"American Idol" 1/19/12

Pittsburgh (this was also their audition debut):

NOTABLES IN:
Heejun Han (Flushing, NY)- Non-profit organizer
Reed Grimm (Ellsworth, WI)- A nanny who sang the theme song to "Family Matters" (I'm not sure why they let him through to Hollywood- I didn't think he was that good)
Aaron Marcellus (Teaneck, NJ)- Voice teacher
Chase Likens (Point Pleasant, WV)- 20-year-old teacher
Samantha Novacek (Suttersville, PA)- 19-year-old server
Creighton Fraker (Queens, NY)- A 28-year-old who sang about the judges
Eben Franckewitz (Milford, OH)- A 15-year-old Justin Bieber lookalike
Travis Orlando (Bronx)- An unemployed 17-year-old who tried out last season
Erika Van Pelt (South Kingstown, RI)- Mobile DJ/wedding singer
Hallie Day (Baltimore, MD)- Waitress

There were a total of 38 qualifiers from The Steel City.