San Francisco is representing hard in American Idol's semifinal list of 36. Who knew we had so many William Hung's living in our midst?
Among the finalist are five with Bay Area ties. While only one of them calls the Bay Are home, the other four were all discovered by the four judges while they were in San Francisco. Here's hoping they do better than the Bay Area's most famous idol, Mr. Hung.
Take a look at the 36 semifinalists competing on the eighth season of Fox's "American Idol" below with videos of four of the five local performers. Sorry we couldn't find any videos of Jeanine Vailes.
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Name: Adam Lambert
Age: 26
Hometown: Los Angeles
Audition City: San Francisco
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Name: Alex Wagner-Trugman
Age: 19
Hometown: Los Angeles
Audition City: Phoenix
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Name: Alexis Grace
Age: 20
Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.
Audition City: Louisville, Ky.
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Name: Allison Iraheta
Age: 16
Hometown: Los Angeles
Audition City: San Francisco
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Name: Anne Marie Boskovich
Age: 22
Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.
Audition City: Jacksonville, Fla.
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Name: Anoop Desai
Age: 21
Hometown: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Audition City: Kansas City, Mo.
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Name: Arianna Afsar
Age: 16
Hometown: San Diego
Audition City: Phoenix
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Name: Brent Keith
Age: 28
Hometown: Blanchester, Ohio
Audition City: Louisville, Ky.
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Name: Casey Carlson
Age: 20
Hometown: Minneapolis
Audition City: Kansas City, Mo.
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Name: Danny Gokey
Age: 28
Hometown: Milwaukee
Audition City: Kansas City, Mo.
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Name: Jackie Tohn
Age: 27
Hometown: Los Angeles
Audition City: New York
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Name: Jasmine Murray
Age: 16
Hometown: Starkville, Miss.
Audition City: Jacksonville, Fla.
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Name: Jeanine Vailes
Age: 27
Hometown: Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Audition City: San Francisco
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Name: Jesse Langseth
Age: 25
Hometown: Minneapolis
Audition City: Kansas City, Mo.
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Name: Joanna Pacitti
Age: 23
Hometown: Philadelphia
Audition City: Louisville, Ky.
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Name: Jorge Nunez-Mendez
Age: 20
Hometown: Carolina, Puerto Rico
Audition City: San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Name: Ju'Not Joyner
Age: 26
Hometown: Bowie, Md.
Audition City: New York
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Name: Kai Kalama
Age: 26
Hometown: San Clemente, Calif.
Audition City: San Francisco
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Name: Kendall Beard
Age: 23
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Audition City: San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Name: Kris Allen
Age: 23
Hometown: Conway, Ark.
Audition City: Louisville, Ky.
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Name: Lil Rounds
Age: 23
Hometown: Memphis, Tenn.
Audition City: Kansas City, Mo.
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Name: Matt Breitzke
Age: 27
Hometown: Bixby, Okla.
Audition City: Kansas City, Mo.
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Name: Matt Giraud
Age: 23
Hometown: Kalamazoo, Mich.
Audition City: Louisville, Ky.
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Name: Megan Corkrey
Age: 22
Hometown: Sandy, Utah
Audition City: Salt Lake City
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Name: Michael Sarver
Age: 27
Hometown: Jasper, Texas
Audition City: Phoenix
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Name: Mishavonna Henson
Age: 18
Hometown: Irvine, Calif.
Audition City: Phoenix
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Name: Nathaniel Marshall
Age: 18
Hometown: Malone, N.Y.
Audition City: New York
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Name: Nick Mitchell
Age: 27
Hometown: Brookfield, Conn.
Audition City: New York
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Name: Ricky Braddy
Age: 25
Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.
Audition City: Louisville, Ky.
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Name: Scott MacIntyre
Age: 23
Hometown: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Audition City: Phoenix
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Name: Stephen Fowler
Age: 26
Hometown: Beachwood, Ohio
Audition City: New York
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Name: Stevie Wright
Age: 16
Hometown: Phelan, Calif.
Audition City: Phoenix
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Name: Tatiana Del Toro
Age: 23
Hometown: Los Angeles
Audition City: San Francisco
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Name: Taylor Vaifanua
Age: 16
Hometown: Hurricane, Utah
Audition City: Salt Lake City, Utah
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Name: Von Smith
Age: 22
Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
Audition City: Kansas City, Mo.
