American Idol Recap: The Top 24's Pros, Cons, and Forays Into Wizard Hair

John Park

Pros: Wooed us in the auditions with his fine balladeer skills; strikes me as the "upstanding" contestant with the firm grip on his talent, integrity, and other things rumored to enter the competition.

Cons: Give it up for the hinkiest victory dance of them all. That final facial expression says: "I tried?" Sidenote: The victory dance is weirdly important to me.

Haeley Vaughn

Pros: Was a shoo-in thanks to her interesting niche -- a crossroads of country, pop, and (as the judges pointed out) not R&B. She's black, you see.

Cons: Is one of the shakiest vocalists out of the females. In fact, she has no chance of winning. I'm saving all my emotional acoustic moments for Didi Benami anyway.

Andrew Garcia

Pros: Slayed the judges with his "genius" cover of Paula Abdul's "Straight Up," though you could've heard it on the Santa Monica promenade by any upstart with an open guitar case; sings with hearty "man feelings"; makes genuine remarks about getting emotional, as in last episode when he said, "I'm usually the cool guy" after sobbing like a Seacrest without his favorite Appaloosa.

Cons: Is not a dynamo! Someone inject the dangerous Ethel Merman elixir into this mushy, human-seeming thing!

Tim Urban

Pros: Has a nice face! Has Pythagorean cheekbones. Keeps quiet.

Cons: He and Tyler Grady should form a "The weird thing is, neither of us have taken a vocal lesson. In fact, we don't sing. In fact, we just want to start a roofing company" alliance.

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