The first several episodes of Idol this year I was very worried about this season. The auditions were BOR-ING. However, I feel like we’ve come out with a really strong Top 24. Although,I have had no Danny Gokey or Chris Daughtry moments. There is no one that I have been rooting for from the moment I heard them sing. BUT there are a lot of really good singers this year and several I’m rooting for. I know these will change as there are some that have gotten A LOT more screen time but if I had to pick a Top 10 with 5 boys and 5 girls, this is it:
Boys
Andrew Garcia – glasses
Casey James – longish blond hair that Kara likes
Todrick Hall – gray jacket above
Tyler Grady – 70s rocker
Jermaine Sellers – white pants, bottom right above
Girls
Crystal Bowersox – single mom
Ashley Rodriguez – long brown hair
Lilly Sox – platinum hair
Lacey Brown – really short hair cut and competed last year
Didi Benami – long blond hair
I think it’s funny that I associate this people solely on their hair cut/color. I feel bad for leaving Katie out as I think she’s a strong singer but I think these other have more star quality. I think we’ll get a really good feel next week on the big stage to how these people will fair in the competition. I may have a completely different list next week. That’s the tough part about Idol…people’s top picks can change week to week based on one performance!
Who are your favorites?
I like Ashley, obviously because she’s from Boston…but I’m also digging Tyler Grady’s vibe. Idol has never produced a Ray LaMontagne/Damien Rice/Eric Hutchinson retro crooner like that. I could be WAY into it.
The only thing I worry about Tyler is that I think he faltered on “Home” in Hollywood. Wrong song choice!
Casey James: longish blond hair that any woman with a pulse likes. Ahem. That boy is sometimes painful to look at.
He and Didi are my favorites. I just love Didi’s voice. I also adore Crystal, but she needs to lose the dreads. Mainstream America is not ready for Janice Joplin with dreads.
I think it’s a girl’s year, or should be, so I’m sticking with them. They’re all strong contenders. Lilly rocks too. Also, Ashley R looks exactly like Jordin Sparks to me.
I am actually going to try and stick it out & watch this whole season. I usually lose interest right about now, but I actually want to root for some of these contestants.
Its funny but to get to some of my top ten this year it was easier to eliminate those that I think will go out right away (Aaron Kelly, Alex Lambert, Janell, Big Mike, Tim Urban, Paige Miles) My fav’s so far are Casey James Andrew Garcia and Todrick Hall for the men. Christal Bowersox, Lacy Brown an Ashley Rodriguez for the women. I can’t figure out my other 4 though just yet as I feel I emotionally like some of them but know that their singing is hit or miss.
You said you associate with hair, mine is their stories and teeth/smile.