{"id":772,"date":"2007-02-15T09:04:12","date_gmt":"2007-02-15T14:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.99:8888\/blog\/2007\/02\/15\/1171548252027.html"},"modified":"2007-02-15T09:04:12","modified_gmt":"2007-02-15T14:04:12","slug":"blogentry-american-idol-top-24-early-picks-and-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.morinfamily.com\/?p=772","title":{"rendered":"[BlogEntry] American Idol Top 24 : Early Picks and Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=&#034;text\/javascript&#034;><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = &#034;pub-4716552313955049&#034;;\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\ngoogle_ad_format = &#034;728x90_as&#034;;\ngoogle_ad_type = &#034;text_image&#034;;\ngoogle_ad_channel =&#034;1714283069&#034;;\ngoogle_color_border = [&#034;336699&#034;,&#034;000000&#034;,&#034;B4D0DC&#034;];\ngoogle_color_bg = [&#034;FFFFFF&#034;,&#034;F0F0F0&#034;,&#034;ECF8FF&#034;];\ngoogle_color_link = [&#034;0000FF&#034;,&#034;0000FF&#034;,&#034;0000CC&#034;];\ngoogle_color_url = &#034;008000&#034;;\ngoogle_color_text = [&#034;000000&#034;,&#034;000000&#034;,&#034;6F6F6F&#034;];\n\/\/--><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=&#034;text\/javascript&#034;\n  src=&#034;http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js&#034;>\n<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p>I don&#039;t bother blogging all the audition episodes, because honestly they&#039;re so forgettable now.  Why bother learning how to spell the names of people who are going to be gone faster than I can type them in?<\/p>\n<p\/>But now we&#039;re down to 24 hopefuls, and we&#039;ve seen enough of some characters to start picking out the more interesting ones.<\/p>\n<p\/><b>Chris<\/b> &#8211; The &#034;Jack Osborne&#034; kid who said his goal was to make David Hasselhoff cry.  I like him.  I don&#039;t think he&#039;ll win the whole thing, because I don&#039;t think personality will carry him the whole way and he&#039;ll need to start being known for singing ability and not sense of humor.  But he should make the final 12.<\/p>\n<p\/><b>Sundance<\/b> &#8211; How awkward was it in the final two males when they told Sundance &#034;You had a lousy week&#034;, told the other guy &#034;We&#039;ve liked you since we first saw you&#034;, and then picked Sundance anyway?  Obviously the guy has been picked for his character and his look.  He sings well, but he won&#039;t last under the pressure.<\/p>\n<p\/><b>Sanjaya<\/b> &#8211; I like this kid.  He&#039;s the one who first auditioned with his sister, but his sister didn&#039;t make it.  Remember that?  The judges told him that he was better, but when he came out and his sister asked &#034;What did they say?&#034; he didn&#039;t tell her that, so she wouldn&#039;t feel bad.  And then when she got cut, rather than celebrating with the room that won, he went to find her.  He&#039;s a good guy, and I hope he does well.  Seems to sing well.  I don&#039;t know if America&#039;s ready for somebody with his look to win it all, though.  Unfortunate, but true.<\/p>\n<p\/><b>Phil<\/b> &#8211; He&#039;s the guy that missed the birth of his kid.  Personally, I think he looks goofy.  His hat during the Hollywood auditions covered his entire face.  But maybe that story alone will make him popular.<\/p>\n<p\/><b>Blake<\/b> &#8211; The beatbox guy.  Actually, their group performance was pretty impressive, entirely based on him.  So I&#039;m wondering if that shows that the guy&#039;s got enough performing experience to play the game the right way and do well for himself, whether he&#039;s the best singer or not.  Some of these young kids think it&#039;s all about just singing the best song each night, and it&#039;s really not.  There&#039;s lots more to it than that.  You have to be the character that the audience likes the best.  Blake&#039;s already got a hook that people can remember.<\/p>\n<p\/>The ladies are an interesting bunch.  I&#039;m not really sure the producers did them justice &#8211; do any personalities stand out, like with the guys?  Sure, there&#039;s <b>Antonella<\/b>.  Everybody knows her because she auditioned with her friend and the judges told her she was better, even though she&#039;s untrained.  And she&#039;s pretty.  But is she good enough to go far?  I see her as one of the ones that makes the final 12 based entirely on looks and charm, and then goes home early when she can&#039;t keep up with the other solid singers.<\/p>\n<p\/>But then who else?  The woman who had a career as a backup singer.  <b>Melinda Doolittle<\/b>. She sings well.  But does she look like an American Idol?  What are the stories for these women?  We saw lots of <b>Gina<\/b>, but I don&#039;t know much about her personally to care one way or the other.<\/p>\n<p\/>Who knows.  It&#039;s obviously still too early to do much beyond pointing out the personalities that are memorable.  That alone won&#039;t win it.  I&#039;d be willing to bet, as a matter of fact, that none of the people that I&#039;ve listed here end up winning the whole thing. <\/p>\n<p\/>Who are your favorites to go on to the final 12?  Who is most likely to win it all at this stage of the game?<\/p>\n<p\/><b><a href=&#034;.\/search.action?query=american+idol&#034;>More American Idol stories&#8230;<\/b><\/p>\n<p\/>Technorati: <a href=&#034;http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/american+idol&#034; rel=&#034;tag&#034;>American Idol<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#039;t bother blogging all the audition episodes, because honestly they&#039;re so forgettable now. Why bother learning how to spell the names of people who are going to be gone faster than I can type them in? 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