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If you missed last night’s episode of American Idol, featuring San Diego auditions, you missed the best contestant to enter the competition this season — Carly Smithson.

The 23-year-old actually made it to Hollywood after auditioning in Season 5, but was disqualified the next day after finding out her U.S. citizenship paperwork wasn’t completed. But she’s back. And that’s a good thing.

After six successful seasons, I have to admit I was a little worried about the show being able to pick through all the people just wanting a little TV time and those handful of true, genuine performers. If Carly Smithson doesn’t go far in this competition, it will be a disappointment.

Watch the video, and you’ll see what I mean. She actually sang a Whitney Houston song. And did it justice. This never happens.

Clearly, you know my favorite contestant at this point. What about you? Who’s standing out in the crowd?

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Posted in Carly Smithson, Season 7 on January 23rd, 2008

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5 Responses to “Carly Smithson: The new one to watch”

  1. Carly Smithson: The new one to watch · Idol News Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 9:52 am

    [...] Ted Wallace wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIf you missed last night’s episode of American Idol, featuring San Diego auditions, you missed the best contestant to enter the competition this season — Carly Smithson. The 23-year-old actually made it to Hollywood after auditioning in … [...]

  2. Carly Smithson: The new one to watch Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 10:42 am

    [...] Jeanne wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptIf you missed last night’s episode of American Idol, featuring San Diego auditions, you missed the best contestant to enter the competition this season — Carly Smithson. The 23-year-old actually made it to Hollywood after auditioning in … [...]

  3. hey Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 1:26 pm

    i loved her, i hope she does well. she seemed very genuine

  4. American Idol » Blog Archive » Live blogging: ‘American Idol’ Top 24 revealed Says:
    February 13th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    [...] it’s Carly Smithson’s turn. She got turned away in Season 5 after not having proper work permits. The Irish [...]

  5. Kayla Caplin Says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 10:40 am

    Carly Smithson is my favorite contestant in this competition.I find she has the best voice ever. But also has bad song choices. And I know thats important in American Idol. Well anyways… other than that. I find shes awesome. My favorite songs that she sang were I Drove All Night, and Come Together.

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