American Idol spoilers?

As you probably know by now, the new season of American Idol kicks off on January 13th. However, that's still over two weeks away. American Idol fans have been waiting since last May for the new season, and we're all anxious and don't want to wait any longer! Luckily, some great blogs out there such as Vote For the Worst, Rickey.org, MJS Big Blog, and JoesPlace have provided us with some spoilers.





It looks like Joanna Pacitti is going to be this year's Carly Smithson. Her name has been coming up frequently on the web at being this year's "pimped out" contestant. Vote For the Worst has even reported that Joanna has strong connections to 19 Entertainment. She also used to be signed to Geffen records. Hmm sounds an awful lot like Carly Smithson so far doesn't it? But what does this mean? Last year Carly Smithson who was supposively going to be the most pimped out contestant ever never got a break from Simon. She didn't even make it into the top five. Now that the season has ended, Carly Smithson's career is just about over. No cd out yet and no one is as interested in her.


Joanna's myspace can be found here: http://www.myspace.com/joanna

















I'm listening to her take on Dashboard Confessional's "Screaming Infedelities" right now. It's so weird. It's supposed to be a sad, depressing song and Joanna made it happy. I hate it. Her voice isn't that bad, but she just butchered one of my favorite songs with it. She soundswhiny, too. I don't know. Maybe once I hear her perform on American Idol I'll like her more. Right now I think she's going to be an annoying, whiny, overrated girl.









I personally love Jackie Mendez. I think she's got a great voice, but I don't think she has the potential to win. She was a failed contestant on The One (the same show that Syesha Mercado was a part of prior to Idol) and she used to be signed to Elektra records. It seems like this season is going to be following the same trend as last season by having several contestants who have already had a record deal in the past. I hate how they do that. Yeah, they get good singers from it, but it's not fair for the people that try out without ever having had a break. American Idol is about finding new talent, not failed artists.



Here's a video of Jackie Mendez singing "Last Dance" that was taken from Vote for The Worst:





Another notable rumored top 50 contestant is Adam Lambert.




I think he has the potential to be this season's Sanjaya Malaker, or Danny Norweigan at the least. He looks so tacky and ridiculous. Based on his myspace he seems very carefree. American Idol will hate him and will probably go out of their way to make sure he doesn't get in the top 12. Vote for the Worst already loves him and wants him to be their worster. Also, within 24 hours of Vote for the Worst posting information up about him, he deleated several myspace pictures and changed his name to 'Hiatus". hmmm...

There's several other names that have been leaked as being in the top 50, but these are the three that have caught my attention the most so far. Look for more updates soon!