American Idol 9 Top 24 Contestants Photos

Last night, 12 guys and 12 girls are declared to be in the official American Idol 9 Top 24 list. Next week, the Top 12 girls will battle it out first on Wednesday (February 24) in the Kodak Theatre. On Thursday (February 25) will be the Top 12 boys' turn. I think it will all be the same drivel in other American Idol seasons that each week, two guys and two girls will bid farewell until the American Idol 9 Top 12 contestants are chosen.

This year's batch of contestants are an interesting mix. We'll still yet to see if Mike Lynch won't be disqualified, but it seems Tim Urban is here to stay in lieu of Chris Golightly who allegedly had an old contract that's why he was kicked off the final 24 contestants. Below are the photos of your Top 12 boys and Top 12 girls in American Idol 9:

American Idol Top 12 Boys

 

Aaron Kelly
Alex Lambert
Andrew Garcia
Casey James
Jermaine Sellers
John Park
Joe Munoz
Lee DeWyze
Michael Lynche
Tim Urban
Todrick Hall
Tyler Grady

 

 

American Idol Top 12 Girls

Ashley Rodriguez

Crystal Bowersox
Didi Benami
Haeley Vaughn
Janell Wheeler
Katelyn Epperly
Katie Stevens
Lacey Brown
Lilly Scott
Michelle Delamor
Paige Miles
Siobhan Magnus

     

Tim Urban Shirtless - American Idol Top 24 Hottie

Despite all the brouhaha over Chris Golightly disqualification, we definitely have no complaints Chris was replaced with a hottie Tim Urban. In the Hollywood rounds, he was the one who sang David Cook’s song. Check Tim Urban’s shirtless photos below.

Tim Urban is waaay hotter that Casey James - the guy who's Kara Dioguardi's favorite. Hmmm, with his long hair though, he looks kind of geeky. Check out the Tim Urban shirtless photos with his hair shorter. What do you think? Huntsville Lois Pope

Tim Urban Hollywood Week Video American Idol 9:

Chris Golightly Disqualified, Replaced by Tim Urban?

There's quite a discrepancy in the American Idol Top 24 Official list tonight. It seems early favorite Chris Golightly has not been included in the final list of Top 12 boys. He was obviously replaced by Tim Urban, whose footage was just inserted in the last video clip. What's up with that?

We are quite suspicious that it was Chris Golightly who was disqualified and not Big Mike Lynch. Chris Golightly has a video making it to the Top 24 finalists who made it the Hollywood round but he was cut unknowingly (He was in the picture while Ryan Seacrest was making a spiel about the Top 24!). We're still digging the real score about this American Idol 9 Official Top 24 discrepancy. Other than that, we're quite confident about the ones who made it. Cheerio!

UPDATE: Here's the deal with Chris Golightly Disqualified issue:

Ryan Seacrest even confirmed it via a Tweet that it was: "determined that Chris Golightly is ineligible to continue on IDOL, contestant Tim Urban has replaced Golightly as part of the Top 24". Yet, there's still a cloud of mystery behind the disqualification Ryan is not sure about the cause: "must have broken a rule or maybe had previous deal"

However, it was Samantha Mula (Season 9 contestant who was cut) who further enlightened about Chris Golightly's case. In her message, she informed that: "Just got off the phone with Chris GoLightly. He was disqualified yesterday, after already being told he was in the top 24, over some bogus old contract. The contract expired, but they disqualified him for not telling them. He is talking to lawyers, but doubt they can do anything."

Whoa! American Idol has some favoritism going on there with the rules? They let Michael "Big Mike" Lynch go on with the Top 24 slot even though he broke the confidentiality rule, while Chris was not allowed to move on because of the expired contract he did not declare with Idol beforehand. Sucks to be him, eh?

American Idol 9 Top 24 - The Official 2010 24 Finalists Revealed LIVE

So far, we're not wrong about the spoilers we made in the American Idol 9 contestants list. We’re pleasantly surprised Big Mike is still there because rumors have been milling he’s been disqualified. Other than that, all other Top 24 people we’ve listed 3 weeks ago came out as expected. Except for two: Chris Golightly and Paige Dechausse! They Are replaced by Tim Urban and Paige Miles (same first name?).

Though it's quite unnerving the judges did not let Thaddeus Johnson inside the American Idol 9 Top 24. Just see the list below. Did your favorite got through? Were they not cut tonight?

The Official American Idol 9 Top 24

1. Michael Lynche
2. Didi Benami
3. Katelyn Epperly
4. Casey James
5. Aaron Kelly
6. Lee Dewyze
7. Todrick Hall
8. Janell Wheeler
9. Tyler Grady
10. Lacey Brown
11. Ashley Rodriguez
12. Alex Lambert
13. Jose (Joe) Munoz
14. Crystal Bowersox
15. Katie Stevens
16. Lilly Scott
17. Paige Miles
18. Michelle Delamor
19. Jermaine Sellers
20. John Park
21. Siobhan Magnus
22. Haeley Vaughn
23. Andrew Garcia
24. Tim Urban

See all of their photos here --> American Idol 9 Top 24 Photos

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