AI S11 contestants citing Haley as their favorite

[Miguel]

Addicted2Haley on Twitter says 2 of the contestants from the Savannah auditions (Wed) and 5 from the Pittsburgh auditions (Thur) cited Haley.

Her Tweets tonight about the Pittsburgh contestants:

Season 11 contestant, Abbey Prepelka, said @HaleyReinhart is her favorite idol contestant & cried when she sang "Bennie & the Jets" :')
3 hours ago

Season 11 contestant, Hallie Day was a fan of @HaleyReinhart since "Oh Darlin'" and supported her since
2 hours ago

Another Season 11 contestant, Keaton Micucci, saying @HaleyReinhart is her favorite past contestant, calling her (performances) magnetic
2 hours ago

And another Season 11 contestant, Brianna-Marie Bell, saying @HaleyReinhart as her favorite for having an unique voice
2 hours ago

Lol, Season 11, Heejun Han, is also a fan of @HaleyReinhart and said his favorite Idol moment is when Haley sang with Tony Bennett
1 hour ago

He/She is extracting the information from these videos:
http://www.americanidol.com/videos/seaso...hollywood/

The contestants from Savannah were apparently:

Taylor Bahin who cited Haley as her favorite contestant and defended her by saying some of Haley's critics mistook "confidence" for having an "attitude."

Brielle Von Hugel who A2H notes was on AI last year and in the same group as Pia during Group Week . "She said Haley is an inspiration to her."

Speaking of being an inspiration, other observers have noted there seem to be more performers auditioning this year that have a jazzy feel.

[buzzenator]

A lot of contestants listing a style with soul, jazz, blues, retro and current influences...sounds like someone we know. Haley is an inspiration to many Season 11 contestants...she's already meeting her goals early in her career.

March 1st for a world premiere of her new single on AI...that works, anything less than that will be disappointing.

[Miguel]

[Miguel]

Also, in a radio interview today, Adam Lambert again praised Haley. I first heard about this on Twitter and then abc890 on IF said:

Adam gives some props to Haley at about 9:30 in this interview

So I listened to the link I found on twitter but didn't hear it. I kept checking and it wasn't there.

http://soundcloud.com/galechester/99-7-n...am-lambert

Then I checked the link abc890 gave and saw it was slightly longer and did in fact include mention of Haley around the 9:40 mark:

http://soundcloud.com/galechester/alice-...am-lambert

I was a big fan of, what's-her-name, Haley.

She was my favorite.

She had a lot of soul. And she was doing stuff with her voice that the other ones could only dream of.

Musically she was like in a league above.

[Miguel]

Anna Kaspar
Named Adam Lambert her favorite, but volunteered,

I also love Haley Reinhart. I've been watching her videos on the Internet. I love how she moves on stage. I really like her voice. And that little growl, I wish I could do that.

Gabbi Cavassa

My favorite American Idol contestant is probably Haley Reinhart because she was sort of the first girl I saw on American Idol (where I went) "Wow, she's kind of like me."

Symone Zaire Black

My favorite American Idol contestant...I would have to say, Haley Reinhart. She was very different. I loved her, when I, I fell in love with her when I saw her at her audition. Her voice was very different. I loved how she was a little sassy. I just love how she has so much confidence...and I just love her so much."

Philip Brooks

Probably Haley Reinhart. She and I were really good friends last season. We actually became friends because I went up to her and said, "I love you, so much." She was like, "Omigod, thanks, ha, ha, ha." I was like, "No. I love you. Like, let's actually be friends."

Hat tip to Addicted2Haley for the names.

[Miguel]

Aspen:

Christopher Jones
His favorite Idol moment apart from his own experience is :

Last year, Haley Reinhart fell on stage during one of her songs. My mom was shocked, my dad was shocked, she got right back, she did this quick little grin and went right back to singing.

Kalli Therinae

I would have to say Casey James...also Crystal Bowersox...Haley of course, from last year, love her.

Galveston:

Isabell Gallegos (15):

Haley Reinhart because she had an amaaaazing voice and she, she was just amazing. And I loved her personality, and I loved her voice. I thought she was great.

Paige Thomas (made it to Hollywood last year):

I really, really liked Haley last year. She kind of brought that new vibe and swag' to the show, I feel like. And I kind of feel like it's up my street, or my alley.

Paige wanted to try out for X-Factor, but wasn’t legally allowed to because she was under contract to Idol for a year because she made it to Hollywood.

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Addicted2Haley noted the Aspen contestants seemed to favor Adam Lambert and the Houston contestants favored Casey Abrams.