Katie Stevens, Paige Miles, Lacey Brown, Lilly Scott, Crystal Bowersox, Didi Benami
Guys: Michael Lynche, John Park, Aaron Kelly, Todrick Hall, Tim Urban, Casey James, Jermaine Sellers, Lee DeWyze, Andrew Garcia, Alex Lambert
Eliminated: Janell Wheeler, Ashley Rodriguez, Joe Munoz, Tyler Grady
Group Performance: "American Boy"
Performances: Season 8 finalist Alison Iraheta and Season 8 champion Kris Allen who just went to earthquake-ravaged Haiti
Idol Gives Back-April 21--can't wait for that event
Next week, the top 20--10 girls-Tuesday night & 10 guys Wednesday night=Next week's performances will be better-I hope or Simon will be on the warpath
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