| PANELISTS | IDOLS |
 Adam Lambert |  Danny Gokey |  Kris Allen |
| Kate Aurthur, Los Angeles Times |  | ||
| Jeremy Blacklow, Access Hollywood | | ||
| Brill Bundy, Zap2It.com | | ||
| Andrea Engstrom, Yahoo! | | ||
| Maria Elena Fernandez, Los Angeles Times | | ||
| Steve Gidlow, In Touch | | ||
| Shirley Halperin, Billboard | | ||
| Joseph Anthony Kapsch, Los Angeles Times, Zap2It.com | | ||
| Amir Kenan, Metromix.com | | ||
| Shawna Malcom, People | | ||
| Brian Mansfield, USA Today | | ||
| Martin Miller, Los Angeles Times | | ||
| Whitney Pastorek, Entertainment Weekly | | ||
| Rick Porter, Zap2It.com | | ||
| Richard Rushfield, Los Angeles Times | | ||
| Laura Saltman, Access Hollywood | | ||
| MJ Santilli, MJ's Blog | | ||
| Michael Slezak, Entertainment Weekly | | ||
| Matt Whitfield, Yahoo! | |
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