Now, season eight of American Idol can truly become a singing competition.

The show made 36 dreams come true last night, as it officially unveiled its group of semifinalists.

There's little reason to keep readers in suspense any longer: follow this article's jump for the complete list of 36...

• Arianna Afsar
• Kris Allen
• Kendall Beard
• Anne Marie Boskovich (pictured)
• Ricky Braddy
• Matt Breitzke
• Casey Carlson
• Megan Corkrey
• Tatiana Del Toro
• Anoop Desai
• Stephen Fowler
• Matt Giraud
• Danny Gokey
• Alexis Grace
• Mishavonna Henson
• Allison Iraheta
• Ju'Not Joyner
• Kai Kalama
• Brent Keith
• Adam Lambert
• Jesse Langseth
• Scott MacIntyre
• Nathaniel Marshall
• Kristen McNamara
• Nick Mitchell
• Jasmine Murray
• Jorge Nuñez
• Felicia Barton
• Lil Rounds
• Michael Sarver
• Von Smith
• Jackie Tohn
• Taylor Vaifanua
• Jeanine Vailes
• Alex Wagner-Trugman
• Stevie Wright

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