american idol 8: first 3 finalist known, 2 other groups revealed

after a night of singing billboard top 100 chart topping songs, the first group of 12 semifinalist faced america's votes. the top male and female vote getters will automatically advance to the finals. among the remaining 10 finalists, the one with the highest votes will also advance. the 3 finalists for the first group are:

1. alexis grace
2. michael sarver
3. danny gokey


these are also my picks to advance (read my previous blog entry) and i am happy that i got all three correctly.

the two other groups were also revealed. group 2 is consists of the following semifinalists:

1. kris allen

2. matt breizke
3. matt giraud
4. kai kalama
5. adam lambert
6. nick mitchell
7. megan corkrey
8. mishavonna henson
9. allison iraheta
10. jesse langseth
11. jasmine murray
12. jeanine vailes

from this group, i think the ones to watch out for are matt giraud, adam lambert and nick mitchell for the guys and for the girls, it would be allison iraheta and jasmine murray. but my darkhorses would be matt breizke and mishavonna henson.

the last group would be:

1. ju'not joyner
2. scott macintyre
3. nathaniel marshall
4. jorge nunez
5. von smith
6. alex wagner truman
7. ariana afsar
8. felicia barton
9. kendall beard
10. kristen macnamara
11. lil rounds
12. taylor vaifanua

this group is more exciting, especially for the guys for i think 5 of them is capable of getting to the finals. but of the guys i think scott macintyre has generated a great fan base due to his story and his exposure in the earlier rounds. among the girls, the ones to watch out for are ariana afsar and lil rounds, with the young girls that can pull out surprises.