For Hollywood Week on American Idol, it was a an interesting call as Season 14's top 48 contestants were announced by judges Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr, and Keith Urban.  According to American Idol Net, the top 48 were leaked a while ago, which is very common for most reality shows.  The leak focused on the top 40, and yet we know that there is a top 48.  It is good to know that the Internet doesn't spoil every reality show, but we'll try and talk about the most promising contested to make the top 24. 

American Idol Net also reports that the judges seem "hardcore on really bringing up the talent level this season after complaints from fans last year that it was lacking".  From this top 48 are 26 ladies and 22 guys.  I'm surprised that there wasn't 24 women and 24 men for the top 48, but who says that the genders have to be split right down the middle? 

Here is a list of the 48 contenders, according to American Idol Net.

Top 26 Ladies

1. Adanna Duru
2. Alexis Gomez
3. Anjelika Joseph (aka Jelly)
4. Ellen Petersen
5. Emily Brooke
6. Erica Washington
7. Erika Davis
8. Hannah Mrozak
9. Hunter Larsen
10. Jackie Cole, otherwise known as Jax
11. Jaq Mackenzie
12. Joey Cook
13. Kalynne Schoelen (aka Kalynne Michelle)
14. Katherine Winston
15. Loren Lott
16. Lovey James
17. Maddie Walker
18. Maddy Hudson
19. Monica Laire Pidoy Mendoza
20. Najah Lewis
21. Nalani Quintello
22. Rachael Hallack
23. Sarina-Joi Crowe
24. Shannon Berthiaume
25. Shi Scott
26. Tvanna jones

Top 22 Guys

1. Adam Ezegelian
2. Hollywood Anderson
3. Casey Thrasher
4. Clark Beckham
5. Cody Fry
6. Daniel Seavey
7. Hector Montenegro
8. Jessie Nunn III (aka J. None)
9. Josh Sanders
10. Mark Andrew
11. Michael Simeon Smith
12. Nick Fradiani Jr.
13. Qaasim Middelton
14. Quentin Alexander
15. Ravvon Owen
16. Reno Anoa'i
17. Ricky Hendricks
18. Riley Bria
19. Savion Wright
20. Tion Phipps
21. Trevor Douglas
22. Zack Kaltenbach

If you are wanting to know about who the actual contestants for the House of Blues round, there is information about that provided at The Idol Pad, a twitter page devoted to spoiling American Idol.  In all honesty, I'm not certain how much I want to put about who is going to win next week.  You can follow the links if you want to, but I've already spoiled The Bachelor, and messing with American Idol feels like messing with the Oscars or spoiling the Super Bowl.

I will report on the most promising contestant for American Idol 2015.  Now it all comes down to who will be the strongest competitor out of all of them.  According to NJ.com, they see four competitors with a "tremendous voice and support of the judges" with Clack Beckham, Rayvon Owen, Loren Lott, and Jax.  AL.com favors both Casey Thrasher of the men and Erica Washington of the women. 

If you want to check out who makes it to the final 24, and then the next level after that, tune in to American Idol on Fox, still going pretty strong after 14 seasons.