Andrew Garcia
23 – Los Angeles
Andrew’s parents were gang members and Andrew’s just trying to make a better life for his family
Audition Song – Sunday Morning
Hollywood Weeks Round 1 Song – Straight Up
Hollywood Week Group Song – No One (w/Katie Stevens, JB Ahfua & someone else as “3 Men & a Baby”)
Hollywood Week Round 3 Song [...]

Siobhan Magnus
19 – Massachusetts
Siobhan didn’t have a defined back story before the semi-finals.  We now know she is a glassblower’s apprentice who used to have a mohawk and is from a family of musicians.
Audition Song – not shown
Hollywood Week Round 1 Song – not shown
Hollywood Week Group Song – Bad Romance (w/Theri, Jareb Liewer & Todrick [...]

Paige Miles
age unknown – city unknown
story unknown prior to the semi-finals, we now know that she colors to relax
Audition Song – not shown
Hollywood Week Round 1 Song – not shown
Hollywood Week Group Song – not shown
Hollywood Week Round 3 Song – not shown
Semi-final Week 1 Song – “All Right Now” by Free
Semi-final Week 2 Song [...]

Katie Stevens
17 – Connecticut
Katie’s Portuguese Grandmother is starting to suffer from Alzheimers.
Audition Song – At Last
Hollywood Week Round 1 Song – For Once in My Life
Hollywood Week Group Song – No One (w/Andrew Garcia, JB Ahfua & someone else as “3 Men & a Baby”)
Hollywood Week Round 3 Song – not shown
Semi-final Week 1 Song [...]

Didi Benami
23 – Hollywood, CA
Didi’s backstory is that her best friend passed away 4 years ago and she was a singer also.
Audition Song – Hey Jude
Hollywood Week Round 1 Song – Terrified (co-written by Kara DioGuardi)
Hollywood Week Group Song – not shown
Hollywood Week Round 3 Song – Angel
Semi-final Week 1 Song – “The Way I [...]

Lacey Brown
23 – Amarillo, TX
Lacey and her cute pixie haircut made it to the final cut last season, sitting in the showdown chair next to Megan Joy Corkery when Megan was put through.
Audition Song – Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Hollywood Week Round 1 Song – not shown
Hollywood Week Group Song – not shown
Hollywood Week Round 3 [...]

Crystal Bowersox
24 – Ohio
Crystal has a two year old son and is another guitar playing blonde, but with a completely different look and vibe than the other girls.  She also had to be hospitalized during week 2 of the semi-finals, causing the schedule to be flipped to Guys on Tuesday, Girls on Wednesday.  What you [...]

Tim Urban
20 – ?
Tim is only on the show due to the douchiness of Chris Golightly.
Audition Song – not shown
Hollywood Week Round 1 Song – Come Back to Me
Hollywood Week Group Song – Get Ready (w/Seth Rollins, Mike Lynche & Michael Castro as “Team Awesome”)
Hollywood Week Round 3 Song – I’m Yours
Semi-final Week 1 Song [...]

Katelyn Epperly
Rigelseven’s Take:
I am amazed that Paige Miles is into the top 12.  It’s not that I don’t like her, it’s just that she had no exposure prior to the live shows and hasn’t distinguished herself with her performances.  In fact, this week, she was terrible.  If there are any Paige voters out there reading [...]

See, that was much better this week.  It makes me wonder if maybe the first live performance episodes of every season are really bad and we just forget about it as the season goes on.  No, I’m sticking with this season’s first performances as being the worst group of all time.  At least the eliminations [...]

Did anyone else find it ironic that the group song was the song that basically punched one of the eliminated contestant’s ticket to the top 24?  That’s right, Janell Wheeler really impressed the judges with her guitar take on American Boy during the first round of Hollywood Week.  Brutal
Janell Wheeler
I think you can chalk this [...]

American Idol 9 Preview
The Guys
See the blurb in the Top 12 Girls posts for an explanation
Mike Lynche
26 – NewYork/Florida
Mike’s backstory is that his wife was pregnant when he auditioned and had the baby during Hollywood Week.  He was also rumoured to have been disqualified but it turned out to be Chris Golightly instead.
Audition Song – [...]