Posted on February 15, 2009 - by irish joy

Top 36 finalist of American Idol 2009

After the long auditons and effort of Simon, Paula, Randy, and Kara, the finalist are now down in 36 contestants.

The 36 hopefuls will be split into three groups of 12, and for three consecutive weeks, one group will perform each week. The live performance shows air Tuesday, February 17 8/7c, Wednesday, February 25 8/7c and Tuesday, March 3 8/7c on FOX.

Here is the list of top finalist
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The Top female semi-finalists are:

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• Alexis Grace
• Allison Iraheta
• Ann Marie Boskovich
• Arianna Afsar
• Casey Carlson
• Felicia Barton
• Jackie Tohn
• Jasmine Murray
• Jeanine Vailes
• Jessie Langseth
• Kendall Beard
• Kristen McNamara
• Lil Rounds
• Megan Corkrey
• Mishavonna Henson
• Stevie Wright
• Tatiana Nicole Del Toro
• Taylor Vaifanua

The Top male semi-finalists are:

• Adam Lambert
• Alexander Wagner-Trugman
• Anoop Desai
• Brent Keith
• Danny Gokey
• Jorge Nunez
• Ju’Not Joyner
• Kai Kalama
• Kris Allen
• Matt Breitzke
• Matt Giraud
• Michael Sarver
• Nathaniel Marshall
• Nick Mitchell
• Ricky Braddy
• Scott MacIntyre
• Stephen Fowler
• Von Smith

(Note: It has been determined that Joanna Pacitti is ineligible to continue in the competition. Felicia Barton has replaced Ms. Pacitti as part of the Top 36.)