“American Idol” picked its 24 semi-finalists during the show this Thursday’s show, and it turned out to be quite a muted affar lacking any real drama or surprises.
The nearest to controversy came when n a pair of 15-year-olds Jacee Badeaux and Thia Megia both hoping to take full advantage of the lower age limit, needless to say the two hopefuls had to wait until the final moments of the selection process to find out.
As it happened it was bad news for Jacee Badeaux while Thia Megia sailed through she did ruin Jessica Cunningham’s 25th birthday by beating her to the final women's place.
It has to be noted that this was Cunningham's seventh attempt at reaching the finals, she even said to Ryan “You are the undertaker right now to me,” when he called the two girls upstairs.
The losing group should console themselves with the thought, everyone who made through to this point is a very good singer, so some of the selections were splitting hairs.
Obviously, none of the 16 singers who got this close only to fall short were thrilled to be going home.
The final 24 are ...
The 12 women:
Naima Adedapo,
Lauren Alaina,
Kendra Chantrelle,
Ashton Jones,
Thia Megia,
Haley Rinehart,
Karen Rodriguez,
Pia Toscano,
Lauren Turner,
Tatynisa Wilson,
Rachel Zevita
Julie Zorrilla.
The 12 men:
Casey Abrams,
Jovany Barreto,
Jordan Dorsey,
James Durbin,
Clint Jun Gamboa,
Tim Halperin,
Stefano Langone,
Brett Loewenstern,
Jacob Lusk,
Scotty McCreery,
Paul McDonald
Robbie Rosen.
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