AI8 Contestant Listing - SPOILERS

He Auditioned on crutches: A chief warrant officer in his National Guard unit, he was seriously wounded in the leg by enemy fire late last year while piloting an Apache helicopter over Musa Qala in Afghanistan

Age: 28

Hometown: Tuscon

Audition City: KC

Audition song: ?So Far Away? by Staind and ?Hemorrhage? by Fuel.

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ottorotate

Photo: http://a342.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image...51671f14235.jpg

Tom Korbee

*Husband of Jenn Korbee

Age:

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH/Los Angeles, CA

Audition City: Phoenix

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/tomkorbee

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Tom-Korbee/726373319

Website: http://www.tomkorbee.com/

Tuan/Twan Lozada

*Shaved his "afro" haircut in Hollywood Week

Cut in Hollywood

Tryphaena Joelle Nimmons

Age: 18

Hometown: Indianapolis, IN

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/iamthelyricalmafia

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q72sfXqvrvU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu0vltGaydc

CONTESTANTS WHO MADE IT TO AT LEAST THE JUDGES:

Aaron Williamson

Hometown: Louisville, KY

Audition Cty: Louisville

Source: http://www.fox41.com/global/video/flash/po...mp;rnd=67021146

Alisha Dixon

Age:19

Residency: Manahawkin, NJ

Audition City: NJ/NY

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/alishadixon

**Cut during Judges round

Andrew Lang

Audition City: KC

Source: http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Home/De....1.1&;;sflg=1

Photo: http://www.kansascity.com/static/images/08...80808_0263F.jpg

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?sid=7671...;gid=2413829164

Andrew Gibson

Audition City: SLC

Source:

http://www.myfoxutah.com/myfox/pages/Home/....1.1&;;sflg=1

Audra-Kate Geiger

Age: 18

Hometown: NJ

Audition City: NJ/NY

Carolyn Selheim

*friend of Phoebe Ryan

Hometown: Red Bank, NJ

Audition City: NJ/NY

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/carolynselheim

Colton Swon

**Made it to the top 50 of AI7

Age:

Audition City: Kansas City

Hometown: Muskogee, Oklahoma

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/coltonswon

Chris Bernheisel

Chris made it in front of Randy, Paula and Simon last year (He was the crazy AI fan that got to interview people at the finale)

Age: 25

Hometown: Freemont, NE

Audition City: Kansas City

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/46847437

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i2HJZRt5Pw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shCT_Nc_qmQ

Daniel _____

Hometown: Milwaukee, WI

Audition ity: KC

Source: http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Home/De....1.1&;;sflg=1

Derek Carozza

**Fox19's Idol finalist 2008

Age: 19

Hometown: Cicinnnati, OH/Lebanon, OH

Audition City: Louisville

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/derekcarozza

Source: http://www.fox19.com/global/video/flash/po...amp;rnd=2448778

Darren Larson

Age: 18

Hometown: Denver, CO

Audition City: SLC

Audition Song: "Always and Forever," written by Rodney L. Temperton

Source: http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/M...ory~519975.aspx

Emily Nicholas

Hometown: originlly from Clearlake IA/Currently in Chicago

Audition City: Louisville

Audition Song: "Reflection" by Christina Aguilera

Source: http://www.fox41.com/global/video/flash/po...mp;rnd=67021146

Genny Gaus

**Friends with Auditioner Nicholas Gallardo

Age: 21

Hometown: Tuscon, AZ

Audition City: Glendale, AZ

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10126998

Jamar _____

Hometown: Milwaukee, WI

Audition ity: KC

Source: http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Home/De....1.1&;;sflg=1

Jessie Page

Age: 20

Hometown: Wamego, Kan

Audition City: KC

Source: http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Home/De....1.1&;;sflg=1

Joy James

Age: 28

Hometown: Guam

Auditioned: Phoenix

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendid=55572503

*** Cut at Judges round

Julisa ______

Hometown: Doctor Phillips, FL

Audition City: Jacksonville

Source: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/MyFox/pa...mp;locale=EN-US

Katie Ro

Hometown: Nashville, TN

Audition City: Louisville

Source: http://www.fox41.com/global/video/flash/po...mp;rnd=67021146

Kelli Ward

Hometown: Chilhowie, VA.

Audition City: Louisville, KY

Source: http://www.fox41.com/Global/story.asp?s=8967288

Kia Hampton

Hometown: Louisville

Audition City: Louisville

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Kia_Hampton/210607877

Article: http://www.fox41.com/Global/story.asp?S=8709436

Photo: http://profile.ak.facebook.com/profile6/16...607877_5456.jpg

Source: http://www.fox41.com/global/video/flash/po...mp;rnd=67021146

Kyle _____

**Bartends at the Olive Grden in Alamont

Hometown: Altamont. FL

Audition City: Jacksonville

Source: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/MyFox/pa...mp;locale=EN-US

Laneshe Young

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH

Audition City: Louisville

Maia Archote

Age: 24

Hometown: Mountain View, Ark

Audition City: Louisville

Audition Songs: Aretha Franklin's "Sweet Bitter Love," Ben Harper's "Brown Eyed Blues" and her own "Battering Ram

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/72706938

MySpace Music: http://www.myspace.com/maiasmusicmaiaarchotecom

Website: http://www.maiaarchote.com/

Videos:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bVm0f4MfcZs

http://youtube.com/watch?v=c5a6SN4btI4

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ycRs-c-xHFk

Matt Henderson

Age: 20

Hometown: Owensboro, KY

Audition City: Louisville

Matthew Corkey

Hometown: Christiansburg, VA

Audition City: Louisville

Audition Song: Michael Bublé ? "The More I See You"

Source: http://www.fox41.com/global/video/flash/po...mp;rnd=67021146

Mia _____

Hometown: KC

Audition ity: KC

Source: http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/Home/De....1.1&;;sflg=1

Michael Gurr

*** Passed out at the audition from not eating or sleeping

Age: 17

Hometown: Mesa, AZ

Audition City: Glendale, AZ

** Cut at the Judges Round

Nicholas ______

**Graduated from Olympia HS in Orlando

Age:

Hometown: Orlando, FL

Audition City: Jacksonville

Source: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/myfox/MyFox/pa...mp;locale=EN-US

Omenesa Oruma

Age: 25

Hometown: Louisville, KY

Audition City: Louisville

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/389867325

MySpace Music: http://www.myspace.com/omenesaoruma

Source: http://www.fox41.com/Global/story.asp?s=8967288

Randy Madden

Age: 28

Auditioned: Phoenix

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendid=14717639

** Cut at Judges Round

Rebecca Garcia

Age:

Hometown: Louisville

Audition City: Louisville

Source: http://www.fox41.com/global/video/flash/po...mp;rnd=67021146

Ryan Smith

Hometown: Bloomington, IN

Audition City: Louisville

Source: http://www.fox41.com/global/video/flash/po...mp;rnd=67021146

Sabrina McGee

Hometown: Cincinatti, OH

Audition City: Louisville

Source: http://www.fox41.com/Global/story.asp?s=8967288

Sarah Ford

Hometown: Elizabethtown, KY

Audition City: Louisville, KY

Source: http://www.fox41.com/global/video/flash/po...mp;rnd=67021146

Sarah Rucker

Hometown: Akron, OH

Source: http://www.fox41.com/Global/story.asp?s=8967288

Travis Jamison

Hometown: Shepherdsville, KY

Audition City: Louisville

Source: http://www.fox41.com/Global/story.asp?s=8967288

Twan ______

Audition City: Glendale

Source: http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/myfox/pages/Ho....1.1&;;sflg=1

CONTESTANTS WHO MADE IT PAST AT LEAST ROUND ONE:

Adrian Reyes

Age:21

Hometown: Chicago

Audition City: Louisville

Aimee Beren

Age: 19

Hometown:: Tempe, AZ

Audition City: Glendale, AZ

MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...endid=372952613

Source: http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/article...ay3update2.html

Allie Nicole

Age: 27

Hometown: Covina, CA

Audition City: Glendale, AZ

Audition Song: The Eagles' "Desperado"

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/alliecali4niay

MySpace Music: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendid=66832382

Source: http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/article...ay3update2.html

Videos:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...ideoid=38952337

Allison JoAnne Porter

Audition City: East Rutherford, NJ

Hometown: Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Audition Song: ?Fancy? by Reba McEntire

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/allisonportermusic

Source: http://www.starherald.net/local/local_story_233112054.html

Anthony Mincey

Age:26

Hometown: Jacksonville

Audition City: Jacksonville

Audition Song: Stevie Wonder's "All I Do"

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/randbstar

Ashley Robinson

Age: 18

Hometown Glendale, AZ

Audition City: Glendale, AZ

MySpace:

Source: http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/article...ay3update2.html

Asia ______

Audition City: NJ/NY

Brandon Green

**Made it to the top 50 of AI7

Age:

Hometown: Nashville TN, Lucedale, Mississippi

Audition City: Kansas City

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/brandongreenmusic

Brandy Moral

**Twins with Britney below

Age:

Hometown: Ulysses KS

Audition City: KC

Source: http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/s...mp;locale=EN-US

Brian Hettler

Age: 19

Hometown: Kansas City

Audition City: KC

Audition Songs: ?Let It Be? ? the version from the film ?Across the Universe

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/bjteddybear

Britney Moral

**Twins with Brandy above

Age:

Hometown: Ulysses, KS

Audition City: KC

Source: http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/s...mp;locale=EN-US

Brittany Wescott

**Went to Hollywood season 7

Age: 21

Residency: Jacksonville FL

Audition City: Jacksonville

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFK0tvpOUWA

**Cut Producers Round

Brook Sample

**Works for Rusty's Family Restaurant &;; Sports Grille

Age: 21

Hometown: Tuscon, AZ

Audition City: Glendale, AZ

MySpace:

Source: http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/printDS/249985

Photo: http://media.americanidol.com/photos/292/33090.jpg

Camry Lauren

Age: 17

Hometown: Alamosa, Colorado

Audition City: Phoenix

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/camrylauren

Photo: http://a669.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image...d7ee3ba0cfc.jpg

Candice Guinn

***Her name is listed as Shaina and Candice

Age: 18

Audition City: Glendale, AZ

MySpace:

Source: http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/article...ay3update3.html

Catlin Cook

Hometown: Buffalo, NY

Audition City: NJ/NY

Source: http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/Home/De....1.1&;;sflg=1

Cesar De La Rosa

**Won this years Tampa Bay Idol contest

Age: 18

Hometown: Tampa, FL

Audition City: Jacksonville

Audition Song: Colbie Caillat's song "Bubbly"

Source: http://blogs.tampabay.com/popmusic/2008/08...-pick-em-o.html

Video: http://video.ap.org/v/Legacy.aspx?g=b8b02e...p;partner=en-ap

Chadwick LaRue

Age: 25

Hometown: Louisville

Audition City: Louisville

Audition Song: ?I Heard It Through the Grapevine"

Works at O?Charley?s in Indiana

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/241214367

Chaz Krivan

Age: 25

Hometown: Vero Beach, FL

Audition City: Jacksonville, FL

Audition Song: Creep by Radiohead

Picture: http://photos.jacksonville.com/mycapture/e...&;;thispage=1

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/spyderchaz

Chris _____

Hometown: Toledo, OH

Audition City: NY/NJ

Christian Thomas

Age: 16

Hometown: Houston, TX

Audition City: Kansas City

Chris Watson

**Made it to Hollywood on AI7

Age: 21

Residency: Dover, DE

Audition City: NJ/NY

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/chriswatz

** Cut during the producers round

Christine Kershaw

Age: 20

Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Audition Song: Love Song by Sara Barielles

Audition City: Jacksonville, FL

http://photos.jacksonville.com/mycapture/e...&;;thispage=1

Source: http://news.jacksonville.com/justin/2008/0...by-idol-judges/

Source: http://www.fox30online.com/mediacenter/loc...&;;navCatId=5

Christopher Bingham

Age: 20

Hometown: Wauseon, Ohio

Audition City: NJ

Auition Song: "Gallery" by Mario Vazquez.

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/t...n_idol_at_.html

Cody Hauber

Age: 24

Hometown: Hobart, Indiana

Audition City: Louisville

Audition Songs: Elton John's "Your Song," Seal's "Kiss from a Rose" and Sam Cooke's "Cupid."

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/singrrnaband

** Got cut - producers round

Corliss Smith

**Made it to Hollywood Season 7

Age: 21

Residency: Jacksonville FL

Audition City: Jacksonville

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFK0tvpOUWA

Corri Schembri

Age: 16

Hometowndale, AZ

Audition City: Glendale, AZ

MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendid=56744985

Source: http://www.azcentral.com/ent/music/article...dolreg0724.html

Crystal Ann

Audition City: San Francisco

Danielle Calato

Age: 25

Hometown: Cheektowaga, New York

Audition City: Jacksonville

MySpace Music: http://www.myspace.com/DANIELLECALATOMUSIC

Youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/daniellecalato

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKC4ucyqWEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB3Qq9FJ1SQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty212ghqJYg

Dontay Miller

Age: 23

Hometown: Louisville

Audition City: Louisville

Audition Song: Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman."

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/tayidol2008

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrQryKVoYqI

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QNk_wiDNyQI

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZL9aJAqsR10

Edgardo Monserrat

Age:

Hometown: Puerto Rico

Audition City: Puerto Rico

Audition Song:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/edgardomonserratmusic

Videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjdkDzVyI6U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOZLcfPZ-R4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcHjRAA6wcc

Faith Jackson

Age: 28

Hometown: Tacoma, WA

Audition City: San Francisco

Audition Song: Anyway by Martina McBride

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/faithjannell

Georgia Napolitano

(Shes got a Brittish accent)

Age: 16

Hometown: Austin, TX

Audition City: Louisville

MySpace Music: http://www.myspace.com/georgianapolitanocom

Video: http://www.fox41.com/global/video/popup/po...amp;h1=American Idol hopefuls

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOvAzLiMHPY

Website: http://georgianapolitano.com/

** Got cut - producers round

Harley Sumabat

Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/evidence08

Hannah Newson

Age: 17

Hometown: Kansas City, MO

Audition City: Kansas City

Last edited by JoesPlace on 1/26/2009 at 4:51 PM

Smartie

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 1:26 PM

I Run This Joint! Joined: April 2007 Location: Tarding for Normund & Jackie

Love your work, Joes

Quote :

a ventriloquist who performed with a "elderly" dummy on her arm

*groans*

JoesPlace

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 1:27 PM

Chill Town Joined: October 2007 Location: Spokane, WA

Quote "Smartie":

Love your work, Joes

Quote :

a ventriloquist who performed with a "elderly" dummy on her arm

*groans*

Thank you, Smartie!

The ventriloquist actually looks really normal - which is such a contradiction. I just wonder if the dummy did the actual singing. lol

focal_object

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 1:29 PM

DayTripper Joined: March 2007 Location: The Cellar

sunshine8503

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 1:34 PM

Suck it, Bitches! Joined: March 2007 Location: Self-important hypocrite & sadistic net nerd

Thanks Joesplace! Whole bunch of girls Randy

well im pissed off

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 3:01 PM

You Bastards Joined: March 2008 Location: The Wetlands

Wow Clap Clap Clap

frogtard

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 3:44 PM

Joined: August 2007 Location:

You are on top of it!

Grima

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 3:45 PM

Croco-Stimpy Joined: May 2006 Location: Schoolworkhome.

joe, this is awesome!!!

I think some of the list is repeated. But it's still really cool to get this ability to scoop out how much experience these people actually have. Root up the plants, if you will.

thefunnystone

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 5:16 PM

I Run This Joint! Joined: May 2006 Location: Wearing Your Favorite Chicken McNuggets in a Mariachi Band Pin

Yeah the list is definitely on there twice.

Fallen Angel Gabriel

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 5:32 PM

Moderator Joined: June 2006 Location: @FallenAngelGabe on Twatter

The Top 24 will all be plants this year who bypass Round 1.

stingray11214

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 5:47 PM

Light of Idol's Doom Joined: February 2007 Location: Brooklyn

Just a question: How many regional competitions like "Arizona Idol" exist? Because if there are a bunch of them, your Final 24 will be coming from those competitions, not from the "cattle calls".

Fallen Angel Gabriel

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 6:39 PM

Moderator Joined: June 2006 Location: @FallenAngelGabe on Twatter

Yeah, because David "Caden" Hernandez and Jorbacca were such overwhelming successes.

JeanneFan

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 7:37 PM

Joined: March 2007 Location: Rehab

Quote "sunshine8503":

Thanks Joesplace! Whole bunch of girls Randy

They're making up for having like no females left in the final couple of weeks last season.

Insane

Posted: 7/30/2008 at 9:01 PM

Moderator Joined: February 2007 Location: MyndJack Radio Idol Top 3 Contestant

I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking this, but methinks AI is watching the sausage fest that is CI. Sure, it's not working and the show is tanking as we speak, but that's never stopped AI from borrowing.

Maybe Nigel thinks the key is to have more women than men.

Enter American BreastFest 2009. A top 24 with 15 girls and 9 guys. Sab's gonna love this. ;)

all_sabrina

Posted: 7/31/2008 at 1:19 AM

Joined: March 2007 Location: Bon Temps, LA

^^ Yeppers! Laugh After CI, it really is time for some eye candy this coming season.

ohsnap

Posted: 7/31/2008 at 1:23 AM

Joined: May 2006 Location:

My hope is that Raquel Houghton gets so much backlash about being a plant, that AI doesn't even show her on TV. They are already complaining about it on the AI boards.

JoesPlace

Posted: 7/31/2008 at 4:00 AM

Chill Town Joined: October 2007 Location: Spokane, WA

Sorry about the duplicate list....it was a long assed day. I corrected.

Grima

Posted: 7/31/2008 at 4:52 AM

Croco-Stimpy Joined: May 2006 Location: Schoolworkhome.

Quote "ohsnap":

My hope is that Raquel Houghton gets so much backlash about being a plant, that AI doesn't even show her on TV. They are already complaining about it on the AI boards.

I just did a GIS on her, and that bitch dated DANE COOK? Okay, she's dead to me, and I haven't even heard her sing a note. Laugh

Aggrieved

Posted: 7/31/2008 at 5:23 AM

Joined: July 2007 Location: Flying the coop

Quote "insaneinthesfv":

Maybe Nigel thinks the key is to have more women than men.

Enter American BreastFest 2009. A top 24 with 15 girls and 9 guys. Sab's gonna love this. ;)

Then the fraus and tweens will kick out 14 women, and the Top 10 will have 9 guys and one lonely girl.

After watching this year's voting, I think the only way that a woman is going to win AI is if she's a chubby mom (following the unfathomable success of Melissa Lawson on Nashville Star) or a bubbly 16-year-old white girl who's cut from the same cloth as Miley Cyrus and the other Disney poptarts. If they can't find a female they identify with, they'll vote with their ovaries and pick out the cutest guy (cute being a relative term in AI land).

stingray11214

Posted: 7/31/2008 at 7:33 AM

Light of Idol's Doom Joined: February 2007 Location: Brooklyn

Quote "Fallen Angel Gabriel":

Yeah, because David "Caden" Hernandez and Jorbacca were such overwhelming successes.

Gabriel, it has nothing to do with Jordin and Caden. If local FOX affiliates have their own competitions, and many do, would it not make sense to use those people in the Top 24?

all_sabrina

Posted: 7/31/2008 at 7:59 AM

Joined: March 2007 Location: Bon Temps, LA

^ As I remember, Syesha got the fast track thingie from Deco Drive on WSVN-FOX here in Miami. Louie was ga-ga over her from the start.