My ranking of all 107 American Idol finalists

My full American Idol finalist rankings:


#1: Jasmine Murray
#2: Chikezie Eze
#3: Vonzell Solomon
#4: Ruben Studdard
#5: Trenyce
#6: Ricky Smith
#7: Lil Rounds
#8: Nikko Smith
#9: Charles Grigsby
#10: Jordin Sparks
#11: Jennifer Hudson
#12: Anoop Desai
#13: Syesha Mercado
#14: Michael Lynche
#15: David Archuleta
#16: Paige Miles
#17: Elliott Yamin
#18: Tamyra Gray
#19: David Hernandez
#20: Fantasia
#21: Christina Christian
#22: Justin Guarini
#23: Matt Giraud
#24: Jorge Núñez
#25: Sanjaya Malakar
#26: Mandisa
#27: Lisa Tucker
#28: David Cook
#29: George Huff
#30: Adam Lambert
#31: Scott MacIntyre
#32: Michael Johns
#33: Clay Aiken
#34: Carrie Underwood
#35: Melinda Doolittle
#36: Kris Allen
#37: RJ Helton
#38: Blake Lewis
#39: LaToya London
#40: Paris Bennett
#41: Kelly Clarkson
#42: Anwar Robinson
#43: LaKisha Jones
#44: Allison Iraheta
#45: Kimberley Locke
#46: Brandon Rogers
#47: Jasmine Trias
#48: Stephanie Edwards
#49: Chris Daughtry
#50: Andrew Garcia
#51: Casey James
#52: Katie Stevens
#53: Brooke White
#54: Crystal Bowersox
#55: Constantine Maroulis
#56: Chris Richardson
#57: Nadia Turner
#58: Scott Savol
#59: Lee DeWyze
#60: Kristy Lee Cook
#61: Taylor Hicks
#62: Aaron Kelly
#63: Lindsay Cardinale
#64: Kimberly Caldwell
#65: Carmen Rasmusen
#66: Leah LaBelle
#67: Kellie Pickler
#68: Jessica Sierra
#69: Danny Gokey
#70: Gina Glocksen
#71: Mikalah Gordon
#72: Carly Smithson
#73: Jason Castro
#74: Amanda Overmyer
#75: Ramiele Malubay
#76: Camille Velasco
#77: Phil Stacey
#78: Corey Clark
#79: Anthony Federov
#80: Siobhan Magnus
#81: Katharine McPhee
#82: Ace Young
#83: Josh Gracin
#84: Bo Bice
#85: Diana DeGarmo
#86: Haley Scarnato
#87: Melissa McGhee
#88: Ryan Starr
#89: A.J. Gil
#90: Jim Verraros
#91: John Stevens
#92: EJ Day
#93: Kevin Covais
#94: Tim Urban
#95: Jon Peter Lewis
#96: Amy Adams
#97: Matthew Rogers
#98: Chris Sligh
#99: Julia DeMato
#100: Michael Sarver
#101: Bucky Covington
#102: Didi Benami
#103: Megan Joy
#104: Alexis Grace
#105: Lacey Brown
#106: Vanessa Olivarez
#107: Nikki McKibbin

American Idol season 10 begins tomorrow night

American Idol season 10 premieres on Wednesday, January 19, 2011. This season will be unlike season 9 in several ways. First of all the panel of judges will be markedly different. Randy Jackson is the only returning judge, now that Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres, and Kara DioGuardi left the judging panel. The two new judges are Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez. The middle rounds have also changed. First is the audition round, and then the Hollywood Round, then the Las Vegas round, then the Sing for Your Life round, then the green mile round, and finally the live rounds.  The first audition episode, which is two hours, will cover the New York and New Jersey auditions, followed by the one-hour second audition episode, which covers the New Orleans auditions. According to Joe's Place, the top 40 are already chosen, but the top 20 is not yet revealed.

The live rounds begin March 1, 2011. The first week is semifinal week, which will air Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The male contestants will perform on Tuesday, then the female contestants on Wednesday, and the Results and Wild Card show on Thursday. Ten finalists will be chosen by the American public, and two or three finalists will be chosen by the judges.