The Top 12 Guys

Here are the top 12 guys you will see in action Tuesday night…

Chikezie, 22, Inglewood, CA (He’s apparently dropped his last name.)

Robbie Carrico, 26, Melbourne, FL
Robbie once dated Britney Spears when his boy band opened for her on a few dates during her first tour.

Colton Berry, 18, Staunton, VA

Danny Noriega, 18, Azusa, CA

David Archuleta, 17, Murray, UT
David won “Star Search” at the age of 12, but did not receive a record deal.

David Cook, 25, Blue Springs, MO

David Hernandez, 24, Glendale, AZ

Garrett Haley, 17, Elida, OH
I, of course, love that he’s from Ohio, but it would be nice if we had heard him sing.

Jason Castro, 20, Rockwall, TX
Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe explained in a conference call with reporters that the show wanted to show us Jason singing “Crazy,” but Danger Mouse (half of Gnarls Barkley) wouldn’t clear it. And since the only other song he did was his own (that I guess they didn’t think we’d want to hear) we didn’t hear him either.

Jason Yeager, 28, Grand Prairie, TX

Luke Menard, 29, Crawfordsville, IN

Michael Johns, 29, Buckhead, GA
As I've told you before, Michael was in a band that had a deal with Madonna's Maverick Records.

My favorite, Colton Swon, did not make the cut, so I guess I should pick another favorite. But since we haven’t heard a single note from four of the 12, that’s a little hard to do. So I’m going to wait until after tomorrow night.

Remember, that the guys will perform Tuesday at 8 p.m. on FOX. And I will be blogging live throughout the two-hour show, so be sure to join me…

Photos courtesy of FOX