The Year American Idol was Redefined and Top Six Boy Predictions

2011 is the year American Idol was redefined

Why:
1. Voting available at American Idol.com

2. Judge Remix is finally right again-right balance of personalities, right quantity of judges, and right isms…Steve Tylerisms that is. He’s half the entertainment i.e. He was provided a portable bleep bubble but then made his own adjustment,   "Jovany, Holy shipyards"

3. Instead of working our way down to the top ten, we’re cutting right to the chase. After tonight’s voting, America will pick their top five boys and the judges will pick a wild card.

4. Type of musicians-amazing and unique performers different from any other year we’ve experienced.

Top Six Boy PREDICTIONS:

1.      Casey Abrams

2.      James Durbin

3.      Jacob Lusk

4.      Brett Lowenstern

5.      Scotty McCreedy

6.      Jovany Barreto or Stefano Langone -I’d like to add that although these are my predictions, I’d love to see Paul McDonald stay

-if i ran a dictatorship, I’d keep Casey, James, (Jacob or Scotty), Brett, Paul, and Clint

Break Down of the Top Twelve Boys and their Performance (** = prediction):
Clint Jun Gamboa- band overpowered him. He was one of my top picks, but tonight he didn’t bring it. He is great, this performance was not. Judges liked him, so what they heard in that room must have not translated through the television.

* Jovany Barreto (he shares/splits this prediction spot with Stefano, but I predict only one of the two will go through) - nice performance but like Randy said, he didn't bring anything new to the song.

Jordan-left me confused. He's a better singer than he showed with his karaoke version of Usher’s song. Good stage presence but even that was weird. I thought he’d bring greatness, but he delivered a big zero…a shame, because he has it in him. His only hope for votes is that he’s had a lot of press, and although we’ve seen his diva side, we’ve also heard his excellent voice.

Tim Halperin- good but he too was swallowed by the band. Poor guy, because he didn’t have a lot of press and we don't know him so will he get votes?

**Brett Lowenstern-sang a Jim Morrison song. Yes! I love his annunciations and his edgy voice. Awkward stage presence but I love how different he is. Brett is unique and brings a specialty factor to the show. He is one of my personal front runners and I hope America loves him as much as I do.

**James Durbin-a rock star right out the gate. I think he ought not do his scream-sing in every single performance, but I loved it tonight and without a doubt he was, as Steve Tyler said, over the top and crazy good! He is also one of my top five picks and predictions.  Furthermore, he’s a big guys… America should vote for him just for the entertainment of seeing him and Randy stand side-by-side on stage...it's like the abominable snowman next to Santa's favorite elf.

Robby-beautiful singer but old-school American Idol. He skirts the edge of boring.

**Scotty-great and true performance. As J-Lo says, it was in his lane. He is also one of my top five predictions because he's good and because he is the country element to the show.

*Stefano Langone- He had a weird start but he has a beautiful voice. Nice job. I'm on the fence but I put him as splitting the spot for the top five picks with Jovany. It’s one or the other.

Paul McDonald-it's tough because he didn't get press and now he's competing for only one of five available votes. I agree with judges that he has character in his voice, character in how he moves, and character in how he performs. I'm scared he's going to go home, but I'd love for him to stay. I’d give him a vote.

**Jacob Lusk-Picked the exact perfect song for him. I was glad to see him dial it down with all the crazy runs he's capable of. Steve Tyler to Jacob, "I don't know where you get it man, but I will bathe in it." He's a top five pick and if he doesn't get the vote, he will most certainly get the judges wild card vote.

**Casey Abrams-Want to see a crowd fired-up...watch Casey! Top five pick easy. He is the essence of what I mean by Redefining American Idol.