American Idol Season 7 Top 50 Update

There are even more Top 50 rumors after the Jump! There are more contestants identified, and a few interesting tidbits. Thanks as always to Joesplace/Milajoy who is doing her thang over at Idol Forums

Bonus: Dave from Vote For The Worst posted a Holiday Surprise on Christmas Eve. Heh.

If you’re so inclined (in other words, love being SPOILED)…

…Check it out.

A few noteworthy tidbits:

Jermain Paul, the contestant with probably the most experience (a duet he performed with Alicia Keys was nominated for a grammy) dropped out after he made the Top 50. I suppose his quitting will become part of the Hollywood drama…
The “Irish Girl” has been identified by Vote For The Worst. Her name is Carly Hennessy. She likes tattoos!

And I’m hearing that the contestants TPTB seemed to really like best in Hollywood were:

Michael Johns
Syesha Mercado
Josiah Leming
David Archuleta
Carol “Carly” Hennessy (The Irish Girl)

Newly identified contestants:

Adelee “Addy” Michelle/Mitchell
Age:20
Hometown/Residency: Floyd-Riner-Roanoke, Virginia
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/adeleemichelle
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Asia’h E.
Age: 19
Hometown/Residency: Joplin, Missouri
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/asiahe
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Carol “Carly” Hennessy
This is the “Irish Girl” outed recently by Vote For The Worst
Age: 24
Audition Song: Chaka Kahn song
Hometown/Residency: Georgia, California / Rizon / Texas
Hollywood Week Song: “Light My Fire” by The Doors
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/carsmths
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Hennessy
Photos:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d…timate_High.jpg
http://www.andpop.com/images/carlyhennessy1.jpg
Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0xEvNlF42I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSxV6jgRWw
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Garrett Haley
Age: 17
Hometown/Residency: Lima, Ohio
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/246178704
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Jason
Age: 28
Hometown/Residency: Branson, Missouri
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/183339356
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Joanne Borgella
Age: 25
Birthdate: May 29th, 1982
Hometown/Residency: Atlanta, Georgia / California / Hoboken, New York
MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/wwwjoanneborgellacom
http://www.myspace.com/86642457
Website: http://www.joanneborgella.com/
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_Borgella
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1GhyvYle0s
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Jordan “Lady J.” Minter
Age: 21
Hometown/Residency: Atlanta, Georgia
Audition City: Atlanta, Georgia
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/57426121
Photo: http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/binary/…llife1-1_14.jpg
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Kristy Lee Cook
Age: 23
Residency: Selma, Or
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/BringItOn15
Music Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=e6WiYerdMnA
Music page: http://cdbaby.com/cd/kristylee

Articles: http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/233653
http://www.kristylee.net/kristy_biography.htm
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Mia Mitchell
Age: 17
Residency: Dayton, OH
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/163785075
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Neyshia Go
age: 17
Residency: Antioch, CA
MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea…iendid=49254247
Website: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea…iendid=49254247
Photo: http://www.awayan.com/neyshiago/photos/front_bw_2a.jpg
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Ramielle Maulbay
Age: 20
Residency: Miramar, FL
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/bgirlfallz
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ramiele
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Samantha Sidley
Age: 22
Reisdency: Los Angeles
Website: http://www.samanthasidley.com/
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/samanthasidley
She’s a jazz singer–did a workshop with Peisha McPhee when she was 12…She has performed in the past with Katharine.
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And the rest of the Top 50 so far…

Aaron Sanders
Residency: Atlanta, GA
MySpace: www.myspace.com/aaronthechef
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/bruthaonline
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Alaina Whitaker
Age: 16
Residency: Tulsa, OK
Facebook: http://hs.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1447920161
Photo: http://photos-134.ll.facebook.com/photos-l…153537_9244.jpg
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Alexandrea “Alex” Lushington
Age: 16
Residency: Douglasville, Georgia
Audition City: Atlanta, Georgia
Audition Song: …Somewhere Over the Rainbow
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/mizalex91
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Amy Davis
Age: 25
Residency: Cedar Lake, IN
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/amyunderwater
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/amydavisvoice
MySpace Band: http://www.myspace.com/6thelementband
MySpace Band: http://www.myspace.com/amydavistrio
Modeling Website: http://www.ModelMayhem.com/member.php?id=42864
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Brooke White
Residency: Hollywood, CA
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/brookewhite
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Brandon Green
Residency: Nashville TN, Lucedale, Mississippi
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/brandongreenmusic
Photos:
http://a289.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…6757e72faa0.jpg
http://a820.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…0659b348edb.jpg
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Cardin McKinney
Age:
Hometown: Nashville
Audition City:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/cardinmckinney
Photos:
http://a321.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…113f0041050.jpg
http://a555.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…ce92dd7d8d2.jpg
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Chikezie Eze
***He made it to Hollywood last year too.
Age: 22
Residency: Inglewood, CA
Audition City:
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/Clova03
Photo: My Space Pic
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Colton Swon
**Plays the Guitar in Hollywood
Residency: Muskogee, Oklahoma
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/coltonswon
Sang “Love the One You’re With” in Hollywood
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Danny Noriega
Age: 18:
Residency: California
MySpace:http://www.myspace.com/dannypoprox
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David Archuleta
** David won Star Search when he was only 12 years old
Age: 16
Residency: Leander, TX/SLC, Utah
Audition City:
Facebook:
Star Search Videos:
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/star_search2/…david_archuleta
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/star_search4/video_junior.php
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=z8SJXDPE_sQ
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David Cook
Residency: Blue Springs, Missouri
Audition City: Omaha, NE
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/drcook
Video of him waiting to go see the judges:
http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/News/De…mp;pageId=3.2.1
Was in the band AXIUM:
http://www.myspace.com/axium
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea…;friendid=15188
Info on the band with link to purchase CD’s:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/axium
Singing BonJovi while wating to go in and see the trio:
http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/s…mp;locale=EN-US
Couple interviews:
http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/s…mp;locale=EN-US
http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/s…mp;locale=EN-US
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Jason Castro
**Appeared on the MTV Show CHEYENNE and Cheyenne’s Love Interest
Age: 20
Residency: College Station, TX
Audition City: Dallas Texas
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/jasoncastromusic
Photos:
http://a856.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…69d3217082f.jpg
http://a45.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images…fbc3c4bdfa4.jpg
http://a692.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…2718bf26403.jpg
http://c.myspace.com/Groups/00011/49/66/11816694_l.jpg
Video: (He was the drummer in the band Keeping Lions until very recently)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DWfqCqUQt58
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QGgcqGG3Ps8
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gXKmeoQWFK0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7A-HtEzo8Os
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Josiah Leming
Age: 18
Residency: Texas
Sang Grace Kelly and Played the Piano in Hollywood
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/josiahleming
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lbjc3ypUfO4
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=q1hvdBYvCOk
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=BuUgrNH9qgE
Music: http://void.snocap.com/s/genswf.php?id=T3-…N327RV-H&r=
http://void.snocap.com/s/genswf.php?id=T3-…N327RV-H&r=
Old Band Music: http://www.purevolume.com/sefrona
Website: http://josiahleming.com/default.aspx
Video: http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/browse?kshow_id=23915
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~~Jermaine Paul~~
Made the Top 50 but Dropped Out, signed by J Records

Lisa Aukerman
Age: 22
Residency: Gainesville, FL
Audition City: Charleston
MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea…endID=134754253
MySpace Music: http://www.myspace.com/lisaaukerman
Photo: http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/9756/lisaaukermannp2.jpg
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Lorena Pinot.
Age: 26
Residency: Miami, Fl
Audition City: Miami
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/lorena_pinot
MySpace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea…iendid=27863253
Photo: http://a434.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…694d88d5e41.jpg
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Marsha Hancock
Age: 23
Residency: Nashville, TN
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/marshahancock
MySpace Music Page: http://www.myspace.com/hancockmarsha
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Michael Johns
Age:
Residency: Los Angeles
MySpace Music: http://www.myspace.com/michaeljohnsmusic
Picture: http://b9.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00784/9…784131449_m.jpg
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Michael Preston
Age: 20
Residency: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Audition City: Dallas, Texas
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ugotitbad4meeee
http://www.myspace.com/ugotitbad4meeee
MySpace Music
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Michael Sanfilippo
Residency: Barrington, IL
MySpace Music: http://www.myspace.com/brightlikejapan
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Shaun Barrowes
Age: 28
Residency: Spanish Fork, UT
WebSite: http://www.shaunbarrowes.com
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/shaunbarrowes
Video: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=…amp;installed=1
Video: http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=…;oid=2403592478
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Syesha Mercado
Age: 20
Residency:
Audition City: Miami FL
**Was on the ABC show “The One”
MySpace: http://myspace.com/syesha
My Space: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea…iendid=54064116
Source: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti…nelID=257366085
Photos:
http://a290.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…cf534425239.jpg
http://a388.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…ceccc317743.jpg
http://a870.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/image…bfc998cf98d.jpg
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