Dissecting American Idol Contestants - 2

So we took a look last time at 5 contestants that are poised to sink or swim in the contest. Today we'll look at a few more.


Todrick Hall:
Todrick made a splash early on with his impressive audition. Throughout Hollywood week, Todrick never seemed to fail to impress. His group showed strong in their audition and his charisma is shown through every time he performs. He seems to be very versatile and has hit the mark with everything he's been asked to do. Heck, even the judges didn't waste time in telling him he made it. That should tell you something.

How does he get to the Top 12:
Todrick needs to continue to impress. I really believe if he starts winning over America, he'll get votes even when he has a bad outing. 'If' he has a bad outing.

Joe Munoz:
Joe is someone who we didn't get to see much of. I personally only saw a few small clips of him performing and what I saw, he seemed to impress the judges. He has that cute "David Archuleta" persona and I think possibly will appeal to a younger crowd. He can sing...that much is obvious.

How does he get to the Top 12:
Don't screw up...otherwise, I think he is one and done.

Siobhan Magnus:
With a name like this, one would think that she's a contestant on American Gladiators, not American Idol. Either way, I think she could win both. This girl is one of my early season favorites...based off her talent. She's got that Punky Brewster look infused with some soulful depth and a cuteness that could very well win people over. Hopefully the creative team of AI doesn't take that and blow it up and throw it down your throat. We've seen that with some former contestants that Idol seems to see potential in and dresses them up in stuff that immediately makes you turn the TV off.

How does she get in the Top 12:
I think that as long as she isn't shoved down our throats with over-kill, she's in. Definitely needs to pick the right songs later on.


Ashley Rodriguez:
Ashely wasn't shown much on the early auditions, but what we did see I thought she was decent. Nothing too special, so it should be interesting to see what they show of her in the coming weeks. She certainly has the looks and maybe she has the cool story to go along with it. She's one of the few that I didn't get much of a feeling about that we did get a chance to see a small bit.

How does she get in the Top 12:
Good question...come back to me after I've seen her this week.

Crystal Bowersox:
Mrs. McGoo can tell you, I'm not her biggest fan. She's definitely got some pipes and is probably the closest thing to an Idol Janis Joplin, but I'm not sold. I think it has something to do with the fact that her teeth look like she's taken crystal meth for the past eight years, but I digress. She'll do well if the songs are tailored to singer songwriter and country, but outside of that, I just don't see her delivering great performances of everything.

How does she get in the Top 12:
American voters hold a special affinity for people with bad teeth.


That covers five more contestants....check back for more later.

Dissecting American Idol Contestants

This years American Idol looks to be an interesting one. There is a ton of talent in the top 24, but I haven't seen someone with that WOW factor that some may have seen in the past couple of years.

Here are my thoughts on some of the contestants that we got a chance to see in the early stages and how I think they'll do.


Aaron Kelly:
Aaron has a good last name, but imo, that's about all he's got going for him. I was actually surprised to see him make it this far because I thought his auditions were average at best. Needless to say, I don't expect Aaron to make it very far in this contest.

How does he get to the Top 12: Luck and a lot of young girls voting for him




Andrew Garcia:
Andrew is this season's Danny Gokey. He's got that soul and wrasp that I love. I think Andrew has the talent to take this all the way. The real trick will be seeing how does he handle specific songs that he's got to extend his range with. Danny handled it masterfully last year...how does Andrew handle it?

How does he get into the Top 12: Do what he does best...sing his style and I think he'll coast on his way to the final rounds


Casey James:
Casey seems to be the eye candy for Kara. She hasn't made it a secret that she finds him pretty attractive. He's an interesting pick because he does have talent. My question is does he have enough in the vocal tank to take it all the way? I don't think so. While he's good, I see Casey as someone who will eventually take over for the "Naked Cowboy" in NYC.

How does he get into the Top 12: Get nekkid


Didi Benami:
Mrs. McGoo will let it be known that I called this one early one. After her first performance, I told Mrs. McGoo, "This girl has it." She does. She's got that it factor that I think will take her far. Now...she's very emo, which means she very well could tank early. That being said, I think she's got the looks and the voice to make it. I'm not predicting her to win it all, but I think she has a chance to make some money some day.

How does she get into the Top 12: Song selection and stay cool under pressure


Michael Lynche:
Big Mike was a sentimental favorite of most people early on. He was off chasing his dream, while his wife was back home having a baby. It was an interesting thing to see him going back and forth between auditions and phone calls while his wife was in labor. Big Mike has a smoothness and presence that you don't see very often. It will be interesting to see how well he does when a song is selected that isn't tailored to his liking though.

How does he get into the Top 12: Song selection and winning over the phoning in audience


So there are just a few of the contestants that we'll be looking at. I'll be back with some more later...so come back please...

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American Idol Top 24

I realize this will be my first non-UK post in quite sometime, so for those of you that are looking for more UK stuff, sorry, you'll have to wait a bit.

Wednesday night finished up Hollywood week and we saw the top 24 selected for what should be a great season of American Idol. American Idol has a special place in our marriage because we use to watch it with our friends Don and Jana West when we were doing our pre-marriage counseling with them. We still like to get together with them and AI is usually the night we try and do so.

Even though I'm not great at singing and can't play a note on an instrument, I'm actually pretty good with spotting talent (a lot better than some might think) and love watching these next parts of the show. While I don't think the best talent wins it always, they usually do a good job of having the best one or two contestants near the finals. Case in point, I thought Danny and Adam were the best two last season, but somehow Chris managed to make it to the finals and win it. My personal choice would have been Danny because Adam was annoyingly creepy and Chris was too ordinary. However, the majority of people voting are girls and Chris had the good looks and college coffeehouse look going for him.

Mrs. McGoo has a little contest that she does when the contestants make it to the top 12. It is pretty fun to try and pick the winner of the show as well as select who goes out each episode.

Starting tomorrow (Thursday) Idol will post the bios and contestants of the ones we have gotten to know some on TV. I'll give a little incite into who I think could make it to far and who I don't think will do well. As much as I would love to post who, out of the top 24, will make it to the final 12, AI didn't show us every performance of the contestants. So for now, I'll just have to work with the ones we've seen.

Until then...

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