There are even more Top 50 rumors after the Jump! There are more contestants identified, and a few interesting tidbits. Thanks as always to Joesplace/Milajoy who is doing her thang over at Idol Forums
Bonus: Dave from Vote For The Worst posted a Holiday Surprise on Christmas Eve. Heh.
If you’re so inclined (in other words, love being SPOILED)…
…Check it out.
A few noteworthy tidbits:
- Jermain Paul, the contestant with probably the most experience (a duet he performed with Alicia Keys was nominated for a grammy) dropped out after he made the Top 50. I suppose his quitting will become part of the Hollywood drama…
- The “Irish Girl” has been identified by Vote For The Worst. Her name is Carly Hennessy. She likes tattoos!
And I’m hearing that the contestants TPTB seemed to really like best in Hollywood were:
- Michael Johns
- Syesha Mercado
- Josiah Leming
- David Archuleta
- Carol “Carly” Hennessy (The Irish Girl)
Newly identified contestants:
Adelee “Addy” Michelle/Mitchell
Age:20
Hometown/Residency: Floyd-Riner-Roanoke, Virginia
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/adeleemichelle
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Asia’h E.
Age: 19
Hometown/Residency: Joplin, Missouri
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/asiahe
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Carol “Carly” Hennessy
This is the “Irish Girl” outed recently by Vote For The Worst
Age: 24
Audition Song: Chaka Kahn song
Hometown/Residency: Georgia, California / Rizon / Texas
Hollywood Week Song: “Light My Fire” by The Doors
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/carsmths
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Hennessy
Photos:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d…timate_High.jpg
http://www.andpop.com/images/carlyhennessy1.jpg
Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0xEvNlF42I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSxV6jgRWw
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Garrett Haley
Age: 17
Hometown/Residency: Lima, Ohio
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/246178704
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Jason
Age: 28
Hometown/Residency: Branson, Missouri
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/183339356
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Joanne Borgella
Age: 25
Birthdate: May 29th, 1982
Hometown/Residency: Atlanta, Georgia / California / Hoboken, New York
MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/wwwjoanneborgellacom
http://www.myspace.com/86642457
Website: http://www.joanneborgella.com/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_Borgella
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1GhyvYle0s
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Jordan “Lady J.” Minter
Age: 21
Hometown/Residency: Atlanta, Georgia
Audition City: Atlanta, Georgia
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/57426121
Photo: http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/binary/…llife1-1_14.jpg
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Kristy Lee Cook
Age: 23
Residency: Selma, Or
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/BringItOn15
Music Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=e6WiYerdMnA
Music page: http://cdbaby.com/cd/kristylee
Articles: http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233653
http://www.kristylee.net/kristy_biography.htm
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Mia Mitchell
Age: 17
Residency: Dayton, OH
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/163785075
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Neyshia Go
age: 17
Residency: Antioch, CA
MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea…iendid=49254247
Website: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea…iendid=49254247
Photo: http://www.awayan.com/neyshiago/photos/front_bw_2a.jpg
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Ramielle Maulbay
Age: 20
Residency: Miramar, FL
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/bgirlfallz
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ramiele
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Samantha Sidley
Age: 22
Reisdency: Los Angeles
Website: http://www.samanthasidley.com/
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/samanthasidley
She’s a jazz singer–did a workshop with Peisha McPhee when she was 12…She has performed in the past with Katharine.
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And the rest of the Top 50 so far…
Aaron Sanders
Residency: Atlanta, GA
MySpace: www.myspace.com/aaronthechef
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/bruthaonline
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Alaina Whitaker
Age: 16
Residency: Tulsa, OK
Facebook: http://hs.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1447920161
Photo: http://photos-134.ll.facebook.com/photos-l…153537_9244.jpg
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Alexandrea “Alex” Lushington
Age: 16
Residency: Douglasville, Georgia
Audition City: Atlanta, Georgia
Audition Song: “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/mizalex91
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Amy Davis
Age: 25
Residency: Cedar Lake, IN
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/amyunderwater
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/amydavisvoice
MySpace Band: http://www.myspace.com/6thelementband
MySpace Band: http://www.myspace.com/amydavistrio
Modeling Website: http://www.ModelMayhem.com/member.php?id=42864
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Brooke White
Residency: Hollywood, CA
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/brookewhite
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Brandon Green
Residency: Nashville TN, Lucedale, Mississippi
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/brandongreenmusic
Photos:
http://a289.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…6757e72faa0.jpg
http://a820.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…0659b348edb.jpg
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Cardin McKinney
Age:
Hometown: Nashville
Audition City:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/cardinmckinney
Photos:
http://a321.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…113f0041050.jpg
http://a555.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…ce92dd7d8d2.jpg
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Chikezie Eze
***He made it to Hollywood last year too.
Age: 22
Residency: Inglewood, CA
Audition City:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/Clova03
Photo: My Space Pic
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Colton Swon
**Plays the Guitar in Hollywood
Residency: Muskogee, Oklahoma
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/coltonswon
Sang “Love the One You’re With” in Hollywood
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Danny Noriega
Age: 18:
Residency: California
MySpace:http://www.myspace.com/dannypoprox
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David Archuleta
** David won Star Search when he was only 12 years old
Age: 16
Residency: Leander, TX/SLC, Utah
Audition City:
Facebook:
Star Search Videos:
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/star_search2/…david_archuleta
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/star_search4/video_junior.php
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=z8SJXDPE_sQ
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David Cook
Residency: Blue Springs, Missouri
Audition City: Omaha, NE
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/drcook
Video of him waiting to go see the judges:
http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/News/De…mp;pageId=3.2.1
Was in the band AXIUM:
http://www.myspace.com/axium
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea…;friendid=15188
Info on the band with link to purchase CD’s:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/axium
Singing BonJovi while wating to go in and see the trio:
http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/s…mp;locale=EN-US
Couple interviews:
http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/s…mp;locale=EN-US
http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/s…mp;locale=EN-US
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Jason Castro
**Appeared on the MTV Show CHEYENNE and Cheyenne’s Love Interest
Age: 20
Residency: College Station, TX
Audition City: Dallas Texas
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jasoncastromusic
Photos:
http://a856.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…69d3217082f.jpg
http://a45.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images…fbc3c4bdfa4.jpg
http://a692.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…2718bf26403.jpg
http://c.myspace.com/Groups/00011/49/66/11816694_l.jpg
Video: (He was the drummer in the band Keeping Lions until very recently)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DWfqCqUQt58
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QGgcqGG3Ps8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gXKmeoQWFK0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7A-HtEzo8Os
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Josiah Leming
Age: 18
Residency: Texas
Sang Grace Kelly and Played the Piano in Hollywood
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/josiahleming
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lbjc3ypUfO4
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=q1hvdBYvCOk
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=BuUgrNH9qgE
Music: http://void.snocap.com/s/genswf.php?id=T3-…N327RV-H&r=
http://void.snocap.com/s/genswf.php?id=T3-…N327RV-H&r=
Old Band Music: http://www.purevolume.com/sefrona
Website: http://josiahleming.com/default.aspx
Video: http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/browse?kshow_id=23915
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Jermaine PaulMade the Top 50 but Dropped Out, signed by J Records
Age: 28
Residency: Upstate, New York
Audition City: San Diego, California
Audition Song: “Soldier’s Cry”
Website: http://www.jermainepaul.com/
MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/jermainep
http://www.myspace.com/jermainepaul
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermaine_Paul
Videos:
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYEzNjQ7sPM
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoBmUEJFfFw
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1hip7sP2QY
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCK6eQSZqqA
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKt6lDasbeY
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8QlqoPLmcA
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0LYWuBX__4
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBioiZduA9Y
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtJXxBxn3Ro
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1NfZuqJsW8
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EITQ5AafcdU
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae8noKKoilY
This dude is really accomplished. He’s performed with Alicia Keys, and was nominated for a grammy for a duet he recorded with her…
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Lisa Aukerman
Age: 22
Residency: Gainesville, FL
Audition City: Charleston
MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea…endID=134754253
MySpace Music: http://www.myspace.com/lisaaukerman
Photo: http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/9756/lisaaukermannp2.jpg
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Lorena Pinot.
Age: 26
Residency: Miami, Fl
Audition City: Miami
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/lorena_pinot
MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea…iendid=27863253
Photo: http://a434.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…694d88d5e41.jpg
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Marsha Hancock
Age: 23
Residency: Nashville, TN
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/marshahancock
MySpace Music Page: http://www.myspace.com/hancockmarsha
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Michael Johns
Age:
Residency: Los Angeles
MySpace Music: http://www.myspace.com/michaeljohnsmusic
Picture: http://b9.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00784/9…784131449_m.jpg
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Michael Preston
Age: 20
Residency: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Audition City: Dallas, Texas
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ugotitbad4meeee
http://www.myspace.com/ugotitbad4meeee
MySpace Music
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Michael Sanfilippo
Residency: Barrington, IL
MySpace Music: http://www.myspace.com/brightlikejapan
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Shaun Barrowes
Age: 28
Residency: Spanish Fork, UT
WebSite: http://www.shaunbarrowes.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/shaunbarrowes
Video: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=…amp;installed=1
Video: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=…;oid=2403592478
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Syesha Mercado
Age: 20
Residency:
Audition City: Miami FL
**Was on the ABC show “The One”
MySpace: http://myspace.com/syesha
My Space: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea…iendid=54064116
Source: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti…nelID=257366085
Photos:
http://a290.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…cf534425239.jpg
http://a388.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…ceccc317743.jpg
http://a870.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…bfc998cf98d.jpg
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Thank you!
Anyone nominated for a Grammy (duet) does not belong on American Idol. Sad to think he took someone’s spot.
I thought Brian Miller made it to Hollywood?
Thanks, MJ and Milajoy. Aw, Colton Swon’s not a producer fav? A shame I tell you!
I just listened to Carly’s (the Irish girl) song on youtube and I really like her and her sound. She is such a beauty! Looks like a really talented group this year……I am starting to look forward to the show! Woohooooo! Pix
The Irish girl released an album for MCA a few years back that cost over 2 million to produce and sold about 400. She’s married to a man who’s completely covered in tattoos (including his face). I wonder if he’ll sit in the audience while she sings. That’ll really break the mold. Quite a few of the others have already been signed and dropped by major labels as well. It appears that after hours of auditions, we get to see people who already got their major label shot try again. This is kind of the way I saw it coming. In a couple of years,I predict future Idol contestants will be more famous singers who were dropped by the label - maybe Rueben can audition again.
I wonder if the show will acknowledge in any way the previous accomplishments of many of these people or just pretend they found them in the turnip patch. I’m just annoyed that my favorite, the Grammy nominess, came to his senses and dropped out. How exciting is it going to be to root for the one MCA dropped vs. the one that another major label signed vs. the one that was signed by Britney Spears and dropped. Maybe the back stories will all be how tough the music business is.
Not to say that talented people shouldn’t get to appear on Idol. It’s just that the allure of the show to me is discovering “undiscovered” talent. Very few of these people are. It’s kind of a shame they made them wait on line in a stadium to go through the pretense of an audition. I think the application form should have a check off for major label releases/ TV talent show won and it would have saved them alot of trouble.
Good points, jpfan. A friend and I were discussing this very fact last night. Previous contest winners. Singers signed to labels who even produced CD’s, videos, etc., who now are “trying out” among the great hordes of talented undiscovered’s.
I am expecting Mig from Rock Star to show up one day. Maybe Chris Young, who won Nashville Star, but who has gone nowhere. The possibilities are endless.
Constantine! Come on and grab for that brass ring again!!
just checked out some of these contestants, whoa, very professional pages, shiny photo shoots, bios, like a hollywood casting call.
indie and label records, in the studio, production meetings, these people have been doing this a while it seems.
Kristy Lee Cook doing the Carrie Underwood thing, the video is a bit cheesy with she and the guy riding horses, music swelling, blech-
did like Jason Castro, the student from Texas, his bio read like a kid going to school who plays music, seems real to me.a real good thing in my book. Michael Johns has a great voice, and style too, love his tone, not a real fan of this falsetto thing that lots of guy singers have going on these days.
Hoping that AI can give me a element of surprise with these contestants, the “professional” quality a bit of a turn off already.
Jason Castro had a role on an MTV show so he’s not just a regular kid either. Michael Johns may have been the lead in a group that was signed by a major label and released a CD as well. One that got good reviews unless I’m confusing him with someone else. I think Kristy Lee Cook was signed by a label that Britney Spears created (under BMG) and I guess later dropped. I’m not sure if she ever put out an album.
I knew even before I looked at her myspace page that this girl, Ramielle Maulbay, is a Filipina. Her name certainly gives her away. LOL
I surely hope she has a “stronger” voice than that showcased on her myspace songs, though, because that didn’t impress me too much… :s
Yup, Micheal Johns was in the group “The Rising” which was was signed to Maverick Records and released a CD. Kristy Lee Cook was signed by Britney’s label.
Hmmmm….so it all comes down to who needs the least amount of ProTools?
This is a very professional looking group.
That first girl, Asia’ E, needs to use a different shade o’ foundation.
Dang! I hope SOME previously undiscovereds make it through to the top 12 or 18 or whatever it is…..
MJ, John Clayton didnt make top 50. He’s just telling everone under the sun that he did…lol
Also, you missed adding Kristy Lee’s name, and Luck isnt the right Luke…xoxo
As far as “regular kids” there’s plenty of them too:
Mia, Garret, Ramielle, Josiah, Alania, Alex, Brandon, Danny, Both Michaels, and Shaun, to name a few.
Oh, and MJ this picture of David Cook is much hotter:
David Cook
I’m making the changes now.
LOL I just noticed that Samantha Sidley studied with Peisha McPhee.
She has a good voice, though. Husky and jazzy.
Check out Josiah Lemming…that kid can play the piano! Wow.
I also like Alex Lushington and Cardin McKinny.
If there are any guys lurking…you might want to check out Amy Davis’s cheesecake photos, lol.
Jermaine Paul is out, eh? Poop! He coulda been my fave! Oh well. Need to regroup here! I kinda like Jason Castro. And Syesha (poor thing suffered through “The One” - she deserves a shot for that reason alone). SHe was one of two or three on that show that deserved better than a local talent show nod.
Darn next season lot..Majority seem to be good looking have been on a big label and dropped or appeared on a show..The new name professional idol plus others.