Thursday, February 12, 2009

American Idol: The Top 36 Have Been Chosen

On Wednesday night, American Idol judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi announced their Top 36 for season 8.
All of our favorites (Danny Gokey, Adam Lambert and Jasmine Murray) are part of the Top 36, but there were other surprises. Yes America, the judges have voted and (unfortunately) Tatiana Nicole del Toro, Nathaniel Marshall and Nicholas Mitchell made it through.

Our guess is that FOX needs to improve the ratings and what better way to do it than to include some crying (from del Toro), drama (from "queen" Marshall), and comedy (from Mitchell or his alter ego "Norman Gentle").

There was also a surprise last-minute substitution which was not televised. Judge's pick Joanna Pacitti has been deemed ineligible, therefore Felicia Barton was selected to take her spot.

Here are the names of the Top 36: Arianna Afsar, Kris Allen, Felicia Barton, Kendall Beard, Ann Marie Boskovich, Ricky Braddy, Matt Breitzke, Casey Carlson, Megan Corkrey, Tatiana Del Toro, Anoop Desai, Stephen Fowler, Matt Giraud, Danny Gokey (top picture), Alexis Grace, Mishavonna Henson, Allison Iraheta, Junot Joyner, Kai Kalama, Brent Keith, Adam Lambert (bottom picture), Jessica Langseth, Scott MacIntyre, Nathaniel Marshall, Kristen McNamara, Nick Mitchell, Jasmine Murray, Jorge Nunez, Lil Rounds, Michael Sarver, Von Smith, Jackie Tohn, Taylor Vaifanua, Jeanine Vailes, Alexander Wagner-Trugman, and Stevie Wright.

The live competition starts next Tuesday at 8:00 pm (ET) on FOX and will continue every Tuesday and Wednesday through finale night scheduled for mid-May.

America remember to vote for the best singer and performer, not based on the person's look!

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