My Favourite American Idol Season 8 Contestants, So Far...

Now that the first round of American Idol Season 8 Auditions have finally finished airing on TV, I shall do a quick summary and comments on some of the contestants that I really like. =)


Adam Lambert auditioned in San Francisco with "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen. I was immediately attracted to him when he started singing the song. It was so emotional and I think that he really did a good job. Here is something really cool about this guy, he is actually the cast of the musical "Wicked", and that explains his incredible and somewhat theatrical voice and performance.


Von Smith sang "Over the Rainbow" for his auditions in Kansas City. He seemed pretty nervous at first, as can be seen from his coughing and throat clearing at the start of the song. He, however, to my surprise, did an amazing job on the song, though I was a little bit irritated when he over did his melisma.


Salt Late City's Taylor Vaifanus performed "Joyful, Joyful" for her American Idol Audition. She is only 16 and she reminds me of Jordin Sparks, the winner of American Idol season 6, who both possesses a beautiful voice. I think that she has one of the, if not, best vocal in this competition.


Scott Macintyre shares a common trait with the winner of Singapore Project Superstar, Kelvin Tan. They are both, blind. To be more accurate, Scott is visually impaired, as he can still see a tiny bit through his eyes. He auditioned in Phoenix. I am sure that he would definitely get some sympathy vote if he manages to get into the top 36. But despite all that, he is really a good singer, though not the best, but nonetheless one that has great potential.


Oooh, relax, she is not a porn star, as many of you might think when you first see the picture, she is Casey Carlson. She shot a series of pictures wearing only Bikinis for this organization called Campus Girls, a charity organization which would auction off the Bikini that she wore and donate all the earnings to a breast cancer foundation in America. Besides having a sizzling hot body, she could also sing really well. She sang "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton for her audition for American Idol Season 8.

There are my top 5 contestants for the show so far. There are rumor online that they are already in the top 36 of American Idol Season 8. I hope that they can go really far and succeed in the competition. I am really looking forward to the next episode of American Idol, which will be the most exciting part of the whole audition process, the Hollywood Week.

p.s. if anyone of you want to see their performances on American Idol Season 8 Audition, you can do so by searching their name on Youtube.