Feb 17

[Dragonmom]

I always like to critique my favs, etc...but before I go any further..I have a couple questions. Is this the way they did things last season? It's done differently right? Doesn't seem fair that only three out of the first 12 are going through. I wanted to pick more!!! And there's three groups of 12..so after picking three of each group..that only leaves 9. I heard something about wild cards..will there be three wild cards..to make up 12 contestants? I haven't been keeping up with the voting process..help me here!

Ok...so that being said and asked...ha ha. Here's what I thought about tonight's show.

Jackie...I like her..she has that raspy voice. Kinda reminds me of Janis Joplin. She did ok... and her stage presence was good..but she wasn't one of my favorites. Don't think she'll make it through

Ricky...very good!! He's one of my picks to make it through

Alexis...the cute blonde with the pink in her hair...very good! I think she'll make it through

Brent...the country singer..singing Hick Town. Just ok. Didn't wow me

Stevie... BAD!!!

Anoop... nice looking guy..likeable... nice voice. I think he could make it through

Casey...No! Dull

Michael...oil rig dude..just ok. Love his song..but heard better versions

Ann Marie... Good. But seems judges thought otherwise.

Stephen..the black guy. Again I liked him...but Judges had criticism.

Tatiana..the annoying one..well, she surprized everyone. She mellowed out! The judges were puzzled..like she's some kind of Jeckyl and Hyde or something..lol. She did alright..just not one of my favs

Danny...I've loved him from the beginning. All the judges loved him!! I love him.

I picked four..not three. I couldn't narrow it down anymore..lol

I say Ricky, Alexis, Anoop and Danny...hopefully three of these four will move on. I really want Danny for sure.

[Catstrack]

Hi DM --

Yeah, it's a bit different this year, isn't it. With three out of each 12 getting fan votes for the first 3 (is it?) weeks after Hollywood week. Not sure about how that wild card thing works... if it's judge selection or another fan vote.

I agree with your thought's about each tonight. Definately, if it's just three to pick mine are Alexis, Anoop and Danny. Of the three...my fav too is Danny. I'd love to see him make it much further on.

Interesting to watch the show and performances before and during Hollywood week and then see how each performs on the big stage with an audience. Seems to sure make a diff.

In closing, I gotta say that Tatiana...even though she does have a good voice and I'll give her that...I thought there were a couple others better and think maybe she just got thru because of her Diva personality. I dunno...just my opinion...lol.

See ya later, my friend. :-)

[Dragonmom]

Tatiana was so annoying..she mellowed out..now they are creeped out by that. It's sort of like "Oh no..what will she do next?"..LOL I thought there were others better than her too.

Catstrack..I love it when I see you posting in here! I still owe you a long email..I promise!

So..we pretty much agree..Dannys' our fav! So far..in this group anyway.

[D00L1Fan]

Hello all, I did a 1-10 rating system of the singers last night, of course 10 being best. Before I get into my own picks, wow am I surprised the wild card round is back!

Here's what I found to help you understand the wildcard process.
How do the wildcards enter the top 12? So as mentioned, we’ve got 3 groups of 12, and we’re to vote in the top girl and guy for each group, plus a 3rd who’s received top votes. That leaves us with 9 finalists. From the remaining semi-finalists, the judges get to invite back their favorites to form the wildcard group. From the wildcard group, we’ll get another 3 finalists who’ll round off the top 12.
Here’s what Ken Warwick, American Idol executive producer, says about the process (http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2008/12/17/american-idol-wild-card-show-will-include-judges-picks/):
“The fourth from those three shows will go through and then the judges can add to it, anybody they like that they thought maybe they knew was better and was just off form. Maybe they picked the wrong song. Whatever reason they choose, they can make that fourth show up to probably about nine or ten people, I haven’t quite decided yet. And then, they will decide who the final three will be.”
I believe that the judges have a big hand on those final 3 spots. If I remember Season 2, the judges picked 3 of the 4 wildcard contestants (they had 4 wildcard contestants then), while the people’s choice was Clay Aiken, who in my opinion, should have been Season 2’s American Idol.
So who are your picks for the first 3 finalists? Who do you think will end up as a wildcard?

My picks, DANNY GOKEY, gave him a 10 before he sang. ALEXIS GRACE, wow, really liked her style and guts to take on Aretha and do a great job on top of that!! RICKY BRADDY also got a 10 from me.

Jackie Tohn kinda looks like a young Debra Winger to me. I like her voice but song selection ( as with most of the contestants) was just bad.

Anyway, we all seem to love Danny and honestly I can't remember who's in the next groups.

[D00L1Fan]

I wish there was a way to bring back Jamar. I hate they only get to pick those that didn't get voted in from their group of 12 to be apart of the wild card round. Doesn't seem fair.

[Dragonmom]

Well..looks like we are all for Danny huh? This Wild card pick should be interesting.

[Tiggermom]

I thought it was painful to watch Casey! lol I have to wonder what she thought when she watched herself. Those movements and weird expressions and the strange winking! lol Wow. I have never seen anyone who actually made it through with those kind of moves and expressions.