Happy with the two girls who got the boot. The Korean dude, John is it...he was better than a few of those guys. I don't think he should've gone quite yet. Oh and I was happy to see Danny Gokey tonight, love him.

Still going with Lee, Alex, Casey(no idea he could play like that, impressive), Lilly and Siohban for my favs.

LMAO..I didn't get the praise over the Creed song either..I was like this: >< lol

Going home...I am going to guess guys: John, Jermaine or Todrick.
girls: Haeley, Michelle, or Lacey.

Mary~I totally agree.

For the girls I really like Crystal and Lilly. A few others have good voices but not my thing.
I like Didi but was a little annoyed tonight when she got upset at the criticism. Siobhan did good too.

I hope things pick up this season. I still like Andrew, Casey and Lee for the guys. I think Lee, Alex had a good night.
I still keep waiting for someone to do something really good though.
Who do you guys think will go home for the guys? I think it could be John, Jermaine or Todrick.

I agree, this season is off to a boring start. Tyler was my favorite going into last night's show but I did not like his song choice/arrangement at all. I really hope he steps it up and concentrates more on his singing. I really like Casey and Andrew, both of those guys have amazing voices. Although, I think it was a little much with the whole Kara and Casey thing, I hope they don't keep that up all season. I agree Lee is definitely good, I can't wait to hear more from him.

So Lee and Casey......

I do think Alex Lambert does have a good voice (even though that wasn't great) and he does sound like James Morrison.

Crystal is my favorite of the girls. I also like Didi and Lilly.

Terri - I am not sure if they showed him getting a No. I cheated and looked at spoilers to see if he made it or not and found out that he didn't so I didn't even want to watch last night. =( I skipped to the end to when they showed the Top 24 to see who made it.

I was watching more songs Luke has posted on You Tube and man that boy has some talent!! AMAZING! He has links on his Twitter page to the You Tube videos. So I am glad he has those out there at least. Still shocked he didn't make it through, but oh well, that is Idol for you.

yeah Crystal is her name, that is the one I like.

I guess I will have to watch and find my new favorite.

Still bummed Luke Shaffer didn't make it to the Top 24...he was so awesome. But he posted on Twitter last night that he is working on an EP right now so that is great news! We have not heard the last of him. =)

Minus Luke my faves for this season are Tyler, Casey, and one of the girl's that I don't know her name...she is the hippie looking one that was playing guitar/harmonica at Hollywood week.

I'm trying to remember the people's names I like so far:
Lee could be interesting. Haven't seen much of him though. Casey, Andrew, Crystal, Didi, Janelle. I have to see more of some of them to make an opinion.

What?!?! They both get cut? What a bummer. They were the two that I really liked. My bubble is officially burst. =(

I am happy to see Tyler Grady made it through, they showed him briefly as going through, you didn't see him as part of a group. Where is Luke Shaffer and Benjamin from the auditions? They were both awesome! I hope they made it. Glad the bank robber didn't make it. I wish they spent more time on Hollywood Week, less time on auditions, it would have been nice to see more of the groups.

I like Ellen. I thought the last few girls with the guitars were both really good. I think this might be a girls year.

I haven't been here in awhile but still watching. Not impressed at all. Other years it was easy to pick out a few that did eventually make top 10, no stand outs for me this year. Looking forward to Hollywood week to see more. I was excited to see Michael Castro too--the BRIEF clips they showed him! I had to rewind several times to see if it was really him. Shame he got no mention. Steph--enjoy your vacation!! Hope it is somewhere warm as I am digging my way out of 21 inches of snow!

I'll have to wait a while before seeing Hollywood week because I'll be on vacation next week. Really looking forward to seeing Ellen try her hand at the judging gig. From the previews, she seems like she'll be really good at it.

Thank God auditions are OVER! Bring on Hollywood Week!!

Once again not to impressed. The dude who wrote his song for the judges was good I guess. His song was fun. The last girl they showed was good too. OH and I got real excited when I thought I saw Michael Castro get through and it turns out that it was him!!! I really hope he gets through the next few rounds cause I really liked him last year. So I guess he's my favorite atm, to bad they didn't show his audition .

So LA was disappointing last night, but I really liked the guy that sang the Maroon 5 song. The girlish guy that sang "I Touch Myself" really creeped me out. I'm not sure what he was seeing in Kara and Katy's expressions, but they looked pretty creeped out too. And the first guy that was supposedly a genius really needs to get his IQ checked again if he thinks he belongs on Idol.

Not too many knock-your-socks-off auditions so far this season. Last night I liked the guy that sang the Tony Bennett song, with the white hoodie. Wasn't a fan of the bank robber - it seemed like he was trying to sound like Ray LaMontagne. I know when I sing along with different artists I tend to sing differently because I end up trying to mimic the way they sound, so I sing completely different when I'm listening to Dave Matthews than when I listen to Kelly Clarkson. That's what I was thinking about when I was listening to that guy - that he was trying to sound like Ray. It might actually be the way he sounds, but it was a strange audition for me.

How about the guy that got through because he ripped his pants?! That was pretty funny...there's no way he's getting past the first round in Hollywood though.

Here's an interesting article about the audition process: http://mog.com/blog_post/content/1498/1710604. Some of it I already knew, and some of it gives a good insight into how the process works.

yeah I know, you don''t see too many of the good ones during the auditions, and if you do it is a quick clip, or like you said, just them walking out with the ticket. They spend most of the time on the bad auditions, I know it is for the ratings but after while it gets old. I also am getting annoyed at how much time they are spending on the sob stories for certain contestants. It seems like that is all they do now. And why would that one guy come on TV and say he robbed a bank when he was 15 and went to jail for "4 birthdays"? Why would that make you feel sorry for him?

I am so ready to get past these auditions. I am ready to see what Luke will do this season!! And the other few really good contestants I have noticed during the auditions.

there was too much talent last night!! It was crazy but there was a few people that were okay I guess. I will probably watch part of Hollywood week and see if I can get into it and watch the whole season.

Shania did a good job and was crackign me up at times. That one asian guy she just could not stop talking about. It was crazy and I was like wow. The show is not missing Paula at all imo.

I liked the first blond curly haired girl. I really don't think we needed to know about her parents divorce. The guy from Pittsburgh made my hometown proud!! I thought Shania did a good job.
I'm with those who say they like Hollywood Week and on. The auditions are ok, can be funny ("Pants on the Ground" is catching on! Even with Brett Favre and the Vikings!) But I like really getting to know them in Hollywood week and especially Top 24.

Interesting article. It has had a great run and brought us Daughtry...so what more can you ask for! It will be weird to see the show retire.

Luke Shaffer is my guy so far...he sang Fall For You on the Tuesday show. The guy that came after him, I think his name was Benjamin, who sang All My Loving by The Beatles was really good too. I also liked Tyler Grady, he was the drummer that busted up both hands/arms falling out of a tree, ha!

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Mary (12 shows and counting!)