American Idol Contestant to Watch Out For: Todrick Hall

Todrick Hall is amazing. A really great R&B singer. American Idol hasn't had many great male R&B singers, especially not in recent singers. Because of that, I think he has a good chance of going far on the show. He'll be different and the producers seem to really be looking for different singers this season instead of the cute boy that sings with a guitar.

Hall was involved in a lot of musicals and even wrote Oz the Musical, which starred many former American Idol contestants. His connections and experience will help him a lot in the initial stages of the show, but hopefully his voice won't come off as being too "broadway" and hopefully his performances won't be too "theatrical".

Below is a video of him singing. What do you think? I think he's amazing and I can't wait to see him on the show!

Another "Idol" Dream Girl?

American Idol 7 contestant, Syesha Mercado has just landed a role playing Deena Jones in the touring play-version of Dream Girls. A play is virtually the same thing as a Broadway musical, so this basically means Mercado will never have a successful singing career, but instead will become a theatrical actress like 90% of former American Idol contestants.