Latoya's Reality TV Blog

You'll be hearing these names a lot in the next few months.

The American Idol Top 24 (season nine) are:

Haeley Vaughn, Siobhan Magnus, Tyler Grady, John Park, Lacey Brown, Katie Stevens, Paige Miles, Lilly Scott, Lee DeWyze, Andrew Garcia, Michael Lynche, Didi Benami, Todrick Hall, Casey James, Aaron Kelly, Katelyn Epperly, Janell Wheeler, Ashley Rodriguez, Alex Lambert, Crystal Bowersox, and Tim Urban, Jose Munoz.

Want to know more about the American Idol Top 24 of season nine? Check out their profiles to find out where they're from, what the were doing before American Idol, and more.

You might notice that one name is missing from the list -- Chris Golightly. Fox announced Wednesday night that Chris is ineligible to continue in the competition. No further details were revealed. He was replaced by singer Tim Urban.

On next week's episodes, we'll finally get to see the Top 24 perform live for our votes. The ladies are up first on Tuesday night and the fellas will hit the stage on Wednesday.

Let the competition begin!