The Top 24 are "Officially" Revealed? Or Maybe Not.....

Breaking News:
Chris Golightly, the curly haired contestant that was featured in early audition shows, was in Room 1 and was shown repeatedly sitting in the holding room awaiting to hear his fate but was never shown, was dropped from the show at 5pm last night, after being told he had made the Top 24!  The reason that has been given is that he could not prove that he had been released from a previous contract with a band he was in.  Apparently the former band manager could not (or just didn't want to) produce a copy of the release until it was too late.  Chris was dropped from the show, told he couldn't try out again because he made the top 46, was also told by an 19 Entertainment bigwig that he was his favorite contestant, and was then replaced by Tim Urban.  Stay tuned to see if anything changes.

In other news, there has still been no official word on whether Big Mike has been dropped from the show because his father gave a television interview where he stated that his son had made the top 24 in violation of the non-disclosure clause in Big Mike's contract.

Here are your Top 24 - at least as it stands for now pending a potential lawsuit by Chris who is meeting with an attorney today:

Top 12 Guys
"Big" Mike Lynche
Alex Lambert
John Park
Joe Munoz
Jermaine Sellers (who was a finalist on BET's Sunday Best)
Andrew Garcia
Tyler Grady
Tim Urban
Aaron Kelly
Todrick Hall
Lee Dewyze
Casey James

Top 12 Girls
Katelyn Epperly
Didi Benami
Janell Wheeler
Lacey Brown
Crystal Bowersox
Katie Stevens
Michelle Delamar
Siobhan Magnus
Lilly Scott
Ashley Rodriguez
Paige Miles
Haeley Vaughn

Not sure what the judges saw over the course of Hollywood Week to make the following decisions:
Seriously people, who would have thought that a child, Aaron Kelly, who kept forgetting his lyrics would one, still be around at the end and two, be selected over the likes of Jermaine Purifoy or Thaddeus Johnson.  Tim Urban, who couldn't seem to sing in tune anytime they showed him makes the show along with Alex Lambert who also seemd to not have what it takes to survive on the Kodak stage.

On the womens side, Angela Martin was flat out robbed.  No way she doesn't make it over Haeley Vaughn what a travesty!

And thanks to the ever so maddening Idol editing crew, we haven't even heard about 4 of the top 12 women sing.....either they are incredible or they didn't have interesting enough back stories to warrant tv time. 

That brings us to next week when the fun really begins.  If you haven't noticed, I have not been my usual snarky self.  All that changes next week!!!

-"The Moderator"