The next three weeks will feature songs from the Billboard charts. Which basically means anything you want.

Paige Miles – It’s All Right Now: Michael Johns sang this song. It’s starting out very very VERY rough. She’s going to be in some trouble I think. No one has any idea who she is, and she’s singing a pretty dull song and doing it pretty terribly. Not good. Hmm…apparently I’m deaf. The judges loved her.

Ashley Rodriguez – Happy: I’m not liking this one either. The lower stuff wasn’t great, and I figured she’d get better as it got higher, but I didn’t like that either. I’m getting a very karaoke feeling tonight. Not starting out well. But she’s had a lot of airtime, so she miiiight be okay. We’ll see.

Janell Wheeler – What About Love: Ugh. More karaoke. I liked her at one point, but I was not a fan of that. That’s the problem with giving them the freedom to choose whatever song they want. They all pick these big diva songs and never compare.

Lilly Scott – Fixing a Hole: The first musician. She’s going to be one of those people I never like. So I’ll never be able to judge her accurately. I despise her voice. She really is like another Megan Corkrey (and she’s not even the one I compared to Megan in the auditions…which means there’s gonna be 2 of them). Same sort of annoying voice and annoying movements (movements aren’t nearly as annoying as Megan’s). Sooo…I don’t like her.

Katelyn Epperly – Oh Darling: What is she wearing? Leather strapless dress and cherry red lipstick. Yikes. Well…I don’t hate her. But I don’t really like her either. It was probably the best so far for me – but that isn’t saying much. Wow…Kara agreed with me about the look. And Ellen was cute, she sounded like me. I felt like you were pushing too much, but I don’t really know if that’s right.

Haeley Vaughn – I Want To Hold Your Hand: I’m not looking forward to this. She’s one of my least favorite of the Top 24. She’s playing the guitar. Which I’m not really a fan of. I do not like this. I mean, it’s not as karaoke as the others because it’s definitely different, but it’s very very yelly and squeaky.

Lacey Brown – Landslide: Something about this feels off. I don’t know what it is. Maybe the timing or something. It’s just weird. Although…I’ve hated her more in the past.

Michelle Delamor – Falling: Oh good, back to the karaoke show. Not terrible, but really boring. And very karaoke. She’ll be in trouble. Middle of the show, no previous airtime, boring performance.

Didi Benami – The Way I Am: Okay, finally someone I liked in the audition process. Uh oh. This is rough. Where did this voice come from? She’s singing like Megan Corkrey too! And she’s even wiggling like Megan used to. I have no idea what this song is, but I’m assuming whoever sings it has this stupid kind of voice. So apparently Didi doesn’t have a style. Bleh.

Siobhan Magnus – Wicked Game: Wow she’s starting out low. More karaoke, but this is probably my favorite performance of the night. Which bothers me since she’s only 19. I don’t like to root for anyone under 20.

Crystal Bowersox – Hand In My Pocket: She’s another one. Karaoke. Trying to sound like Alanis. She’s yelling a lot too. Boring and yelly. Hmm…no one else commented on her yelliness, but Simon agreed that she was just trying to be Alanis. To which she responded, “they don’t allow originals on this show”. This is why I think they should be required to watch the show before they go on it. “Original” doesn’t mean you wrote it. It means you interpreted it.

Katie Stevens – Feeling Good: Uh oh, the last two people who sang this in the first week got the boot. In the same year. Although I feel like they didn’t get the last spot. So she might be okay. It’s just such an indulgent song (to use Simon’s terminology). She sounds like she’s trying too hard. Yelly again. Wow, look at me go. This time Randy agreed with me!

Overall? Not so good. I didn’t like ANYBODY. I guess my favorite was Siobhan. But I didn’t really like her either. I won’t spend money on any of those performances on iTunes. It was just not a great 2 hours.

My predictions? It’s tough because I didn’t like anyone. But if I had to choose, I would say that Michelle Delamor is definitely in trouble. She didn’t get any airtime in the audition process. And I have no idea what she sang. I think Haeley should go too, but I think she’ll make it through. I’m watching the recap right now, and I’m realizing just how bad everyone really was. This is a hard choice. Okay, I guess Lacey. Michelle and Lacey. Vocally, I think Michelle was better than others, but I don’t think she was memorable enough to overcome her lack of advertisement. But don’t quote me on any of it. Anyone could go home. The only people I’d like to see again are Siobhan and Didi.

The guys perform tomorrow night…hopefully they will be more original. I’m encouraged because some of them have already shown they can do it. We’ll see.

Until then…

ANYWHO. I guess we’re announcing the Top 24. So here we go!

Mike Lynche is in! WOOO!! Unanimous decision! YAY!

Didi Benami is in! Yay! I like her too! WOO! 2 for 2!

Katelyn Epperly is in. I don’t really like her though. Oh well. I wasn’t going to like them all.

Shelby Dressel is out. That’s too bad. She wasn’t bad.

Casey James is in! He’s okay. I don’t hate him.

Aaron Kelly is in! Yay! Aw, he’s so cute. I might have to root for a 16 year old this year.

Lee Dewyze is in! Heheh…he just keeps saying shut up. I wish they had showed more of him. He was really good.

Todrick Hall is in! WOO! I’m so excited about the boys this year! Now we just need Jermaine (I think Orlando Jermaine got the boot earlier) and Andrew.

Jessica Furney is out. That’s weird that they’d even show her. They didn’t show her very much in the auditions. Probably just because she’s freaking out right now. Stop your whining. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. PUHLEEZE. Go away. Go away. Go away. Go away. Go away. Why are you still here? Yes, that’s why they showed her.

So 7 people are in the Top 24 so far. I’m not a fan of this splitting the results into two days thing. I like to learn them all at once. Sigh. Oh well. We have 5 of 12 guys and 2 of 12 girls. We learn the rest tomorrow…and then my website gets updated on Thursday! WOO!

Until then…

Katelyn Epperly – Starting off with a broken family sob story. Fantastic. I don’t like her. And I don’t like her sob story. You know how many people’s families are falling apart? I can’t believe she got FOUR yeses.

Charity Vance – Ugh. What is wrong with the judges tonight? She was terrible too!

Angela Martin – She’s at least not terrible. I don’t really like her style, but she’s a good singer. Unlike the other two.

7 through from Day 1.

John Park – He wasn’t that great either. I think they’re just picking people because everyone is bad. And just when you thought Idol was cleaning up its innuendo-filled act…here comes Shania Twain!

Paige Dechausse – I don’t like her either! What a terrible night. Stupid Shania Twain.

Justin Ray – Screamy. Not good.

Keith Semple – Not awful, but kinda shaky. Probably my favorite of the night, but that’s not saying much.

Marcus Jones – Not good. Not even a little.

13 total from Chicago – lowest total so far. It was a rough episode. I was not a fan. Basically Chicago brought us a whole bunch of mediocre singers and a few sob stories. My favorite.

Orlando is up tomorrow night. Maybe we’ll get some more idiotic blonde country girls.

Until then…