AI OD: The Top 24 Leaked — The Girls - VIDEO

January 30th, 2008 | Category: American Idol

A couple of days ago, the purported list of the Top 24 contestants spilled across the World Wide Web. Monday, I took you through the list of Top 12 Boys, so now we’re going to look into the Top 12 Girls. And let me tell you, after researching these 24 (whether they’re the accurate Top 24 or not is still up for debate), I can tell you that American Idol is definitely NOT about finding great undiscovered talent that year.

After the lackluster response to final year, they were determined to get better singers on the air, so it makes sense to look for humans who’ve already had major record deals and have already been signed by major

labels and stars, but whose big debuts just kind of fizzled. You know they’ve got talent considering they were already signed once, they’re just not signed now. So it’s “Unsigned Talent” that’s more fundamental than “Undiscovered Talent.” I just wish they’d be more honest about it on-screen instead of dramatizing these humans just walked in off the farm.

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