American Idol announced Season Nine’s 24 semifinalists Wednesday, weeding out 18 more talented voices.

This season on American Idol the competition has definitely become fiercer. Year after year the judges say that there is more talent, and year after year the talent grows; several singers were turned away last night being told they did nothing wrong but were not going to be able to go on as an ‘Idol’ semifinalist.

When it was all said and done, they were left with the following 24 ‘Idol’ semifinalists (listed alphabetically):

Didi Benami, 23, Los Angeles, Calif.

Crystal Bowersox, 24, Toledo, Ohio

Lacey Brown, 24, Amarillo, Texas

Lee Dewyze, 23, Mount Prospect, Ill.

Michelle Delamor, 20, Miami, Fla.

Katelyn Epperly, 19, West Des Moines, Iowa

Andrew Garcia, 24, Moreno Valley, Calif.

Tyler Grady, 20, Nazareth, Pa.

Todrick Hall, 24, Arlington, Texas

Casey James, 27, Fort Worth, Texas

Aaron Kelly, 16, Sonestown, Pa.

Alex Lambert, 19, North Richland Hills, Texas

Michael Lynche, 26, Astoria, N.Y.

Siobhan Magnus, 20, Marstons Mills, Mass.

Paige Miles, 24, Houston, Texas

Joe Munoz, 20, Huntington Park, Calif.

John Park, 21, Evanston, Ill.

Ashley Rodriguez, 22, Chelsea, Mass.

Lilly Scott, 20, Denver, Colo.

Jermaine Sellers, 27, Joliet, Ill.

Katie Stevens, 17, Middlebury, Conn.

Tim Urban, 20, Duncancville, Texas

Haeley Vaughn, 16, Fort Collins, Colo.

Janell Wheeler, 24, Tampa, Fla.