SO disappointed that they didn't pick Josiah Leming. If the producers were looking for kids who are current, he would've been a lock. According to one of the cut contestants, they didn't want singers with an established sound, they wanted people they could mold.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQX0yhb-kUc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbjc3ypUfO4

Loved him. Who knows if AI would've been a good thing for him though. His original stuff is good and they probably would have completely changed it.