Top 24 Revealed !

Well, we finally have our TOP 24 !

I'm not going to get into much until next week but just a few things.

One thing that bothered me is that they barely showed people get eliminated. Come on. I want to see more people cry and get reality checks that they are not good enough. It's sad but it's healthy to show that stuff so people can stop wasting their time and chasing their dreams if they are not good enough.

Also, they showed people making it out of order. There was a shot where someone came to the waiting room to say he/she made it. You see the girl with the crooked face sitting there who was already eliminated. Why didn't we see it in order this year where the room gets smaller and smaller each year? Also, they used to have the final two of each sex sitting in a chair next to each other with one of the two making it. This year, they final two each went separately.

And the part with Angela Martin was a bit much. Kara had to sit next to her on the chair to eliminate her. Two years ago her father croaks. Last year she was in the slammer. And this year (which they never mentioned as this took place earlier) her mother has been missing since Christmas. So, I guess we'll see Angela next year. What will her story then be? Divorced? Pregnant? This girl is a walking depression bomb. But, she's better than the last girl to make it in Haeley Vaughn.

It was Haeley Vaughn vs. Tori Kelly for that last spot and Haeley gets it for some reason. I don't know about you but Haeley Vaughn repulses me. I'll expand more on this next week when I RIP everyone I can't stand and critique their first full performance but this girl will be one of my THREE main targets this year. The other two are Lily Scott and Crystal Bowersox.

Also making the Top 24 was Paige Miles. Who? I have no idea. We haven't seen a second of her that I can even remember. Could she have been better than Angela Martin?

As for the guys, what happened to Chris Golightly? He was in the waiting room but they haven't shown much of him for weeks. He was really good from what I remember and I had him slotted in my Top 24 only to get eliminated without us seeing much more of him.

The biggest shock of the men was Joe Munoz. He's good but is he really going anywhere? He's the Spanish Chicken Little for this season for sure.

The final two was an easy choice with it being Thaddeus Johnson vs Andrew Garcia. Thaddeus was good but they already had Michael Lynch in the Top 24 and Andrew Garcia was one of the best all audition rounds so this was an easy choice.

So, here are your TOP 12 Girls: Did Benami, Crystal Bowersox, Lacey Brown, Michelle Delamor, Katelyn Epperly, Siobhan Magnus, Paige Miles, Ashley Rodriguez, Lily Scott, Katie Stevens, Haeley Vaugn, &Janell Wheeler

And here are your TOP 12 Boys: Lee Dewyze, Andrew Garcia, Tyler Grady, Todrick Hall, Aaron Kelly, Casey James, Alex Lambert, Michael Lynche, Joe Munoz, John Park, Jermaine Sellers,& Tim Urban,

An here's how I did on my predictions. Note: T12 is my early choices for Top 12 but that will ALL change next week.

MY TOP 12 GIRLS - Got 8 out of 12 Correct:
1. Ashley Rodriguez (T12) - CORRECT
2. Katelyn Epperly (T12) - CORRECT
3. Katie Stevens (T12) - CORRECT
4. Angela Martin - WRONG
5. Mary Powers - WRONG
6. Jannell Wheeler - CORRECT
7. Lacey Brown - CORRECT
8. Crystal Bowersox (T12) - CORRECT
9. Didi Benami (T12)- CORRECT
10. Haeley Vaugn (T12) - CORRECT
11. Charity Vance - WRONG
12. Tasha Leyton - WRONG

MY TOP 12 BOYS: Got 9 out of 12 Correct
1. Andrew Garcia (T12) - CORRECT
2. Michael Lynche (T12) - CORRECT
3. Chris Golightly - WRONG
4. Toddrick Hall (T12) - CORRECT
5. Jermaine Purifoy - WRONG
6. Casey James (T12) - CORRECT
7. Aaron Kelly - CORRECT
8. Alex Lambert - CORRECT
9. Tim Urban - CORRECT
10. Tyler Grady (T12) - CORRECT
11. J.B. Ahfua - WRONG
12. John Park - CORRECT

My EARLY pick for the Final 2 before hearing their first performance is: Andrew Garcia vs. Ashley Rodriguez

Until next week...Birdman Out