Why are they showing Big Mike as one of the top 24, even on the idol web page, if he got booted? Seems like they would have announced his replacement tonight and certainly not listed him in the top 24 on the web page.

LAST EDITED ON 02-17-10 AT 10:18 PM (EST)

Apparently Mike didn't leak his name to his Dad.

I saw an explanation from the Dad where he admits he normally doesn't have contact with his kid. His kid never told him he was on American Idol.

He saw a spoiler lists in the news and then was bragging about seeing it there.

He didn't generate the leak, and if he and Michael never talk, Michael probably never got the chance to tell Dad to not say anything to anyone.

Additionally. Mike being cut was reported as "news" by a lot of sites that reposted the RUMOR mentioned on one of the spoiler sites and it was clearly marked as RUMOR and not confirmed. Any news organization reporting it as if it were a known fact just aren't paying for fact checkers anymore.

Thanks for the explanation, snidget. I was wondering why he was still shown as Top 24.

I like him but I don't think he's the best. I also suspect that if they continue to over-pimp him I will come to hate him.

But I think the guy needs a chance. I would hate for him to lose that chance because someone talked when they shouldn't have.

I guess that explains why the link to the article above says "page can no longer be found" when you click it.

I remember seeing the story on Yahoo when it first came out. Guess Mike Lynch got a second chance.

*ST*

LAST EDITED ON 02-18-10 AT 06:50 AM (EST)

From http://mjsbigblog.com/season-9-preview-top-2448.htm (had all the home towns)
Has links to all their Golden Ticket Interviews.
Bolded contestants were revealed Tuesday

Contestants in italics got clip packages, a - in front of the name means they got their yes shown

Aaron Kelly, Sonestown PA
-Alex Lambert, North Richland Hills, TX
Andrew Garcia, Moreno Valley, CA
Casey James, Dallas/Ft. Worth TX
Chris Golightly. Los Angeles CA Tim Urban (just shown dancing)
-Jermaine Sellers, Joliet IL
-John Park, Northbrook IL
-Joe Muñoz, Los Angeles CA
Lee DeWyze, Chicago IL
Michael Lynche, Astoria NY
Toddrick Hall, Plainview TX
Tyler Grady, Nazereth PA

-Ashley Rodriguez, Boston MA
Crystal Bowersox. Chicago IL
Haeley Vaughn, Fort Collins, CO
Janell Wheeler, Tampa FL
Katie Stevens. Middlebury CT
Katelyn Epperly, West Des Moines IA
Lacey Brown, Amarillo TX
Lilly Scott Denver/Boulder CO
-Michelle Delamor, Miami Beach FL
-Paige Miles, Houston TX
-Siobhan Magnus, Cape Cod MA
Vered Didi Benami, Los Angeles CA

After Weds show I'll note who got a highlight in the chair episode (clips shown and all that like the Tuesday Seven)

Quite the concentration of states:

For the 12 guys, only 5 states:

Aaron Kelly, Sonestown PA
Tyler Grady, Nazereth PA

Alex Lambert, North Richland Hills, TX
Casey James, Dallas/Ft. Worth TX
Toddrick Hall, Plainview TX

Jermaine Sellers, Joliet IL
John Park, Northbrook IL
Lee DeWyze, Chicago IL

Michael Lynche, Astoria NY

Andrew Garcia, Moreno Valley, CA
Chris Golightly. Los Angeles CA
Joe Muñoz, Los Angeles CA

.
And for the girls, 8 states:
.

Ashley Rodriguez, Boston MA
Siobhan Magnus, Cape Cod MA

Crystal Bowersox. Chicago IL

Haeley Vaughn, Fort Collins, CO
Lilly Scott Denver/Boulder CO

Janell Wheeler, Tampa FL
Michelle Delamor, Miami Beach FL

Katie Stevens. Middlebury CT

Katelyn Epperly, West Des Moines IA

Lacey Brown, Amarillo TX
Paige Miles, Houston TX

Vered Didi Benami, Los Angeles CA

And no GA/TN/NC/SC/MS/KY/ARK/ALA contestants, either. FL and TX will have to pick up the slack for the south.

LAST EDITED ON 02-18-10 AT 12:59 PM (EST)

Combining guys and girls, 10 states represented:

Aaron Kelly, Sonestown PA
Tyler Grady, Nazereth PA

Alex Lambert, North Richland Hills, TX
Casey James, Dallas/Ft. Worth TX
Toddrick Hall, Plainview TX
Lacey Brown, Amarillo TX
Paige Miles, Houston TX

Jermaine Sellers, Joliet IL
John Park, Northbrook IL
Lee DeWyze, Chicago IL
Crystal Bowersox. Chicago IL

Michael Lynche, Astoria NY

Andrew Garcia, Moreno Valley, CA
Chris Golightly. Los Angeles CA
Joe Muñoz, Los Angeles CA
Vered Didi Benami, Los Angeles CA

Ashley Rodriguez, Boston MA
Siobhan Magnus, Cape Cod MA

Haeley Vaughn, Fort Collins, CO
Lilly Scott Denver/Boulder CO

Janell Wheeler, Tampa FL
Michelle Delamor, Miami Beach FL

Katie Stevens. Middlebury CT

Katelyn Epperly, West Des Moines IA

Talk about vote splitting! Michael Lynche, Katie Stevens, and Katelyn Epperly get a leg up just for not sharing their state with anyone else in the top 24.

ETA: Tim Urban is from Duncanville, Texas, no new new state represented and that makes 6 of the top 24 from Texas and 3 from CA. Good thing TX has a lot of population to support 1/4 of the top 24 contestants.

I noticed pages for the Seven were up on AI's website.

Apparently at some point the whole top 24 were up.

http://www.joesplaceblog.com/2010/02/top-24-news-chris-golightly-out-tim-urban-in/

Golightly didn't have a page and Tim Urban (has anyone seen him) was up.

Then the pages disappeared.

http://twitter.com/samanthamusa says it is over some expired contract that was not revealed.

Someone tweeted that Chris was the bleach blonde afro guy....

rickey.org has the screen capture up of him being seen in the back of the top 24 when they first got the group together.

He got a lot of early pimpage with the whole orphan story. His hair was blonder Hollywood week than during the auditions.

I mentioned Tim in the pimpage thread after group night. He was part of Team Awesome with Michael Lynche and Simon said of Tim: "he's got the voice".

From Joe's Place Blog

Lee
Fireflies—Owl City

Alex
Trouble—Ray LaMontagne (Ray M on spoilers)

Tim
Hallelujah—Jeff Buckley

Andrew
Genie in a Bottle—Christina Aguilera

Casey
You’ll Think of Me—Keith Urban

Aaron
I’m Already There—Lonestar

Todrick
Somebody to Love—Queen

Big Mike
This Woman’s Work--Maxwell

(some details about how they did on that blog)

Oh, I gotta go peek at the blog because Tim and Todrick could either be good or huge trainwrecks. Because those songs aren't the type of songs you can just do halfway. Yikes. Maybe I'll watch afterall and tape Modern Family.

First theme of the season--from MJsbigblog:

"EW has learned that American Idol’s Top 12 contestants will perform the music of the Rolling Stones next week. During an ad break at the top 8 guys performance show, Ryan Seacrest taped a radio promotion in which he mentioned that the first week for the 12 Idol finalists will feature songs by the iconic British rock group."

http://www.accesshollywood.com/dish-of-salt-friday-tv-dish-top-12-idol-tidbits-from-the-top-12-party_article_30091

Song Spoiler

10. A source at the party told me Siobhan Magnus will sing “Paint It Black” next week during Rolling Stones week. “I’m so excited,” she exclaimed about performing a tune by the classic Mick Jagger fronted band. “It kind of makes me feel back home with my band, back to my rock roots,” she said.

And in cross promoting other reality TV shows on other networks news

1. Andrew Garcia will propose to Christina, his girlfriend of four years (and mother of his three-year-old son), if he wins “American Idol.”

So does that mean I should vote for him to win because that is the only way she'll trap him, or vote so he goes home to avoid this mess.

Is there an over/under on how many times Simon will use the phrase "Self Indulgent" this week?

Paige's twitter

@AI9Contestants: Paige Miles: I have no voice at all! Doctor says its VC Laryngitis with swelling so pray for me! I will make it work regardless but what a way 2 start Top 12 :0} !!! Still excited for today! Big stage now!!!

And there is a rumor Casey James has the flu.

And y'all thought this night couldn't get any worse when the theme was announced. Yikes.

*warms up mute button*

Didn't Casey already have the flu a couple of weeks ago? and it resulted in a hospital stay?

I don't recall him in the hospital, just Crystal, but I might have missed it.

Michael Lynche – “Miss You”
Didi Benami – “Play with fire”
Casey James – “All Over Now”
Lacey Brown – “Ruby Tuesday”
Andrew Garcia – “Gimme Shelter”
Katie Stevens – “Wild Horses”
Tim Urban – “Under My Thumb”
Siobhan Magnus – “Paint it Black”
Lee Dewyze – “Beast of Burden”
Paige Miles – “Honky Tonk Woman”
Aaron Kelly – “Angie”
Crystal Bowersox – You Don’t Always Get What You Want”

LAST EDITED ON 03-16-10 AT 06:10 PM (EST)

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction is missing....... are they saving that for the group sing tomorrow?

Could be...they did have 50 some songs to pick from.

But Satisfaction is upbeat enough it could be used for the group song.

Lee DeWyze – “The Letter”

Tim Urban – “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”

Paige Miles – “Against All Odds”

Aaron Kelly – “I Don’t Wanna Miss a. Thing”

Crystal Bowersox – “Bobby McGee”

Michael Lynche – “When a Man Loves a Woman”

Andrew Garcia – “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”

Katie Stevens – “Big Girls Don’t Cry”

Didi Benami – “You’re No Good”

Casey James – “Power of Love”

Siobhan Magnus – “Superstition”

from MJ's Big Blog

Teen Idol Week would have been better.

are there any new songs to sing? this could be a boring night.

LAST EDITED ON 03-30-10 AT 07:37 PM (EST)

Siobhan – Through The Fire--??Chaka Khan
Casey – Hold On I’m Coming--Sam and Dave
Mike_ – Ready for Love--?? Cascada, India.Arie, Luther Vandross
Didi -  What Becomes of a Brokenhearted--Jimmy Ruffin
Tim- Sweet Love--Anita Baker
Andrew – Forever--Chris Brown
Katie – Chain of Fools--Aretha Franklin
Lee – Treat Her Like A Lady--Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
Crystal – Midnight Train to Georgia--Gladys Knight and the Pips
Aaron:  Aint no Sunshine--Bill Withers

Some were not on the Itunes list so not sure if I have the right performer.

Is this the singing order or just a list? If so, Aaron with the pimp spot? For real?

Certainly not the pimp spot (they went strong on the start), but what they eventually sing in whatever order?

Andrew – Forever

Mute button: armed.

Usher as a mentor, his songs available on the list, and no one took that chance?

http://twitter.com/iowaradioguy/status/11659351558

"Another reason Idol has jumped the shark: Next week's mentor - Adam Lambert. HE IS NOT A LEGITIMATE ARTIST! Idol, you MEGA Fail."

If this is true then I think they are trying to kill the show to make room for X-factor. Yikes.

Are they gonna have a special appearance of Henry Winkler jumping the AI studio tonight, too?

LAST EDITED ON 04-06-10 AT 09:43 AM (EST)

I'm hoping it is just some confusion and it is just a performance on Weds.

I've heard some chatter that it would be cool to have a former idol winner with a bunch of awards and several albums with hits like Kelly Clarkson come back and mentor. But last year's also ran who has a few post idol shows under his belt as a mentor...

No. Heck no.

ETA: Here is the email.

http://twitpic.com/1dmhji

*cue Jaws theme*

Didn't Dancing With The Stars beat AI in the ratings last week? If so, there is probably some sweating going on with AI and its advertisers, because when advertisers buy the airtime, they are promised a certain number of viewers and if the show doesn't deliver the viewers, the network has to give "make goods" (free ads) to get to the right numbers.

AI might be a top show, but there are big #'s riding on it.

Adam, they postulate, will be a huge draw for them. IMO the mentoring thing is taking it too far, especially after having Miley and the Disney kids one week.

Adam's album, FYE, has gone gold, selling over 575,000 by now. One of his singles is still gathering steam (What Do You Want From Me has sold gold), while Kris has had a single go platinum and is approaching one of the top ten selling Idol singles, having sold over 1.2 million so far and should be over 1.5 million by summer. (Kris's album, on the other hand, hasn't reached gold in sales.)

There are many other former AIers who should be a mentor for the contestants before Adam (Kelly! Or Carrie. Or Daughtry.) This move to have Adam be the mentor is about numbers. Ratings/ad $ numbers, that is. That way Lambert fans tune in for two nights, and not just performance night.

Idol Top selling singles
(data from idolforums--and their source is the USA Today AI blog)

Summary top 3 sellers of 500,000 or more singles:
Kelly C (11), Carrie (10), Daughtry (7)
Adam's just way down the list comparatively.

Jordin Sparks - No Air 3,000,000+
Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats 2,967,000
Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You 2,252,000
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone 2,003,000
Daughtry - It's Not Over 2,000,000+

Jordin Sparks - Tattoo 2,000,000+
David Archuleta - Crush 1,900,000
Daughtry - Home 1,820,000
Carrie Underwood - Jesus, Take The Wheel 1,659,000
Jordin Sparks - Battlefield 1,402,000

David Cook - Time Of My Life 1,306,000
Kelly Clarkson - Already Gone 1,306,000
Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You 1,298,000
Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova 1,259,000
Jordin Sparks - One Step At A Time 1,240,000

Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes 1,212,000
Daughtry - Over You 1,200,000
Kris Allen - Live Like We're Dying 1,200,000 (**still selling more than 40,000 a week)
Carrie Underwood - All-American Girl 1,175,000
Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway 1,157,000

Kelly Clarkson - Walk Away 1,103,000
Kelly Clarkson - Never Again 1,078,000
David Cook - Light On 1,052,000
Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This 1,047,000
Daughtry - No Surprise 1,004,000

Elliott Yamin - Wait For You 1,000,000+
Clay Aiken - This Is The Night 996,000
Kellie Pickler - Best Days Of Your Life 996,000
Carrie Underwood - Last Name 882,000
Carrie Underwood - Just A Dream 882,000

Carrie Underwood - So Small 848,000
Ruben Studdard - Flying Without Wings 779,000
Daughtry - Feels Like Tonight 763,000
Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me 756,000
Kelly Clarkson - Miss Independent 719,000

Kelly Clarkson - I Do Not Hook Up 690,000
Taylor Hicks - Do I Make You Proud? 672,000
Daughtry - What About Now 633,000
Carrie Underwood - Wasted 615,000
Daughtry - Life After You 574,000

Carrie Underwood - I Told You So 539,000
Fantasia - I Believe 527,000
Katharine McPhee - Over It 522,000
Kellie Pickler - Red High Heels 513,000
Carrie Underwood - Inside Your Heaven 511,000

http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID87/650.shtml#3

http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/04/06/adam-lambert-american-idol-mentor/

*twitch*

Maybe he can do something about Andrew's hair?

Or settle the Casey issue with dinner and a movie?

also confirms
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/04/american-idol-adam-lambert-mentoring-the-top-8.html

# Don't worry America: I will be beyond family friendly. Relax and enjoy. For Your Entertainment. 25 minutes ago via Echofon

Even though I'm just at the start of my recording career, I hope to lend some insight as one who's been thru the Idol adventure. excited!! 31 minutes ago via Echofon

It's true! In addition to performing on Idol April 14th, I will be mentoring the top 8 on the 13th. I feel honored to be asked. 37 minutes ago via Echofon

Is to to late to run screaming into the mountains never to be seen again?