JoesPlace just added Cody Sheldon to the list of people who made the top 50. VFTW Victory! He's our Danny Noriega clone who films horror movies. VFTW loves to vote for teenage boys with marginal talent, so will we vote for Cody? We'll see.
JoesPlace did a top 50 update for today and it looks like Von Smith and Kristen McNamara made it to the top 50. Kristen is the one with the gigantic fake boobs and Von is the queeny guy above. They could both have a lot of VFTW potential, so we'll see what happens.
JoesPlace just added Brent Keith Smith to the top 50 list for this year. He's the guy singing "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" in the preview the show has been running. Back when, he went by Brent Keith. We wonder what name he'll be using on the show. But either way, he's a plant who has videos on the CMT website (such as the one above), was on Nashville Star 2, and he had the title song to a movie called Dale. Seriously, Idol. Knock it off with these plants. What the hell does this guy need Idol for?
Another person JoesPlace added to the top 50 list the other day was Lil Rounds. Rumor has it that she was one of only 2 people to get a standing ovation in Hollywood and that she is the third person singing in this commercial. Sadly "Lil" is not a shortened name for Little (as in Lil Kim or Lil Mama), it's just short for Lillian. Hopefully she'll have some personality, because so far she seems a little boring.
Meet John Twiford. He's the Constantine lookalike who starts singing around 30 seconds in. JoesPlace has him making Hollywood so far, but will he make the top 50? We're guessing yes, because even though his MySpace isn't private, he's the exact brand of fug that the producers seem to love for some reason. He's got a decent voice at times, but what's up with the cult music?
JoesPlace confirmed 3 more people in the top 50 today: Adam Lambert (yes!), Felicia Barton (who we figured was there), and Kendall Beard (pictured left with manface). We're learning more every day and it seems the cut from 50 to 36 will happen in January. We'll keep you posted, but you should also keep up posted if you know more. E-mail us, anonymity guaranteed.
We received an anonymous tip that there was a 16 year old named Matthew Zachary who made it to Hollywood this year. We haven't seen him on any lists yet or seen any evidence of a domain name for him, but we'll search to see if we can find anything out. Apparently Matthew auditioned with "Tainted Love" and likes to sing Gloria Gaynor songs. That's him to the left. Idol's really camping it up this year, huh? We'll let you know if we find out anything more about Matt or if he makes it far at all.
ETA: We got an update. Rumor has it he forgets his words in Hollywood, so he's probably cut. Foiled again!
We got a few more tips to update you on today. Apparently. T.K. Hash auditioned last year. Here is his audition picture on Americanidol.com. That should be a story that AI wants to milk for all it's worth. Also, Austin Sisneros seems to have been cut during the last round of Hollywood, so we won't need to worry about digging up much info about him.
As always, please send us any info you can to help us decipher the top 50. Anyonmity guaranteed.