Miami was one of the more entertaining audition shows thanks a couple of Two Ton Tessies who sang quite nicely. Always skeptical when the bff's enter the room as a duo - it usually spells doom for one or two - but these gals rendered smart versions of "Take Five" and "My Guy."
Beyond Brittany Wescott and Corliss Smith there was the short and cute Ramiele Malubay, the hot Syesha Mercado and her rehab grad dad and Robbie "don't show my boy band picture" Carrico.
Then there were questions. 
If a man can choose the stage name of Engelbert Humperdinck and have a hit record, then why can't man born Ghaleb Emachah do as well? He seems like a nice guy and while we never truly hear his guitar playing, it looked his fingers were in the right places.
But will America ever be able to look at the words Ghaleb and Emachah not think we are supposed to treat them like a jumble puzzle? And doesn't Emachah sound more like a first name? Could we just call him Ema?
Anyhow, he celebrated his gold ticket by kissing anyone and everyone. What would be real interesting would be to have him  kiss the winner of a Texas cage match between former "American Junior" Julie Dubela, who will not be going to Hollywood, and the proselytizing virgin Amy Flynn, who is bound to H'wood. One figures it isn't so much that Dubela has no singing talent, but this girl just looks like Lindsay Lohan in training. Should she encounter Miss Flynn, well, the two would be on the road to hell.
Together, though, "AI" producers would have had a fine battle of the 16-year-olds, good vs. evil, blond vs. brunette, innocence vs. been-there, done that. Ah the missed opportunities.
CITY: Miami
SINGERS HEADED TO HOLLYWOOD: 17
OF THE 17, WE HEARD: 9
NUMBER TOLD NO ON AIR: 4, I think, including the very shocked Shannon McGough (pictured) and the shockingly odd Brandon Black
ODDS THAT TWO MIAMI CONTESTANTS MAKE THE FINAL SIX: 4-1