Back then, they called twelve people back for the wildcard and then eliminated four of them before the singing began. So that only eight out of the twelve actually got to sing. So I can imagine them calling nine people back, eliminating three right up front and then letting six sing.

I’m probably wrong, though. XD

Then Ricky- because he’s the only one of Paula’s top favorites that hasn’t made the top 12. So no matter how poor a performance he may or may not give tomorrow night or how forgettable he may or may not be, she will put him through.

So I ask, what’s the point of the Wildcard show if we already know who’s gonna pull through? Each judge picks 2 to make 8 performers, so more than likely one from each of the judges picks for wildcard will be their picks for top 12.

Let the predictability roll on in…..

Amendment to my wild card picks above: this is who I think will be picked, not who I want. I actually forgot about Von — he might be in there too.

Here’s who I’d LIKE to see:
Anoop
Ricky
Matt G
Megan
Mishavonna
Jesse
Felicia
Von

Then I don’t care, but I think Ju’Not, Kendall, Tatiana, and Ann Marie and/or Jackie have good chances. Maybe Nick/Norman, maybe Nate.

In a perfect world, Ricky and Anoop will make the top 12. And if Felicia doesn’t advance tonight, I hope she has another shot in the wildcard.

I wish it was next Tuesday night all ready. I miss Adam terribly!

Assuming that two guys get through tonight, I really hope they consider doing an 8-4 split. If Jorge doesnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t get through (looks like it might be Nate or Juà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Not), then I think ità ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s going to be tough to choose between Anoop, Jorge and Ricky for the last one or two male spots (and theyà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢re all better singers than Kris, Michael, Scott and Juà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢Not/Nate, imo).

I hope that we have an 8-4 Split in favor of the men too. Or like other people suggested maybe something like a top 13, where each of the judges get a pick. And then we can have a double elimination sometime down the road. I honestly think that 8-4 would work, it did in season 3 when there were 8 girls and 4 guys.

This year, I think that there is more talent on the guy’s side, and I would really like to see more guys in the top 12 than women. So I’m hoping that 8 make it, I think it’s possible that this could happen.

I think that it would be very hard for the judges to only choose one guy out from Anoop, Matt G. Ricky Braddy, possibly Nate and Jorge if neither one of them doesn’t make it through tonight. The judges seems to really like Anoop Matt Giraud and Nate, and Paula really likes Ricky Braddy.

I think that it’s a strong possibility that they will choose more than one man, especially given the buzz around some of them. And the girls they really seem to like are Lil, Allison and Alexis who have already made it through.

I don’t think that they would do 9-3, (even though I would love that) but I think they might do the 8-4 split. And if they do this, I don’t think that all of the girls are automatically going get knocked off 4 weeks in a row.

I think that Lil and possibly Alexis could stay around for a while and knock off people like Michael Sarver, and possibly Kris Allen.

I want Anoop to make it through, and I hope that either Matt G, or maybe Nate make it through as well. I definitely want two of these three guys to make it through. The girl that I want to make it through is Jesse Langseth, and I would be okay if Mishovanna was the girl that made it through if there is an 8-4 split.

But I don’t think that either one of these girls are going to make it because I don’t think that the judges really like either one of them that much. I think that Meghan has a good chance of making it through to the wildcard or maybe Felicia. But I think that it’s very likely that Meghan will make it to the top 12.

I would love to see a surprise “top 13.” I think it’d be fitting. In that case they could put through two guys and two girls to the top group no matter what happens tonight.

My predictions (thought they’re always wrong): tonight we see Lil (who deserves it), Scott (meh), and… Jorge (who I can’t help but love) go through. (I know DialIdol ended with Ju’Not above him, but last week with Kris, Kris began the night in the lead and slipped after a few hours, but I believe that in DialIdol’s history, it’s the contestants in the lead after the first, what, 20 minutes?, that matter.)

Wild card picks: Anoop, Ricky, Matt G, Felicia, Ju’Not, Kendall, Megan, Mishavonna/Jesse (I hope both!), Ann Marie/Jackie (I hope neither, I’d take Misha AND Jesse over either of these two), and if they want to pull a fast one on us, Tatiana.

Not sure who of these will get into the top group!

I will not vote at all if Anoop isn’t in the TOP 12.

I just have this feeling that they will allow the judges to each pick a contestant and have 13 people this year. Wasnà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t there supposed to be a surprise this year? If thatà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s the case Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m thinking 8 guys, 5 girls.

I’m hoping maybe they’ll pick 5 people, and there will be a top 14. Then in the first two weeks of the finals two people will go home each week, leaving the top 10 for the tour.

Here’s who I think will be in the WC round: Anoop, Ricky, Matt G, Nate, Felicia, Jesse, Jasmine, Megan/Taylor/Kristen (toss up)

I don’t think Felicia is making it tonight. I bet a guy will take it again, and Jorge and Scott will go through. She disappointed me last night; I thought it was kind of copycat and there were a few missed notes. I was surprised by all the praise I’ve seen for her here. Still love her though.

I really, really, really hope they let the WC round people sing new songs. Maybe pick a song someone else did these past three weeks, so the band will already know it? Or one off the last round of Hollywood list? The latter seems better because it seems that a lot of people who may be in the WC round did really well in the last round in Hollywood. I would love to see more than 5 seconds of Anoop singing “My Prerogative.”

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m liking this prediction, but why is everyone so sure Anoop will get in?

That is what I also donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t understand. If his fan base is really so big how could Michael come in with more votes, just based on something Simon said.

Incoming, internet based fanbases are miniscule compared to the TV viewing audience. That’s the reason that someone who moves the casual viewer/voter can garner more votes than the guy with 100,000 myspace friends. If 1/4 of the people watching voted only 1 time, they would far outnumber any favorite’s fanbase power-voting. TV is still just far too powerful a foe for the internet

On the Anoop thing: for me, it’s that Anoop picked a pretty boring song, but he sang it well, and on key. Ricky sang well too – but he lacks charisma – or whatever it is that makes the tv audience remember him. Plus – Simon is the tie breaker – so if it comes down to that Ricky doesn’t get his vote. Matt G sang a pretty unexciting song completely off key, all over the place and dull. He shouldn’t even get a chance at that Wild Card in my opinion.

So, that’s why I think Anoop has a good shot at a final 12 spot. Actually, just going by judges comments, I think Ju’not has a better shot of taking that final 12 spot than either Ricky or Matt G.

Hmm, I think I just repeated myself LOL.

I’m gonna agree that this experiment with format sucks. Too many contestants, and too many who don’t pop out at you. Better a top 24 that winnows fast to a top 12 you can get to know and love/hate.

I’m down to thinking this is going to be demographics. With Anoop you can get a decent singer, and an Asian fella. With Matt you get some more teenybop cake. With Scott you get tons of overcoming-adversity backstory, though refreshingly I don’t think he’s the one who believes he’s in any way handicapped.

I dunno….what does it say about the year that the only one whose performance has stayed with me and made me want to do repeat viewings, apart from the one-of-a-kind Adam Lambert, is Kris? I’ve watched “Man in the Mirror” five or six times!

One other thing, while I’m ranting: I’m really sick of hearing the word “commercial” from a certain judge, as a compliment. Yes, I get it that the point here is to scout a hot recording artist who’ll sell like mad. But doesn’t even Kara get that what the American recording industry really needs are fresh new musical artists who aren’t just looking or sounding “the package,” but actually bringing something special and unique to the game? If not, why not just take whoever looks the most like Miley Cyrus or the Jonas guys or whatever, and make them a clone?

They never have gotten this about Taylor.

Come on, Ricky…you can do it! lol

That’s the toughy though– they are going to announce picks for group 3 tonight? So what, they’re gonna have ONE day to practice? That’s my only fishy wonder…

What I am getting at is—Are the WC contenders rehearsing this week? Or are they going to have to rely on the last-minute rehearsal on Thursday morning? I think the quality of the WC show is going to be drastically different in these different scenarios.

seems super sweet and gives off a slightly gay vibe, which Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m digging since heà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢s another evangelical.

Just because Ricky went to Belmont doesn’t mean he’s evangelical. I went to Belmont, and I’m the farthest thing from evangelical. In the music programs, there are quite a few people who are there for the program, despite the school’s religious affiliation.

Now if you bring Jesse Langseth back as well Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢ll be even happier.

Word.

Ià ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢m liking this prediction, but why is everyone so sure Anoop will get in?

That is what I also don’t understand. If his fan base is really so big how could Michael come in with more votes, just based on something Simon said.
And Michael fan’s don’t seemed to me the types, who are in for power voting.
I get that they maybe choose him because they want an Asian contestant, but the other things seemed more internet hype than anything else.

That actually captures exactly how I feel about Ricky Braddy. Anoop and Matt G both have something that intrigue me.”

I agree with whomever said that as well. Anoop is the only one of the top 36 that interests me. I watched last night’s entire 2 hour show on my DVR this morning in less than 30 minutes. I’ve found that I’m only watching the performances this year. I’m not interested enough in the contestants to listen to their back stories anymore, and listening to the judges just irritates me. I know MJ will summarize what the judges said anyway, so I come here.

I hope he redeems himself tomorrow.

Admittedly, Anoop still comes off more attractively, because with all *his* buzz, he too, might easily have been overconfident, yet reacted very graciously to the news of losing to the first top three.

I don’t actually like Giraud’s singing. Just projecting and wondering how hard it would be to rearrange my face if I was super sure of being picked and a guy who no one had favored ahead of time Seabiscuited me. It was a fair call, though, Kris definitely outsang him that night.