Idol Maniac sent us an email and pointed out something very interesting -most of  the rest of the Idol audition episodes this season are basically not worth watching. Out of the top 24, we've already seen 18 of them in Pittsburgh, Savannah, and San Diego. So only 6 people are left. In tonight's Aspen episode, no one makes the top 24. No one makes it from East Rutherford or St. Louis makes it either. One person from Portland (Haley Johnsen) and 5 make it from Houston (Baylie Brown, Hollie Cavanagh, Jen Hirsh, Skylar Laine, and Joshua Ledet).

So what do we suggest? Well it's barely worth watching the next few weeks so just tune out until Hollywood or  voting starts. Maybe watch Houston. Then again, we never actually suggest watching this show.

David Archuleta is now saying that he is now leaving the music industry to become a full-time Mormon missionary for two years. According to Yahoo! Music, David made this announcement at a concert in Salt Lake City. We're sure this has nothing to do with David's album sales drying up and the fact that no one's buying his music anymore. We admit, we'll miss the little bugger and his asexual ways. He's a nice enough kid and at least he know his place in the music industry (ahem, Carly Smithson, we're looking at you). So we wish him luck with converting people or whatever he's going to do now.

Steven Tyler performed the National Anthem before the Patriots/Ravens game today. Though performed is probably too nice of a world. Murdered. Destroyed. Shat upon. Those are better. This guy is judging people's singing - and we love it. Don't ever change, Steven.

In the American Idol is depserately trying to get into the news by planting stories department, it's being noted that American Idol 11 is Ryan Seacrest's last year of his 3 year $45 million deal. Since the show isn't nearly as hot as it was 3 years ago, he couldn't get that much money anymore. And with the possibility of moving to "The Today Show", does he even need Idol anymore? It's a sick catch-22, Idol probably wouldn't survive without Ryan, and Ryan's career will probably start to fade out without Idol.

Do you think this story is real or is Idol just looking for publicity? And would Idol survive without Ryan?

The Idol Pad has its first top 24 spoilers out for the season, so here are some of the people who made it to the point that you'll be able to vote for them. There will also apparently be a fill top 24 list released tonight after the special Sunday show.

The females that are in the top 24 so far:

1. Baylie Brown (from AI season 6)
2. Shannon Magrane (the tall 15 year old)
3. Elise Testone (we saw her briefly in the first episode)
4. Haley Johnsen (we haven't seen her yet)

The males that are in the top 24 so far:

1. Heejun Han (VFTW Victory!)
2. Reed Grimm (spazzy Family Matters guy)
3. Eben Franckewitz

Edited to Add: MJ's Big Blog had a few more spoilers. Adam Brock, Adam Lee Decker, Hallie Day, and Aaron Marcellus Sanders are in the top 24. Scott Dangerfield and David Leathers were cut (NOOOO!!!)

Jermaine Jones is one of the top 42 contestants for American Idol 11 who we're actually excited about. He's flaming and fun and he sings and raps. He also made a picture of himself where he nicknamed himself Milk Chocolate Crunch (see: left... no we did not make this picture, he did it himself). He also has all kinds of fun pictures out there. What's not to love?

Problem is, there isn't too much on the internet about him. So if you have any more info about Jermaine or if you know him, make sure to post here and let us know. Because if he gets into the top 24, he may be a lot of fun.

We're going to start bringing you previews of the American Idol 11 contestants who are getting reactions out of us. First up is Reed Grimm from Elsworth, WI. He's the lead singer and drummer of a band called Shoeless Revolution. His sister won a Dream Ticket at the American Idol Experience in Disney World and gave him the ticket. Reed cites his influences on his Facebook as The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and Bobby McFerrin. We've had enough of the first two on Idol, but it'd be a VFTW victory to hear someone sing Don't Worry Be Happy. He already chooses songs like I Wanna Sex You Up for concerts and The Family Matters Theme for his Idol audition, so there's some Worster potential here. He's also AI10 contestant Caleb Hawley's cousin. Reed could be a lot of irreverent fun or he could be a douche who takes the competition too seriously, so it's up in the air whether he'd be fun for us. He does play a guitar, so we've got WGWG #5 potential here. He's already posing shirtless to get frauen votes and he's the first toilet pic of the new season. What do you think of this guy so far?

And so it ends with Scotty McCreery, Idol's 4th white guy with a guitar winner in a row. A perfect ending to the best season of American Idol. No one will buy Scotty's records and no females will try out for Idol again. The end. The guy who ate the confetti falling from the sky won the show. Fabulous.

Thanks for a great season full of Dancin' Paul, Boom Fire Naima, Growling Casey and Haley, Diva Jacob, Cape Flinging Rachel, and everyone else. See you next year! And make sure to bid on the official VFTW caricatures so you can own a piece of this awesome season.

Brett Loewenstern Caricature
Rachel Zevita Caricature
Paul McDonald Caricature
Casey Abrams Caricature
Jacob Lusk Caricature
Haley Reinhart Caricature
Scotty McCreery Caricature
Mystery Caricature

Here is Wendy Taylor of this year's top 42 singing half naked at some Renaissance fair. We know she's not someone who should be singing in that outfit, but let's ignore that. How's the voice? Sorry... we can't ignore that she shouldn't be singing in that outfit. If she's the same Wendy Taylor who made it to Hollywood last year, she's a single mom with 3 kids and she auditioned as a tribute to some girl who had brain cancer. Way to ramp up the sob stories. But at least she seems like she'll say whatever the hell she thinks, so she may just be someone we'll really enjoy.

Cortez Shaw from Richardson, TX is in the top 42 of American Idol 11. He apparently has a lot of haters and likes to sing songs about them. If he's already got haters, we can definitely get behind that! Cortez claims to be a singer, model, actor, writer, and dancer according to his Twitter profile. His influences include Brandy and Beyonce. Cortez claims to have been signed to Def Jam (Island) Records. His Twitter account also exposes his gigantic ego, a barrage of tweets toward celebrities who don't respond, and the fact that he thinks he's an amazing lady's man (Cortez doth protest too much, methinks). He hates smelly women, so you better put on some perfume before stepping to Cortez.

So what do you think about this guy? So far, he seems like a Diva with a capital D, so he's great for VFTW. And if you know Cortez, leave us some info.