First day in Hollywood. Some standout performances...

Of course, with 180 contestants, they can't give everyone screen time... but the performances they did show for people who went through were very good.

Andrew Garcia has a sort of Danny Gokey-ish vibe... but he sounds better...

Definitely the best of the night... He does the Kris Allen thing for Paula Abdul's song...

One guy who didn't go through but who could have been fun to see in the final 24 was SkeeeeeBowwwwSkeeeee...


A huge number of good girls being shown... hard to pick one favorite... the last two of the night were pretty good... Crystal Bowersox and Didi Benami, but I kind of like Didi better.

Other people (and the judges) are putting Crystal in as top of the night for the girls.

Won't know who the front-runners are yet till we see more of the uncut people... at least we can be sure the next few weeks will have some good performances...