American Idol 2011 - Live Shows, Week 1 - The Results/Wildcards

Top 5 boys:
Scotty McCreery
Jacob Lusk
Casey Abrams
Paul McDonald
James Durbin

Top 5 girls:
Pia Toscano
Lauren Alania Suddeth
Karen Rodriguez
Thia Megia
Haley Reinhart

At this stage, I'd pick the following wildcards:
Stefano, Jovany and Robbie for the boys.
Lauren, Ashthon and Kendra for the girls.

Wildcard performances:

1. Ashthon Jones: And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Jennifer Hudson)
A very good vocal, though not convinced her voice is suited to a song quite that big.

2. Stefano Langone: I Need You Now (Smokey Robinson)
Another great vocal, and a sincerely passionate performance. Don't know the song so have no comparison, but it sounded good to me.

3. Kendra Chantelle Campbelle - Georgia On My Mind
Quite a boring performance, but a good vocal.

4. Jovany - Angel (Spanglish) (Jon Secada)
Fantastic vocal, very emotional performance.

5. Naima - For All We Know (Donny Hathaway)
Another decent performance, good vocal, a bit dull, but quite emotional. For her, anyway.

Goodbye to Ta-Tinise, Julie, Rachel, Lauren, Clint, Brett, Jim & Jordan.
Few complaints there. Just Lauren, really.

6. Robbie - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (Elton John)
Quite a hesitant acoustic version. Again with the yodelling. Thanks, but no thanks.

Jovany, Stefano and Ashthon for me please.

Cue JLo's new vid, feat. Pitbull. Whatever. HELLO!?!? TUNE?!?!? WHERE ARE YOU?!?!? Oh, there it is- nicked from Lambada. "Lalalalala". Wow, the creativity on display here is staggering. Hang on, is she ripping off Madonna's Ray of Light video? Looks like it to me.

And after that "spontaneous" interlude, the results are:
1. Ashthon
2. Stefano
3. Naima

So it's also goodbye to Kendra, Robbie, (good call) and poor Jovany (nooooo!)