So, on to the boys… Which of these final four will make it through to the final, and potentially on to stardom as 2008’s American Idol. So let us know your thoughts by adding a comment below!

Jason Castro

Dreadlocked Jason is a definite favorite with the fans, and for good reason. He’s cute, though in an ‘alternative’ way, he has a good singing voice, and also plays guitar, which he has used to good effect on a number of songs.

Michael Johns

Coming on strong in recent weeks, Michael is now becoming a bit of a threat. Despite a very slow start his performance in Queen week was particularly good. Does he have the momentum to pull through to the final? Time will tell…

David Cook

The first of the David’s left in the competition, rocker David Cook is filling the ‘Chris Daughtry’ slot in this year’s competition. He is also a firm favorite of Paula’s! David has been consistently excellent throughout the show, and hasn’t really received any negative comments from the judges.

David Archuleta

So, on to David number two - or maybe that should be number one… David A has to have been the favorite to win American Idol for some weeks now. The 17-year old has overcome paralysed vocal chords to get on to the show, and really has shone throughout the competition. It’s hard to pick a favorite performance, but if pushed, I think we’d have to say his version of ‘Another Day in Paradise’.

We can’t wait to watch the next few weeks!

It was tough going for the contestants, and sometimes emotional viewing for us, but the 24 top contestants of the 2008 show have now been revealed. Below are the 12 male contestants who will be competing for the chance to be America’s Idol in season 7 of the show.



Luke Menard

Garrett Haley

David Hernandez

Colton Berry

Jason Yeager

David Cook

Robbie Carrico

Chikezie Eze

Jason Castro

Danny Noriega

David Archuleta

Michael Johns




We’ll be publishing a vote in the next couple of days so that you can tell us who your current favorite is - make sure you check back regularly! If you really can’t wait to let us know who you think will win, then post a comment up on this post here!

The San Diego show opened with cocky Tatiana, who from our perspective was a little forgettable. Simon thought she was OK, but not great, but she did get a ticket through to Hollywood. You never know, she might do well - anyone described by Simon Cowell as ‘obnoxious’ must be doing something right!


Perrie Cataldo was the next to get through to the next stages of the competition - a single father, who’s wife was lost in January 2005 in tragic circumstances. The Idol audience loves a tragic back story, and so if he makes it through to the Live shows he’s bound to pull in the votes. What’s more, his rendition of Boyz II Men’s ‘I’ll make love to you’ was heart-felt and pretty impressive.


Aussie Michael Johns (he lives in LA so didn’t have to travel that far) had Simon tell him “You’re like a white soul singer”. I’m sure we’ve heard that before (Taylor Hicks, anyone?), but this guy has good looks over Taylor, so could be in with a great shot of the American Idol title.


Of course, it wasn’t all good on the West Coast, and they had their fair share of shockingly bad auditions: Valerie Reyes was probably the standout. She went in to the auction thinking she was Mariah Carey, and left thinking about the shame of being the ‘rejects’ show. As she put it herself: so not cool…