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American Idol 5 – Yellow Pajamas, Cosmic Coasters, and Androgyny
Reality TV mag ^ | 1/19/06 | staff

Posted on 01/19/2006 6:14:17 PM PST by pissant

Ryan Secreast lets viewers know that Denver, Colorado is “the highest city” in which American Idol has ever held auditions. (He means in distance above sea-level.) As is par for the course in this stage of the auditions, the really bad contestants dominate the show. First up is Marlows Davis, who compares himself as a performer to Usher and Michael Jackson. Paula Abdul says his audition was “just strange,” which just happens to be how a lot of people describe Michael Jackson.

After a couple more bad auditions, sixteen year-old Lisa Tucker sings “One Moment In Time” by Whitney Houston. Simon Cowell says “I think the best 16 year-old we’ve ever had throughout this whole competition,” and Lisa advances to Hollywood.

Other singers that make it through to Hollywood include Brett “Ace” Young, Rochelle Elaine Dye, Chris Daughtery, Garet Johnson, and April Walsh. Heather Cox is told that she had a good audition, but it isn’t 100% clear that she makes it through. Just like in previous years, some of the contestants get background stories that can’t help but make viewers root for them. Rochelle has recently gone through a home eviction, and Chris is trying to make a better life for his family.

Perhaps, the most interesting background story though goes to Garet Johnson. Garet is a cowboy who sings to the Turkeys on his ranch. He is so nervous that he can’t get the name of his song out, but he winds up making it through to Hollywood. Garet can barely contain his enthusiasm when he gives his family the news.

Contestants who don’t fare well with the judges include Tiffany Christensen, Olivia Dudley, David Horning, Amanda Berg, Naomi Guse, Jacob Garcia, Erik Mena, Angela Garcia, Nick McCord, Ben Hausbach, and Zachary Travis.

Nick McCord and Ben Hausbach are paired up in an obvious attempt to recreate the magic of when Adam met Dirk on the last edition of American Idol. Nick dresses in yellow pajamas and goes by the nickname “flawless.” He is also an entrepreneur, who runs a house-cleaning company called Paradise Cleaning. Ben is the inventor of the cosmic coaster and doesn’t like to boast about his intelligence because sometimes it intimidates people. Simon calls Nick, “the worst we’ve had in Denver,” and Simon tells Ben, “You’re a terrible singer, the invention isn’t great.”

Zachary Travis tells the judges that people confuse him for a girl which he thinks is so funny, because he's a boy. After Zachary sings a Whitney Houston song and gets the thumbs down from the judges, he doesn’t think it is quite so funny. Zachary claims “Typical thing, American Idol, it fits America, and America is prejudice and racist, and god, I wish I could hit him. I think it’s totally prejudice to not accept someone because someone’s a boy and they’re singing girl songs, and they don’t fit the song and the vocal range of the girl.”


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To: silent_jonny

ping


21 posted on 01/19/2006 6:24:44 PM PST by Tx Angel
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To: RedBeaconNY

That fit him. Probably seen Brokeback mountain a dozen times already too.


22 posted on 01/19/2006 6:25:13 PM PST by pissant
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To: aft_lizard

I think, with lessons and some human interaction, he'll be really good.


23 posted on 01/19/2006 6:25:43 PM PST by RedBeaconNY (Vous parlez trop, mais vous ne dites rien.)
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To: Darksheare

I rarely watch it, but I will say it was fairly amusing.


24 posted on 01/19/2006 6:25:52 PM PST by pissant
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To: pissant
He lives in the sticks of Wyoming!

I went camping there and woke up with cows at the door of my tent... they're not playing much of anything out there. Maybe Star Wars... Episode I.

25 posted on 01/19/2006 6:28:14 PM PST by RedBeaconNY (Vous parlez trop, mais vous ne dites rien.)
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To: pissant

I got seriously weirded out..


26 posted on 01/19/2006 6:31:09 PM PST by Darksheare (Tagline subverted for nefarious plans of nefariousness.)
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To: RedBeaconNY

LOL


27 posted on 01/19/2006 6:33:57 PM PST by pissant
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To: Darksheare
You mean you're a bigoted racist biased discriminatory sexist against platic boy/girl drag queens who take estrogen injections? I thought so.

/rolling eyes

28 posted on 01/19/2006 6:34:28 PM PST by RedBeaconNY (Vous parlez trop, mais vous ne dites rien.)
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To: Darksheare

I can't believe ANYTHING wierds you out! ;o)


29 posted on 01/19/2006 6:34:29 PM PST by pissant
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To: pissant
Anybody remember Flawless, the (I assume) guy in the yellow table cloth? What a hoot!
30 posted on 01/19/2006 6:35:19 PM PST by afnamvet
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To: RedBeaconNY

When the Labrador Retrievers next door started howling in pain, it was time to give up.
;-)


31 posted on 01/19/2006 6:35:35 PM PST by Darksheare (Tagline subverted for nefarious plans of nefariousness.)
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To: pissant

Well, there is plenty that can weird me out.
It just takes a bit of hunting to find it.


32 posted on 01/19/2006 6:36:00 PM PST by Darksheare (Tagline subverted for nefarious plans of nefariousness.)
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To: afnamvet

Dude, that guy didn't know how old he was, nor could he get the name of his own business out. Successful entrepreneur? I think not.


33 posted on 01/19/2006 6:36:30 PM PST by RedBeaconNY (Vous parlez trop, mais vous ne dites rien.)
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To: Darksheare

My neighbor has a goldfish.


34 posted on 01/19/2006 6:38:40 PM PST by RedBeaconNY (Vous parlez trop, mais vous ne dites rien.)
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To: afnamvet

He was a riot. Ebonics and all...


35 posted on 01/19/2006 6:39:59 PM PST by pissant
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To: Darksheare

Oh sure! ;o)


36 posted on 01/19/2006 6:42:50 PM PST by pissant
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To: Darksheare

You told me that you were going to be on the show.

Which one were you?

;<)


37 posted on 01/19/2006 6:44:03 PM PST by Eaker (My Wife Rocks! - I will never take Dix or El Roy off of my ping list.)
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To: afnamvet

Hes a entre tre ent a pa maneur?


38 posted on 01/19/2006 6:44:37 PM PST by aft_lizard (What does G-d look like then if we evolved from nothing?See Genesis Ch 1:26-27)
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To: RedBeaconNY

I'm envisioning a Memorex commercial and a shattering fishbowl.


39 posted on 01/19/2006 6:46:27 PM PST by Darksheare (Tagline subverted for nefarious plans of nefariousness.)
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To: Darksheare

HR Block has a really good commercial on lately... something to that tune.


40 posted on 01/19/2006 6:47:33 PM PST by RedBeaconNY (Vous parlez trop, mais vous ne dites rien.)
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