American Idol – Memphis
Well, 16,000 people showed up in Memphis and from that, apparently only 22 could sing. There were some strange ones tonight. Poor Timika sang through her nose and kept wanting to try another song – as if it would get better! Travis had the strange dance moves that shocked and I think frightened the judges a bit. Topher, fresh off a divorce from his wife, can to tryout. He didn’t make it, but like Simon said, at least he got to call his ex-wife a *&^% on television. That must be some consolation.
There was Janita, who my husband was afraid (or perhaps hoping) she was going to fall out of her dress. As she put it, she thought the judges would think she was “conservative and well put together.” Some of these people are SO delusional it isn’t even funny. She even had Paula covering up HER chest. I think they gave skinny Robert a bad time. When I saw him talk about Burning Love and Elvis, I thought he would be really, really bad, but he wasn’t. Randy was mean in telling him it was “terrible.” He wasn’t good but any stretch, but after some of the freakshows they have seen, he wasn’t terrible.
So who did make it to Hollywood? A guy named Sundance Head who is Roy Head’s son was the first we saw make it. Sundance Head – what were his parents thinking when they named him? You gotta know he got beat up a lot in school! But he had a good voice. Simon said he blew Taylor out of the park. But then we know Simon never really cared for Taylor anyhow.
I’m not sure about the little blonde Danielle. Randy thinks she will be gone the first day and I tend to agree. But Paula and Simon (shock!) agreed on letting her go. They also let Philip through – the dad who missed his baby’s birth for the audition. I dunno about him either. I wonder if missing the baby had more to do with the judges choice than his singing because I just didn’t see it. Maybe it will improve.
Oddly enough, may favorite for the night was a guy that looked like a cross between Fidel Castro and Jesus. Sean was from somewhere in Arkansas and looked like a 60s militant with his green Army jacket on and long beard, but when he opened his mouth, I think everyone was surprised. And think how interesting it will be to see the stylists try to clean him up. Who knows what is under all that hair?
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