American Idol: 3 more to the top 12, and the wild card round begins

This year's idol sucks. No real stand out up to now. All sounds mediocre and that fourth judge thing is ridiculous. Paula is right on point this season even better than Kara. What p*ssed me off was their decision to put through no talented people like Norman and Tatiana just for the shock value while wasting other people's talent - most of whom was sent home. Won't be watching this year.

This year's Idol is the pitts, this coming from soneone who watched and enjoyed since its inception. The real talents this season got away and in its place you have jokers and untalented people like Normal Gentle - such a joke and waste of other people's time and talent and bipolar Tatiana. Sad but won't be watching this year.

Gotta agree with all the folks who wanted Ju'not in the Final 12 and were surprised when he didnt make it. His vocals were very good and he had that smooth vibe that others have already noted. I would have found it interesting to see what he would do each week as the contest moved forward. Really, there are a lot of nameless and faceless people in the Final 12, especially among the women. Partly cause few of them have stood out and partly cause, with 36 finalist to start with, there were just too many people to keep up with. Some got very little airtime or attention, so they had little time to make an impression.
And yes, the Crazy Train, Tatiana, has returned to the station. Truthfully, I dont know if she is an actual lunatic or if she is putting us all on to get attention, and I dont much care. To me, her vocals were good enought to earn her a spot in the Final !2, especially when you consider how average some of the others are. Does she deserve to be there at the expense of Ju'not or even several of the others who were not chosen, but had relatively good performances? In Ju'nots' case, definitely not, for some of the others, I guess it's a matter of taste.

I was VERY disappointed when Ju 'not was NOT picked for the wild card. Are they crazy???? I know it's to each their own but c'mon...this guy has a great voice and he's very smooth. Too bad....it would've been nice hearing him sing every week.
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My favorites from the third group were Lil Rounds, Von and Junot. I was surprised Junot was not one of the 8. I hope Von makes it. I think Simon loves Anoopdog Millionaire so he gets in. I think they also pick Tatiana because she will be this season's Sanjaya and since there's only 3 women in the group of 9, I suspect a total of 2 women will be picked tonight.

I am in agreement with the judges on all their picks, except Tatiana. "Dear God No! No! No! " my daughter and I both shouted, when they said her name..like a bad dream you're having again... Her drama queen ways, and arrogance are painful, and disturbing to watch! Peurto Ricans, and latins are emotional people, I know, but, she's way over the top....

Man, some TERRIBLE picks. First of all, I have to say, with no meanness intended, that many of America's voted picks are so boring. Kris Allen? Michael Sarver? Jorge? Yawn. On the other end of the spectrum, we have Gorkey, Lambert, MacIntyre, and Rounds being spoon-fed to us by the producers and judges as the next incarnation of supreme awesomeness. And I resent that kind of pimping. They each have good voices (Scott less so than the other three), but the interference makes me less excited about any of them in the competition.

That said, I agree with lots of the other comments here; Tatiana was no surprise (bring on the drama!), but definitely a disappointment when KRISTIN MCNAMARA is standing right there. A real voice. Did they really have to give her one last punch in the gut by picking Tatiana over her? Or Von? Or Jasmine Murray? Sheesh. I'm also disappointed about no Mishavonna or Ju'not. Mish can really sing (much more "package" than Jasmine, imo), while Ju'not was the only singer with some creativity, who made the Delilah song his own. That said, I love Anoop and will be routing madly for him (even though he looked peeved last night).

I'm hoping the singer perform and the judges each pick one, leaving us with a Top 13.

Tatiana? Gotta be a producer pick. She's a blooming idiot.

Do we actually know that these are the only 8 in the Wild Card? It seems like it'd make more sense to pick 4 from each of the three rounds, make it 12, and the Judges just wanted a chance to talk about the current round after seeing who was through. It wouldn't surprise me to see them bring back four more at the start of tonight's show, and I'd be shocked if Ju'Not isn't one of them.

Doesn't make sense for this not to be true, since group 3 didn't seem particularly weaker than the first two. Why wouldn't they play by the same rules?

I am surprised, if I'm right, that Ryan didn't tell us this, though.

The competition this year is aw-ful.Face it,who wants to tell a blind guy he's just OK but not good enough for a record contract? He's getting the pity vote. Did anyone think he was NOT going on further last night? NO! Granted some of them are GOOD,but no one has stepped it up,we'll see.