American Idol; Top 10... err 13

To me, no big surprises from the guys. I predicted 4 of the 5 guys:
Top 5 guys:
Casey
James
Scotty
Jacob
Paul McDonald

Top 5 Girls; again. no one really stood out, but:
Pia
Thia
Lauren
Haley
Karen

Then the wild card round. No rules were set till it happened. Judges picked 6 people to perform for their lives. the remaining 8 were eliminated. No big surprises here. The ones that didn't get picked were ones who performed poorly, or didn't see a "big" future.

By the way, when a judge says, "You're the best karaoke singer I've heard", it's not necessarily a compliment. Best part was when Clint started crying. haha

Back to the wild card, from the 6, they chose 3. I thought they would pick more than 1 guy, but they took one: Stefano, who was very good. They took 2 girls, Naima and Ashthon, and rightfully so they were pretty good.

But I'm telling you, the guys have it (again) this year. The girls are not as strong as the guys. and they don't have the talent or verity the guys have.

My Rankings:

1. Casey - Multi-talented creative "sexy" as J-lo said
   
2. James - Rocker
   
3. Jacob - Gospel
   
4. Scotty - Country; He needs his country to connect with the audience.
   
5. Pia -
   
6. Thia - At 15, will she crack under pressure?
   
7. Stefano (WC)
   
8. Paul
9. Naima (WC) - Stronger than some of the ones voted in
   
10. Ashthon (WC) - Ditto!
    
11. Lauren
12. Haley
13. Karen

And finally, the "crunch for time" was because we had to show J-Lo's newest music video. and I had to force Victoria to fast forward through it. Apparently she's a closet J-Lo fan.