Oh, thank God. It s over.
Some vaguely Napoleon Dynamite-ish music plays through the intro, we segue to the credits (hee, Taylor Spaz and to be honest, they didn t exactly find the most flattering footage of Carrie Underwood, either), THIS is American Idol.
So who s the best? Tami Gosnell looks (and kinda walks) like Edwin McCain, and her lip ring is all kinds of unfortunate, but her tough, gritty version of Whipping Post is tinged with enough unexpected sweetness as to make her one of the best singers I ve seen come through these auditions. She s passed through to Hollywood.
There is a mysterious Amy who makes the Top 24; speculation is now that this could actually be Tami. Hmm (ETA: It s not her. She doesn t even survive the first cut.
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Paul Kim (Top 24! Top 24!) is motivated by William Hung; that is, that he feels Hung has done a disservice to Asians by stereotyping them all as terrible singers.
Well, yes and no, at the same time. I m not quite sure where I come out on these motivations. Anyway, Paul is a poolboy (Does he wear a thong?
Does he have a boyfriend named Chuck? Do you get these references or do you think I m just insane?) Anway, he sings well, far better than you d think from listening to his MySpace, anyway, and he goes through.
Heather Rennie, Ashley Cleland, and Ebony (I missed her last name, but I couldn t swear she actually had one) are roller-skating waitresses who enter together but audition separately. Heather, who resembles a prettier Melissa McGhee, turns in some boring Rascal Flatts. Ashley gives us Angel, and it s better than Heather.
She s promptly told by Paula that sometimes, when it comes to make up, less is definitely more. (And Paula s absolutely right; Ashley is a natural beauty, like a Jenny McCarthy without the hard egde, and there s really no need for her to slather it on.) Ebony does justice to Whitney Houston, and looks rather uncomfortable when Simon tells her that she s in a league of her own, compared to the other two.
I m not feeling any uniqueness from her, though. Ebony and Ashley get the golden ticket, while Heather goes back to trying not to spill milkshakes and baskets of French fries.
Lakeesha Jones, rumored Top 24 contender, is well, she s loud.
Not a lot of nuance to her voice, but the judges must have liked her for something.
The rest: Christa Fazzino, dressed like Jackie O meets Pirates of the Caribbean and singing just as badly Edward Sanchez, knowing full well he can t carry a tune, but wanting to get his chance with Paula anyway William Wes Samaland wearing a marigold-yellow satin shirt that makes him doughy and girlish (and does the singing really even matter after that?) Alexander Nazario falshittoing his way through some song I don t recognize.
And with that, we conclude with a montage of season six auditioners. Like a little trip down memory lane. Because yes, the auditions have been going on that long.
"Sundance got lots of airtime, but he's getting the Savol Edit which is the opposite of pimping. The whole artificial Tommy vs Sundance setup is a prime example- as though the judges went through all 40 contestants and the absolute last undecided slot for the guys came down to Tommy and Sundance, and they just *had* to choose between them. It's " "What in the world is this girl [Leslie] doing on AI?
She should have already had a record deal somewhere. Love her voice! To me she is like a and my love for Lisa knows no bounds.
Leslie is the only contestant I give a crap about this season so far and that means that she'll be out before the top 12." "I'm kind of on the fence with Chris. I like his personality, but it might wear on me after a while, especially if the judges laugh at his jokes.
From what I've heard so far, I don't think his voice is particularly special, but . Also, he has a more interesting range of musical tastes than most of this year's contestants (looks like it's going to be R B week every week, regardless of the actual genre, so Chris might bring a welcome change of pace)." "I'm not that impressed with [Antonella's] singing.
When her voice sounded nice, I thought her diction was poor, eg. in her group performance. Although she was the best of the three of them, that was in comparison to Baylie, who was a trainwreck, and Amanda, who was Not Good.
She was in The Chair episode." "With the success of people like Justin Timberlake, it wouldn't surprise me at all if this year turns out to be Blake Lewis. There's a lot of money to be earned for TPTB if an actual "pop" performer wins this time.
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