I think the testosterone will also come from the 4th group. George Huff is back, it seems! 
YAY! I thought he was eliminated in Glendale, but it looks like he’s back! WHEEE!!
People like John Stevens too, so he may be a finalist too.
The top two were who I expected but how did Penboy get under the ropes?
There wasn’t much testesterone in the candidates this week anyway! That doo-wop guy makes Clay Aikin look like Barry White by comparison. Heh. I’ll stay away from the penboy/hobbit jokes and the inevitable Jonah/whale cracks. Well, I guess I didn’t.
So where did the nickname “penboy” come from? I haven’t seen all the episodes.
He’s been my single favorite since the first episode. Mostly because I’m a big Frank Sinatra fan, but also because he sings casually, but effectively, instead of doing all the dramatic crap most of them do. He just needs to stop trying to be someone else and do what he does well… I hope he sings Cole Porter in the semifinals rather than trying to be Justin Timberlake.
Skutir.
In John Peter’s initial audition he was wearing a rumpled suit (he said he had come from work) and Simon said he looked like a “pen salesman.” After that, the kid started milking the “pen” gimmick by whipping out ball points every five seconds.
Good sized fan base, that’s how. 
I’m not a fan of the Frank Sinatra sort of stuff, but I too liked John Stevens very much. He’s a nice, soothing voice. I don’t think he’ll be doing Justin Timberlake. Heh
I had the same feeling about Jon Peter as many did here. He’s so “aw, shucks” that you can’t not like him. And the song choice was inspired, but he just seemed so nervous.
Latoya was incredible, best of the series in my opinion. Judith Prietht, I think she just has one of those personalities that flew under the radar until now.
I bet Leah will be a wild card. The judges really liked her, although I will be damned if I know why. I was very glad to see Amy make it through. It will be interesting to see how Latoya does with other song styles.
He was. I remember that, too. But that was a month ago, and maybe the background checks came up with some dirt on one of the original finalists.
Access Hollywood said that one of the singers scheduled for next week was arrested for DWI, so I guess he’s out and George is in.
I guess Donnie Williams got eliminated after the DUI thing recently. Surprised they didn’t go with the other 4 contestants who made the final cut (3 females and 1 male).
There was actually 36 finalist. The other 4 were according to a producer were to be alternates in case something like the Corey Clark thing happened. But whats weird is that none of the other 4 replaced Donnie it was George Huff (who was eliminated).
I figure if they needed to replace Donnie it would have been the one guy who was an alternate.
Winning might be over rated. Apparently, Clay Aiken has outsold Kelly Clarkson and Ruben Studdard.
That might be entirely due to most of the Music Industry’s distate for American Idol, which they loathe. Their pimping of Clay Aiken is questionable.
Don’t get me wrong, I think he’s a great singer (along the lines of Barry Manilow and Tom Jones) but to see him and his videos on MTV, thats just not right. Its like a black man joining the Ku Klux Klan.
Barry Manilow will be a guest judge in the final round, and all the contestants will have to sing Barry Manilow songs.
That will be fun in a really sick, perverse way.
Having never watched it before, I don’t really know how it works for the finals. Do they eliminate someone each night? How does it work?
They eliminate someone every night. They might ditch two the first night, depending on their whim. I think they make this up as they go along.
I can’t wait until the top 12 part starts. I like that so much better, when you can follow the same people every week and they are forced to sing the themes.
You’re an AI newbie, huh? 
On tuesday everybody sings. There’s usually a theme, e.g. a “disco night,” a “50’s night.” Sometimes it’s just a single artist (in the past they’ve had a Billy Joel night, a Lionel Ritchie night, etc). They also have a guest judge, either the theme artist or a representative artist of the genre (e.g. '80’s night with Cyndi Lauper").
The contestants take turns singing, then facing the judges, then sitting on the couch with that dipshit, Seacrest. They give out phone numbers and eberybody votes. Whoever gets the least amount of votes gets eliminated in wednesday’s show.
It has been an unfortunate happenstance that the guest judges never say anything critical and offer the same bland praise of everybody. It has long been my desire to see an Ozzy night with Ozzy as a guest judge.
Actually, in light of the already infamous Dave Chappelle “Rick James” sketch, I must say that Rick James would also make an excellent guest judge…wel maybe just Dave Chappelle playing Rick James.
"hey, Rose Bowl, come over here. What did the five fingers say to the face?
“Huh?”
“SLAP! I’m Rick James, bitch!”
Man, that would rock.
I don’t understand why. Clay’s album is the pits. He was great singing cover songs, but these songs he’s picked out… ugh.
According to Billboard.com, the show is trying to get Sir Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder to also be guest judges.
I’d like to hear LaToya sing “War Pigs”.
Can someone spoil the results show for me? I missed it!