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 weve 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 isnt 100% clear that she makes it through. Just like in previous years, some of the contestants get background stories that cant 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 cant 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 dont 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 doesnt like to boast about his intelligence because sometimes it intimidates people. Simon calls Nick, the worst weve had in Denver, and Simon tells Ben, Youre a terrible singer, the invention isnt 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 doesnt 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 its totally prejudice to not accept someone because someones a boy and theyre singing girl songs, and they dont fit the song and the vocal range of the girl.
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That fit him. Probably seen Brokeback mountain a dozen times already too.
I think, with lessons and some human interaction, he'll be really good.
I rarely watch it, but I will say it was fairly amusing.
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.
I got seriously weirded out..
LOL
/rolling eyes
I can't believe ANYTHING wierds you out! ;o)
When the Labrador Retrievers next door started howling in pain, it was time to give up.
;-)
Well, there is plenty that can weird me out.
It just takes a bit of hunting to find it.
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.
My neighbor has a goldfish.
He was a riot. Ebonics and all...
Oh sure! ;o)
You told me that you were going to be on the show.
Which one were you?
;<)
Hes a entre tre ent a pa maneur?
I'm envisioning a Memorex commercial and a shattering fishbowl.
HR Block has a really good commercial on lately... something to that tune.
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