American Idol: Top 13!

I know it should be top twelve but the American Idol judges threw us a right curve and allowed four instead of the three contestants on the wild card round tonight. Deliberating quickly, the judges selected Jasmine Murray, Joy Corkrey, Matt Giraud and my personal favorite Anoop Desai through to the final round. They join Adam Lambert, Alexis Grace, Allison Iraheta, Danny Gokey, Jorge Nuñez, Kris Allen, Lil Rounds, Michael Sarver and Scott MacIntyre. Unlike the four finalists announced Thursday night, these nine finalists were determined by vote of "Idol" viewers. The 13 finalists begin the final leg of their quest to win the title of American Idol glory next Tuesday at 7PM on Fox.
Tatiana Del Toro was back to her old crazy self Thursday night, bringing to the stage her annoying laugh and a new inflection in her speaking voice. Paula was quick to remark, "You've grown an accent I've never heard before." Kara was amused by the Puerto Rican's eagerness to adopt yet another stage persona. Kara asked, "Today is a new personality. Who is this?" I really liked her voice but she is just a little too crazy even for me. What do you think of the top 13?

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American Idol Season 8 kicked off today and it was nothing short of an explosion of good and bad singers. There is also a new judge Kara, she is actually going to spice things up and I like that she calls it like it is. Out of the 27 who made it to Hollywood from Arizona we got to see 11.
Emily Wynn-Hughes, J.B. Ahfua, Arianna Afsar, Stevie Wright, Michael Sarver, Katrina Darrell bikini girl), Brianna Quijada, Deanna Brown, Cody Sheldon, Alex Wagner-Trugman and Scott Macintyre. I was impressed with Arianna, Deanna and Scott. Who were your favorites?

What did you think of "bikini girl"? Poor thing she wanted to kiss Ryan Secrest and he denied her. You know she only got in because of her looks, her voice was weak. She actually gave the new judge some attitude and I was glad that Kara schooled her and demonstrated how to sing a Mariah Carey song without going flat at the end of every note.

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