Top Twelve

First of all, I wanted to say how much of a pleasure to see that one of the Edens Edge band members, Hannah, had read my last post! They are all such great singers, so it was so much fun to be able to meet them, and then get their name out through this blog. Good luck you guys.

Now, I haven't been able to do an American Idol post in some time, so what better time than this. Last time we talked about this, we were in the first week of live performances, and Tim Urban was on the edge of getting elimiated. Well since you have last read, he made it through, following good performances with the songs 'Come on Get Higher' and 'Hallelujah', which made the judges proud.

Last week was really the moment to shine and determined if they would make it through to the top twelve. Here are some highlights:

Mike did a stunning perfomance with his song the led Kara to tears. While Ellen gave Tim a big hug for his good song choice. And Aaron Kelly continued to gain fame with his young, solid voice.

But four didn't make it this week. Two of them were shockers, others not so much.

Lilly Scott was a shocker. Alot of people liked her unique voice, including myself. She was one that was a huge shocker.

Katelyn Epperly was also one who left the stage. I think that the only thing that would have saved her was the song that she perfomed two weeks ago. But her last performance was not one that really stuck with the audience, causing her to be eliminated.

Don't get me wrong, Todrick Hall is a good singer and a good performer. But to the truth of the matter is, he changed a song to the point where is was unrecognizable, and continued to do it week after week. You want to hear a song that you can relate to and he just didn't seem to realize that.

And Alex Lambert. Poor guy. He was a good singer that I was shocked to see go. And but to truthful, he was just the weakest link of the 7 guys. I felt bad for him though when he started crying on stage. But don't fel bad Alex, someone will notice you and get you signed up to a label real soon.

Well I guess I'll give you the names of the top twelve. They are DiDi Benami, Siobhan Magnus, Paige Miles, Katie Stevens, Lacey Brown and Crystal Bowersox, Aaron Kelly, Michael Lynche, Casey James, Lee Dewyze, Andrew Garcia and Tim Urban.

Well I guess that is my post for today. Stay tuned for more tomorrow!!

Edens Edge

Gosh, it is taking almost all of my energy to stay away today. This new time change. It happens to me every time. And it usually takes me a few days to a week to really get used to it. But I am looking forward to the longer daylight.

So since we have spent all of our time in the past 2 weeks talking about Harry Potter and the story, I wanted to catch you up on a few things. In my area, we have a place called the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts. It is an elegant place for you to watch anything from community plays to special artists that are booked to come in and perform.

Well on Friday, my parents and I bought tickets for the Randy Travis concert that would be taking place at the performing arts. It was a rather unexpected plan that we came up with. Actually we decided to go a hour before it started. I have never been a country fan, nor a Randy Travis fan, but I decided to go because I might to get my picture taken with him or something.

It turns out that he doesn't do meet and greet or anything like that. Something about him being afraid of stalkers or something. I guess he doesn't realize now that he is popular and is appearing in a southern town.

Anyways, the supporting act was the 3 person band; Edens Edge. This band consits of Hannah Blaylock, Cherrill Green, and Dean Berner of Nashville, TN. They have been on their music journey since 2007, and it looks like their name is about to get bigger.

When I heard them at the concert, they sounded really good. They were a band that I could relate to because they were much more younger than Travis was. And the end of their part of the show, they invited eveyone to meet them at the lobby for pictures and autographs.

As soon as the show was over I went to their table to meet them. They all were so nice. I got both their CD and picture autographed. And then when the crowd got lower my sister and I went back for pictures. If you will look at the top right hand of the page, you can see the picture.

It's cool to think that I could have all of these things from potential music stars. Apparently they are in the studio and plan on releasing a song in the summer. I wish them the best of luck, and hopefully I'll get to see them again.

I guess that is all I have to say for today. I'll talk to you all soon!