Spoilers

MJ's Big Blog snatched an internal Fox memo that spoiled some big changes for American Idol 8. What does that mean for us?

• There will ony be 3 weeks of auditions. Yay! The auditions are lame and boring.The memo also promises more 'aspirational' singers and less bad singers. Fine with us, the ones we can't vote for are boring anyway. There will also be 2 weeks of Hollywood. That's usually pretty entertaining.
• There will be a top 36 instead of a top 24. Idol will also only be on 2 nights a week every week. Also, the wild card is coming back. This seems like bad thing, because it probably means that we're going back to the way semifinal voting worked during seasons 1-3: we vote people IN to the top 12. This means only the top 2 or 3 vote getters continue on and everyone else goes home. While it means that our favorites probably won't make the top 12, it does ensure that people who have one good performance and then suck will make up most of the top 12, as that's what happened in the first few seasons. This will be a delayed VFTW Victory, and most of the top 12 will be awful!
• There will be no Idol Gives Head. Thank God.

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Well we had the gender wrong. Meet Taylor Vaifanua, the contestant that the judges are creaming their pants over. She's got a website, a CD, and a MySpace. Apparently she doesn't do so well in Hollywood, but the judges want to keep her around anyway. Guess we'll be seeing her in the voting rounds. What do you think?

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JoesPlace has updated our list with 4 names that have made it to the top 50 this year. The top 50 means that they have made it to the "chair" episode but might not make it to voting. This is pretty big though.

The 4 names who are in the top 50: Michael Bartul, Ryan P. A. Johnson (pictured left), and two people we already told you were judge favorites: Stephen Fowler and the mystery guy named Taylor.

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We keep getting spoilers from our dedicated readers, so thanks! If you have any information you can share with us, please do. We will keep your name anonymous.

We've gotten word from even more sources that David Osmond was definitely cut in Hollywood for singing terribly. It isn't looking good for him! Some early standouts we're hearing about are a pianist named Stephen Fowler, last year's Hollywood contestant Angela Martin, a goth guy named Adam, and a guy named Ju'Not that Paula has the hots for.

Also, we've been hearing from multiple sources that there will be more than a top 24 this year. It's rumored that there is a top 36 instead. Sounds like it might be a giant group to hide some plants in? Guess we'll see what happens. A top 36 could be interesting. 

Edited to Add: UPDATE. Sharon Wilbur was cut during Hollywood. Yay! And Ju'Not's full name is Ju'Not Joyner. Apparently Ju'Not was the "star" of Hollywood. Also, Adam seems to be openly gay.

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We've heard some more American Idol 8 Hollywood round spoilers from two seemingly credible sources. It seems that:

• David Osmond may have been cut during the first round in Hollywood. We hope so, this would be hilariously awesome! Rumors are that the guy was being incredibly cocky, so it could make for entertaining television. The Bikini Girl from the preview we posted was also cut immediately in Hollywood (not a shock).
• The following people were cut in Hollywood: Anna Kaelin (Gaspy's vocal coach's daughter), a girl named Rose (maybe her).
• The following people were cut, but not sure at what point: Heather Elmer, Skyler Holman, Loren Allred.
• The judges have a favorite this year named Taylor. Could it be Taylor Graves?

If you have any more info for us, please let us know by sending us an e-mail. We promise to keep the information anonymous.

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Do you love your crazy broads to spout nonsensical political garbage and preach to you about how you're a bad person? Well then you're going to love one of this year's Hollywood contestants, Sharon Wilbur. She loves to spout about religion and judge people in her blogs. Taking Jorbacca's lead, she rants, "Are we one nation under God - or are we one nation ignoring God? Since Roe v. Wade came into effect 50 MILLION lives were not even given the chance... " You can believe whatever you want, but American Idol is not a pulpit for you to proselytize. Describing her music, Sharon says, "All this to say that after reading that passage I felt like the Lord gave me an even more targeted mission. THAT is how I want my life... my music... to be: a pasture, a resting place, nourishment to others. And I know it's only through God's grace that I can accomplish this." Get ready for it, because Idol loves its religious nutjobs that think they are going to heal the world, so Sharon probably makes the top 24.

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JoesPlace gave us even more names of the people who made Hollywood today. Check out our previous lists here, here, and here, and you can add these as well. Please let us know if you know anything about these Hollywood contestants and we'll update everyone.

• Check out some info on these people who made Hollywood: Alex Green, Josh Cloud, Kendall Beard, and Ricky Braddy.
• We know very little about these people. If you've heard of them, please e-mail us and let us know more about them:  Alex Wagner, Antonio Magana, Chris Medina, Devon Baldwin, James Harris, John Twiford, Justin Williams, Katrina Darrell, Kaylan Loyd, Lauren Barnes, Markeese Morris, Margaret May, Natasha Valentine, Nick Mitchell, Steve Fowler, and Twan Lozada.

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Rumor has it that Michael Castro (Jason's little brother) was apparently sent home during the second Hollywood cut. Rumor also has it that he sucked horribly. Poor Beasty doesn't have another cash cow to milk now, she'll have to completely rely on Jason to get the family free computers and trips.

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