‘Idol’ Alum Lisa Tucker Ranks The Men

Lisa Tucker has been there, sang that on American Idol. At just 16, she cracked the top 12 on the show’s fifth season, holding her own before 30 million viewers (who eventually voted for Taylor Hicks).

Lisa is recording a new album (under Ne-Yo’s label), but she still makes a date to watch Idol’s season-nine contestants try not to freak out in front of Simon Cowell and the rest of the judges’ panel.

Like Simon, she has her favorites and those she finds forgettable — and she has strong opinions on the guy semifinalists, who performed last night. (Did you see? It was pretty rough).

“No one really blew me away,” she said by phone from Los Angeles.

She chalked the male disappointment up to nerves — it is their first week live, after all — and also bad song choice.

Here’s Lisa on frontrunner Andrew Garcia’s cover of “Sugar We’re Going Down”: “I was really expecting him to do something out of the box and different. … Next week, he’s gonna take that criticism and do something about it.”

On slick R&B singer Jermaine Sellers (“Get Here”): “That song is just, like, an Idol song. (Editor’s note: It so is, and straight out of the Justin Guarini songbook too). I just wish he didn’t pick that song. … It made him seem older.”

On retro rocker Tyler Grady (“American Woman”): “There’s a fine line between being a gimmick and capturing an era. … If he didn’t dress like that, I’m not sure he would’ve gone through (to Hollywood).”

On big guy/new daddy Michael Lynche (“This Love”): “He’s really sweet. I wasn’t blown away by his performance. What lane would he be in?”

On Texas boy Alex Lambert (“Wonderful World”): “He was terrified up there — with just cause. I just want him to shake it off and come back next week.”

Although it’s still early in the season, Lisa graciously agreed to let us in on which guys she envisions in the finals: Andrew Garcia, Alex Lambert, Casey James, Todrick Hall and judge fave Lee Dewyze, whose gravelly soul voice she compared to Chris Daughtry.

As for tonight’s results show, which dude could Idol lose?

Lisa thinks Michael Lynche should go but Jermaine Sellers might see the door instead.

What do you think? Are the guys a letdown — or do they rock? Do you think the girls are better than the boys?

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