American Idol: The Top 24 Revealed

i am glad that i am not the only one who thought that josiah was not talented and only memorable because he was using his car as a hotel. apparently, he has a family and home and left it to audition for american idol. i agree that it is not fair that some of the top 24 got showcased and the rest did not. again, the producers want the attention on their choices for the top 12. in any event, michael johns is an early favorite. carly, talented but nothing unusual. hate the tatoos and fake tears. am i the only one who noticed that her tongue seem discolored? very distracting...

BEST Top 24 yet!
Can't wait to start voting.
Can't wait to start watching.
I can only hope it'll be a nail-biter with all that talent.
Hope AI doesn't screw it up for them.

So glad they didn't put thru: Kyle either. Thank goodness they have finally learned - no cheesy bad singers with a good personality.

I am glad they did not put Josiah thru. He sang fine, but he's not ready. No way is he as good as any of the other 24. He's got charm, but at the same time is a bit annoying. He seems, to me, to might be better fronting a band. I couldn't really see him singing solo each night. He could barely do it during Hollywood week. He's just young and inexperienced.
He can always re-audition next year.
(He CHOOSE to live in his car. No one thru him out, no one abused him. He told his parents he was staying with friends).
They spent WAY too much time on him , when they could have used at least 5 min of that time to show us the 4 people of the top 24 that we never saw.
Plus I am really tired of AI putting thru the weak but cute/sob story contestants who always outlive their welcome.
The show is so much better when we have really talented performers that are ready to make it. Like Daughtry, Clarkson, Underwood.
As for the mom posting saying that she wants only teens for her teenager...well they had that: American Jr's. Only on one season.
Wouldn't you prefer talented performers that your daughter/children could praise, learn from, then cute tiger-beat boys?
That's way winners don't always make successful albums or careers. Because of the way the voting is done. The people voting don't buy albums.

The rocker chick (with the "edgy" hairdo that makes her look 15 years older) is a one trick pony that won't last long. I got irritated with her "Light My Fire" audition about 20 seconds in.

Josiah was dramatic fluff for the elimination show. He obviously can't work with other musicians and really isn't that good. His "Stand by Me" audition tells you his internal tuning fork is warped.

My early pick to win is the 16 year old young man (his name escapes me!)

Even tough Josiah's final audition sucked, I think the bigger reason he was sent home was the fact that He could'nt work with the band. I wonder how much pull the band has on the final say???

Enough about Josiah already! He had a great audition and then shot himself in the foot in Hollywood. No one will remember him when there are 10 contestants left.

My early picks: Asia'H, Syesha, Archuleta and the Aussie.

First to go: the Janis Joplin chick and Noriega.

P.S. - Everybody who says Josiah was overconfident - everybody on this show is overconfident to some degree. Including the ones who are awful and cant sing. How else do you explain getting up in front of the world and saying you are the next American Idol? They all have varying degrees of confidence and over confidence. I think Josiah did have some of that, but I think at the same time he was also very unsure of himself (like Carly).

One more thing and then I am done. When Josiah was being eliminated, did anybody watch Paula's face? She looked pissed. Was she pissed at Josiah or pissed at Randy and Simon for not passing him through? Simon said nothing while Josiah was in the room, but after Josaih left, he said something like "he's a very sweet boy"

Josiah was the most interesting person on the show. Both his audition earlier in the season and his first performance were great. Yes, he was living in his car, but was he playing that for sympathy? I don't think he was anymore then Asia'H, who's father died was playing that for sympathy. Since they only showed us a handful of the finalist, I cannot really be sure the best 24 were picked. I did not see anybody who was bad advanced at least. However, Josiah was my favorite from the first time I saw him. What was the song he sang in Hollywood? Was it another original or was it just a song I don't know? Eventhough his rendition of stand by me may not have worked for Randy, it wasn't bad. That is to say, he changed it and may have been ill advised to do so, but at least his singing was in key. I liked him a lot and dont know if I will bother to watch the rest now that he was eliminated. He was my only pick for the top 12 so far, besides the Australian guy.