The Idol Pad has released the top 24 list and here it is.

MALES
1. Aaron Marcellus Sanders
2. Adam Brock
3. Colton Dixon
4. Creighton Fraker
5. DeAndre Brackensick
6. Eben Franckewitz
7. Heejun Han
8. Jeremy Rosado
9. Joshua Ledet
10. Phillip Phillips
11. Reed Grimm
#12 is either Caleb Johnson or Chase Likens

FEMALES
1. Baylie Brown
2. Brielle Von Hugel
3. Chelsea Sorrell
4. Elise Testone
5. Erika Van Pelt
6. Haley Johnsen
7. Hallie Day
8. Hollie Cavanagh
9. Jen Hirsh
10. Jessica Sanchez
11. Shannon Magrane
12. Skylar Laine

What do you think of this list? Anyone missing that you wish would have made it? And who's the most likely VFTW pick from those we know so far?

EDITED TO UPDATE ON 1/24: Looks like Colton Dixon is in, Clayton whateverhisnameis is out. Ugh.

I'm not writing a full blog tonight because, as opposed to these lazy wannabes on this show, I have a real job and have to get up in a few hours. A few thoughts, however...

-The show's on an aircraft carrier. There's a shot of the judges on it and Randy's and J-Lo's ass almost take up the entire flight deck.

-Jennifer Diley's bikini is able to distract us from her shovel face but not from her awful singing

-Ashley Robles' mediocre voice is the same as countless others who've been cut on this show but she's cute so she gets through

-Deandre Brackensick may be too hideous looking to pass an audition even on The Voice

-Jayray Gibson sounds like he actually has the chance to be semi-modern. That's completely useless for this show, that's stuck somewhere in the 50s

-Aubree Dieckmeyer better hope there is no IQ test for finalists. James Durbin made it, so I suppose there isn't

-Ali Shields doesn't have the voice to win Idol, but she has enough craziness to be mocked in Hollywood

-Kyle Crews is in a fraternity...Phi Beta Loser

-Jane Carrey's singing is weak but maybe she can talk out her ass like her dad

-We could end our dependency on Arab oil if we could somehow extract all the grease off of Wolf Hamlin

-Best part of tonight's show: All the boat horns ruining the auditions! The auditions have become so bland; there's no more craziness, just a bunch of rejects from show buisness who either sing like crap or are too awful looking to present.

See you on Wednesday with a real blog.

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.

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!!!)

Today American Idol heads to Pittsburgh, home to the Steelers, the Pirates, and...uh...hmmm. Pittsburgh supposedly has half the freaks Savannah did, because tonight we're only suffering through an hour. And that hour starts with none other than Heejun Han. Heejun seems like a pretty cool guy...if not a little spacey. But since he's Asian, and American Idol loves mocking on Asians and Asian-Americans, he's edited to look like an idiot. He sings "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You", and he sounds pretty good. Randy says he is shocked, as if he's never heard an Asian guy sing well before. He gets three yeses, giving him a trip to Hollywood that might last two whole days. Edit: Turns out he's in the Top 24. So much for that prediction!

We're off to Pittsburgh for Episode 2 where we're bound to see thousands of people in XXXL Steelers jerseys. This is the first time Idol's gone to Pittsburgh, a city that has produced such famous music acts as...I challenge you to name one major music act that's EVER come from Pittsburgh! Idol forgot to mock an Asian contestant last night as they always do so they make up for it right away as Heejun Han is up first. Heejun's a tad spaced out, like someone who's coming down from doing mushrooms last night, although his spastic arms are more like someone coming down from crack. And we get a pleasant surpirse as Heejun does well and gets through. That's the good news, Heejun. The bad news is that you'll be the first contestant eliminated by the people who watch this show if you make the Finals.

Sometimes people live in a tent in the woods because they love the great outdoors. And sometimes people live in a tent because they are a big drunk, like Amy Brumfield. Idol exploited Amy as someone who has fallen on tough financial times. Maybe she has this money problem from paying all the fines for being arrested at least six times in the past seven years, including multiple arrests involving booze. One particularly VFTW arrest was when Amy got busted in 2010 for being so intoxicated that she peed herself in a Baskin Robbins!

Hey Amy, stop spending money on hideous tattoos and booze, take a bath, get a job and start paying rent like everyone else.

Greetings, American Idol fans and anti-fans. Insane here. You may know me from the forums, and/or my Twitter live blogging from last season. This year, I'm here to fill in for Dave, recrapping the audition episodes.

American Idol is kind of like an addiction to meth. It's cheap, it's dirty, it'll eat your brain and your soul, but yet, you keep on coming back for more of that sweet, sweet, brain-consuming poison. That's how it is for me, really. Maybe it's a good thing I'm blogging this year, because otherwise meth would look like a healthier hobby to partake in.

With that said, Season 11 is upon us, whether we like it or not.

America's #1 Country Music Karaoke Show is back and we're starting off in Georgia, where we're bound to see an endless supply of rednecks and fundies singing country music and pandering to the freaks who actually watch and vote on this show. We see a flashback of past winners, 90% of whom have flopped. We're told that it's going to be a fresh season, other than the fact that a bland White Guy With Guitar is going to win for the fifth year in a row! First up is David Leathers, who's manwhoring up the girls despite sounding like he has no testicles. Gabi Carrubba has been watching Idol since she was a little girl and knows that the way to succeed on this show is to immediately offer herself up to Nigel.

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.