Top 24 Shocker!

So the big news today isn't who made the Top 24, it's actually who DIDN'T make it; Josiah Leming. Reading various posts and blogs around the net, it seems like a lot of people really wanted him to make and he was the front runner in their minds. Then you get the other side of people who thought he was a whiny brat and were very happy to see he didn't make it. I have my theory as to why he wasn't invited to be part of the Top 24. I think that Josiah has become a very polarizing figure. As we've already noticed on various boards, people either love him or hate him. He's basically the Sanjaya of this year. I think they really wanted to get away from "characters" and really focus on talent this year to avoid the whole Sanjaya fiasco that happened last year. They knew that if they kept him in all of the focus would be about him for the season instead of trying to get back to what Idol used to be. Keeping him out of the Top 24 was a smart move IMO.