Just like every group night of almost every season of "American Idol," we got to witness much drama play out, and basically the first 1/3 of the one hour show was just useless in my opinion. As in past years, contestants had the following issues…..

· Many folks had a difficult time scrambling to form small singing groups, not knowing who to pick, who to trust, who would blend in, etc.

· They had a rough time deciding which song to sing

· Some contestants had personality conflicts with members of their own group or members of other groups

· Some group members were perceived as lazy or really bossy……or even really bitchy!

· Very few contestants got a good night's sleep….big surprise there!

· And the ultimate nightmare, the one that ALWAYS triggers an early exit home.... some contestants forgot the words….C ‘ya!!

The ‘best’ of the ‘bunches’ from Group Night performances……

· A group named "Faith," composed of three female singers, all performed well and all have a good shot at making the Final 24 next week: Michelle Delamor, Charity Vance and Ashley Rodriguez.

· "Middle C," a trio with Janell Wheeler, Jermaine Purifory and Casey James, the ponytail, shirtless guy. All three singers sounded great and were put through.

· "Three Men and a Baby," which included Danny Gokey look-alike Andrew Garcia along with 17-year-old Katie Stevens and J.B. Ahfua, a recent high school graduate who didn't get much air time during the previous episodes, all made it through.

· “Neapolitan," composed of Liz Rooney, Thaddeus Johnson, Jessica Cunningham and Paige Miles all made it through.

· "Destiny's Wild," a quartet of four Neapolitan rivals: Todrick Hall, Theri, Jareb Liewer and Slobhan Magnus.

· "Team Awesome," composed of four guys. I thought the whole group sounded good and worked well together, but the judges sent two guys home: Michael Castro and Seth Rollins. The two advancing to the next round were Tim Urban and the BIG GUY, Michael Lynche, whose wife gave birth just prior to the group's performance.
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· Aside from the people mentioned so far, some of the more familiar faces who also advanced on Group Night were: Tyler Grady, John Park, Lloyd Thomas, Katelyn Epperly, Tasha Layton, Angela Martin, Christian Spear, Haeley Vaughn and the ‘ultimate’ drama queen Mary ‘It’s All About Me’ Powers.

The bottom line…. In all, 71 of the 96 contestants who made it to Group Night advanced to the next Hollywood round -- the final one before the field gets narrowed down to the top 12 males and the top 12 females on Wednesday night this week.

Fast Facts: Fox executives announced that some of the Top 24 contestants will be revealed during Tuesday's episode, which is a 2-hour show airing 8-10 p.m. and features the final individual performances in Hollywood. Wednesday's show, which airs 9-10 p.m., is when the ‘major drama’ happens when the remaining contestants learn whether they've advanced to the Semifinals.

Idol Chatter: Many of the show's insiders have pushed for a female "Idol Winner" this year. In a recent conference call with reporters, judge Kara DioGuardi said, "I would love to see a girl win." She added, "I do think it's a lot easier to break women than men, actually, in terms of their records once the show is done."

Maybe that's why certain male singers have taken a back seat to singers like Didi Benami and Janell Wheeler when it comes to air time so far this season.

Personally, I do think the girls have much more talent than the guys this year, and you can mark it down now….this year’s winner will be a female!

Watch for ‘leaked’ complete TOP 24 Finalist List coming soon!.......along with more ‘Eddie Idol’ chatter to come after Tuesday night’s Final Performances in Hollywood!