Michael Castro American Idol Season 8 Audition

Jason & Micheal Castro

Jason Castro’s (Season 7, 4th Place) younger brother Auditioned in Kansas City, MO this summer. This news clip video has a bit about Jason and Micheal. In addition Simon and Randy state that a few girls from Salt Lake City, Utah stood out in the auditions for them. Simon said something about a girl with tatoo’s??
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Elimination Results Live Top 4

Who was Voted Off tonight?

Ryan starts the night with a little voting statistics…. 51 million cast last night & the Top 3 were all within 1 million votes of each other. Says Maroon 5 and Bo Bice will perform tonight. Top 4 perform Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ In the Years” as a group. Since she lives in San Diego Carly in the audience again tonight. Tickets for the American Idol Summer Concert Tour 2008 go on sale May 17

Recap of last night. Top 4 shown backstage. David Archuleta walks out first. David Archuleta. is.. Safe! Ryan says David A. is safe, now he shows a montage of the Top 4’s trip to Las Vegas.
They went on a private 737 to Las Vegas. The plane had a bedroom, too. The inspiration of the tour was the Beatles. They went to see Cirque du Soleil’s “Love” at the Mirage. Ryan calls out David Cook He’s safe!….. Sweet! Both David’s are Safe!…. Syesha and Jason come out to the center of the stage. Ryan pretend to read the results. No one buys it. Break. Ford music video shown. The Final four are all matadors pretending to “bull fight” with a car. Song is Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire.” They all get into the mustang at the end. Taylor Hicks is the featured ‘Idol’ winner on those special stamps. Now Ryan taking Q & A calls. Ryan introduces Maroon 5 singing “If I Never See Your Face Again” No Rihanna anywhere to be seen. She’s featured on this song. Bo Bice after the break. Bo’s wife is pregnant with a boy.

Ryan centerstage with Syesha and Jason. Jason is… going home… Syesha is in the top 3. Jason sings “I Shot the Sheriff” one last time on the Idol stage. There will be three songs performed by the Final 3 next week.

Top 4 Elimination Prediction

Whos Going Home tommorrow?

Quoting Ryan a bit here… no one is safe, nothing is guaranteed & to top it off this is the same week Chris Daughtry and Tamira Grey went home so it could be anyone. I however think it will be Jason going home this week. I personally think that Syesha should go home as I really like Jason and would love to see an all guy Top 3. But I don’t think there will be enough of a devoted fan base to carry Jason through this very important week. Oh it’s going to be a long 24 hours…

Final Four Official Song Choice Spoiler

Live Show Recap

Here is the confirmed “Rock N Roll Hall of Fame” song choice list for tonights Top five contestants. This is the performance order. (Tuesday, May 06, 2008 5:30 PM MST)
I will update with performance order as soon as I have a credible source

Show Live Updates: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:01 PM MST

After tonight only two weeks left, crucial time for American Idol, no one is safe, nothing is guaranteed. Luke Menard & Rascal Flatts in the audience. Ryan says the judges will critique after EVERY performance.

Vote Number: 1-866-IDOLS-*
Vote Number: 1-866-436-57*
or Text “Vote” to 57*
* = Contestant Number

Contestants have TWO phone numbers you can vote at tonight. BUT keep in mind Texting is only the ONE number… the first one

01 David Cook: “Hungry Like The Wolf“
Wearing a black leather jacket opened with a black shirt and black pants. Sounds Great. Done Duran Duran Style. Randy Said OK choice and an Solid performance, wasn’t amazing for David. Left Paula wanting more. Simon agreed with Randy, says good enough to stay. Me: David could sing me the phone book…
02 Syesha Mercado: “Proud Mary”
Wearing a silver, shiny dress that ends above her knees. Performance is slow and sultry. Picks up, and she goes crazy with her choreography. Randy thought she was in her zone.
Paula thinks she looks nice. Simon thought is was a bad, shrieky version. Me: I liked it. Nothing to special. Showed a little spunk it was cute.
03 Jason Castro: “I Shot The Sheriff“
Says it’s by Bob Marley “go figure” Playing the guitar. Wearing blue jeans and a denim jacket.
All three judges didn’t reall like the performance. I liked it… sounds a bit like Sublime..
04 David Archuleta: “Stand By Me”
Wearing black shirt with white design and black pants. He sounds good, sticking faithfully to the original arrangement. Finishes on a high note and holds it for a bit. Randy: “brought the hot mad vocals” Paula: You’re seasoned Simon: best performance so far Me: I totally agree with Simon!

05 David Cook: “Baba O’Riley“
He’s holding a guitar and starts strumming it. Vocals are pure, not as raspy as the last song. Goes up into high note and gets his rasp back. Band picks up. He sounds outstanding. All the judges loved it … Simon: “Welcome back David Cook.” Me: David is so Yummy. I want more!
06 Syesha Mercado: “A Change is Gonna Come“
Begins standing centerstage holding a mic. She changed her dress and is now in a full-length gold/yellow dress. She was broing but ended strong. Randy: It felt all disconnected to me. Fell flat Paula: Beautiful performance. Simon: “Syesha, I have to be fair. I’m going to agree with Paula” Me: I actually agree with Randy on this one. It didn’t show her personality so well. I usually wait till Wednesday’s show to cry LOL
07 Jason Castro: “Mr. Tambourine Man“
Starts centerstage sitting on stool playing guitar. Sounds miles better than the first one already. Forgets the lyrics. He missed about a
line of the lyrics. Sounds very much like Bob Dylan, actually. Randy: “tell me how did you think that was [Jason: I lost some words in there] Jason’s not in the zone tonight” Paula: “It is what it is. Obviously it didn’t blow us away but you blow me away.” Simon: “Jason, I’d pack your suitcase.” Me: My One year old son loves American Idol and this was his favorite performance of the night he danced and clapped.
Note: It would appear something is bothering Jason tonight, or maybe he does really want to go home.
08 David Archuleta: “Love Me Tender“
Begins sitting on a stool centerstage in front of a piano. Vocals are clear and crisp. Camera just keeps zooming in on him, its a little weird. Only piano accompaniment. Ends in his falsetto. Loud, loud applause. He was wearing a brown dress shirt. Randy: “Dude you got it going on right now the hot vocals of the night!” Paula: “I felt your heart it was fantastic and beautiful.” Simon: “You didn’t beat the competition tonight, you crushed the competition tonight” It was goo but I liked song one better by far.

Final 4 Rock N Roll Song Choice Rumors

It’s Tuesday, again! I just love Tuesdays! Tonights show will be 62 minutes(8:00-9:02 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) long as the final four contestants(David Archuleta, Jason Castro, David Cook, and Syesha Mercado) sing 2 songs that shaped Rock n Roll from the “Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame”.

On Wednesday May 7th Top 4 Results show Maroon 5 will perform as will American Idol Alumni Bo Bice (Season 4, Runner-Up)

These song selection are rumors. I will post the official spoiler list with all four contestants later this afternoon (appox. 4 MST). Rehersal running late today

*****

Jason Castro
Joan at EW hint: Jason’s a man on a mission. With one arm that fires, authorities fall, but their counterparts are spared. With the other arm, he jingles his tympan all the way to victory.

“I Shot The Sheriff” and “Mr. Tambourine Man“

Jason’s song choices been backed up by several sources, included a friend of Jason’s who has posted on the blog.

*****

David Archuleta
Added: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 2:33 PM MST

“Stand By Me” by Ben E. King & “Love Me Tender” (Norah Jones version).

pervasive rumor with supposed reliable source, but I can’t vouch for it

*****

Syesha Mercado
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 3:41 PM MST
“Proud Mary” by Ike and Tina Turner - according to her sister
She will NOT be singing an Aretha song

David Archuleta American Idol Song List

David Archuleta American Idol Songs List

Week	Theme	Song Choice 7 Mp3s	Original Artist	Result
Auditions	n/a	“Waiting on the World to Change“	John Mayer	Hollywood
Hollywood week	n/a	“Heaven“	Bryan Adams	Top 24
Top 24 (2-19-08)	The ’60s	“Shop Around”	The Miracles	Safe
Top 20 (2-26-08)	The ’70s	“Imagine“	John Lennon	Safe
Top 16 (3-04-08)	The ’80s	““Another Day in Paradise“	Phil Collins	Safe
Top 12 (3-11-08)	Beatles	“We Can Work It Out“	Beatles	Safe
Top 11 (3-18-08)	Beatles	“Long and Winding Road”	Beatles	Safe
Top 10 (3-25-08)	1990	“You’re the Voice“	Heart	Safe
Top 9 (4-01-08)	Dolly	“Smoky Mountain Memories“	Dolly Parton	Safe
Top 8 (4-08-08)	Inspire	“Angels“	Robbie Williams	Safe
Top 7 (4-15-08)	Mariah	“When You Believe“	Mariah Carey	Safe
Top 6 (4-22-08)	Andrew	“Think of Me” from Phantom of the Opera	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Safe
Top 5 (4-29-08)	Neil	“Sweet Caroline“	Neil Diamond	-
Top 5 (4-29-08)	Neil	“America“	Neil Diamond	-
Top 4 (5-6-08)	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	“Stand By Me”	Ben E. King	-
Top 4 (5-6-08)	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	“Love Me Tender”	Elvis Presly	Safe
Top 3 (5-13-08)	-	“And So it Goes“	Billy Joel	-
Top 3 (5-13-08)	-	“With You“	Chris Brown	-
Top 3 (5-13-08)	-	“Longer“	Dan Fogelberg	-
Finalé(5-20-08)	-	“Imagine“	-	-
Finalé(5-20-08)	-	“In this Moment“	-	-
Finalé(5-20-08)	-	“Don’t Let the Sun Go Down“	-	Runner Up

David Cook American Idol Song List

David Cook American Idol Songs List

Week	Theme	Song Choice & Mp3	Original Artist	Result
Auditions	n/a	“Living on a Prayer”	Bon Jovi	Hollywood
Hollywood	n/a	“Everything I Do”/”I’ll Be”	Bryan Adams/Edwin McCain	Top 24
Top 24 (2-19-08)	The ’60s	“So Happy Together“	The Turtles	Safe
Top 20 (2-26-08)	The ’70s	“All Right Now“	Free	Safe
Top 16 (3-04-08)	The ’80s	“Hello“	Lionel Richie	Safe
Top 12 (3-11-08)	Beatles	“Eleanor Rigby“	Beatles	Safe
Top 11 (3-18-08)	Beatles	“Day Tripper	Beatles	Safe
Top 10 (3-25-08)	1982	“Billie Jean“	Michael Jackson	Safe
Top 9 (4-01-08)	Dolly	“Little Sparrow“	Dolly Parton	Safe
Top 8 (4-08-08)	Inspire	“Innocent“	Our Lady Peace	Safe
Top 7 (4-15-08)	Mariah	“Always Be My Baby“	Mariah Carey	Safe
Top 6 (4-22-08)	Andrew	“Music of the Night” - Phantom of the Opera	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Safe
Top 5 (4-29-08)	Neil	“I’m Alive“	Neil Diamond	-
Top 5 (4-29-08)	Neil	“All I Really Need Is You“	Neil Diamond	Safe
Top 4 (5-6-08)	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	“Hungry Like the Wolf”	Duran Duran	-
Top 4 (5-6-08)	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame	“Baba O’Reilly”	The Who	Safe
Top 3 (5-13-08)	-	“First Time Ever I Saw Your Face“	Roberta Flack	Safe
Top 3 (5-13-08)	-	“Dare You to Move“	Switchfoot	-
Top 3 (5-13-08)	-	“I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing“	Aerosmith	-
Finalé(5-20-08)	Songwriter	“Dream Big“	-	-
Finalé(5-20-08)	Personal	“The World I Know“	Collective Soul	-
Finalé(5-20-08)	Clive	“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”	U2	Winner