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I did happen to catch American Idol last night, I saw the “Last Chance to shine” episode, as I missed out on the day one auditions and the group auditions. So, I do have a list, courtesy of Buzzy Bloggers I have the list of the top 24 American Idolists. At the end, I’ll show my thoughts of them, and see how well m predictions went.

The Men:

Aaron Kelly

Alex Lambert

Andrew Garcia

Casey James

Chris Golightly

David Duke

Jermaine Sellers

John Park

Lee Dewyze

Michael Lynche

Tyler Grady

Todrick Hall

The Women:

Ashley Rodriguez

Haeley Vaughan

Janell Wheeler

Katelyn Epperly

Katie Stevens

Lacey Brown

Lilly Scott

Michele Delamor

Paige Miles

Crystal Bowersox

Siobhan Magnus

Didi Denami

Twelve of these American Idol hopefuls were on my top 24 list I made the other week. That’s not bad, for a prediction. I’m still glad to see Jermaime, Chris, and John on the top 24, despite the fatc I didn’t get to see Chris andJohn perform. I did catch a litle bit of some of them performing. I remember Jermaine, Mary Powers, Angela Martin, and everyone else I’m forgetting. I think when next week rolls around, I’ll try to put the performances down as best as I can, but I won’t remember everything said. Also, I heard that Ellen was (surprisingly to me) a good edition to American Idol.

Please note that I’m not actually taking time to watch the results shows, as I don’t think it’s neccessary to watch someone take 50-something minutes to see who gets eliminated. I will make one post, probably on Friday’s after (if I get a chance) to watch Survivor and blog about Survivor. I’m trying to also cut down on my tv time, also to mention that the next three or so results shows actually start on Thursdays, where I’m trying to watch Survivor. So, yes, expect me to blog what I can once a week.

Edit Note: It has been reported that Chris Golightly, my audition favorite, had been disqualified from the Top 24 competition, due to confusion of a previous contract. Therfore, I’ll have to pick a completely new favorite from the start of the semi finals. A guy named Tim Urban will be Chris Golightly’s eplacment. You can read about Chris Golightly’s disqualificatin here:

http://www.limelife.com/blog-entry/Chris-Golightly-Disqualified-from-American-Idol/35095.html

Here is a list of my top 24 favorite hopefuls who auditioned of American Idol 9 Auditions. I’ll later see how many of them still remain during the Hollywood Auditions process, and see how many of them remain once we have the top 24. I basically evaluated my wish list based on who was in the Love category on a LLNMD list and the rest are by who I mostly remembered were vying for the bottom half. So, here we go, my list of the top 24 favorite auditions of mine.

24: Aaron Kelly (Best of the Rest)

23: Amadeo Di Ricco (Boston)

22: Katelyn Epperly (Chicago)

21: Michael Lynche (Best of the Rest)

20: Crystal Bosersox (Best of the Rest)

19: Genesis Moore (Best of the Rest)

18: Bernadette Desimond (Orlando)

17: Ashley Rodriguez (Boston)

16: Angela Martin (Chicago)

15: Christian Spear (Dallas)

14: Didi Denami (Best of the Rest)

13: Haeley Vaughan (Denver)

12: Todrick Hall (Dallas)

11: Lacey Brown (Best of the Rest)

10: Keia Johnson (Atlanta)

09: Maddy Curtis (Boston)

08: Leah Laurenti (Boston)

07: Danielle Hayes (Denver)

06: Mary Powers (Los Angeles)

05: Dave Pittman (Dallas)

04: Erica Rhodes (Dallas)

03: John Park (Chicago)

02: Jermaine Sellers (Atlanta)

01: Chris Golightly (Los Angeles)

This is what American Idol calls “The Best of the Rest” episode, where we saw more successful and unsuccessful hopefuls audition throughout the seven cities they traveled to. After this blog, I have decided to make my own “Top 24″ list and see how many of my top 24, make the actual top 24, rather than doing a top twelve.

Jessica Furney – She sang a song, co-written by Simon Cowell. In my opinion, she sang very beautiful. Randy says she’s improved since her last audition, and she gets a full house and four votes to Hollywood.

Amanda Stectman – A hopeful auditioning out of Boston, who sings okay to me. Victoria says she needs to connect more. The judges say her personality was a lot like dramatic acting, which could’ve influenced her singing. However, she got four votes yes to Hollywood.

Lee Dewyze – A short segment of a guy who sang okay, and is put through to Hollywood.

Crystal Bosersox – Another short segment of a girl who sings pretty decent, getting approval for Hollywood.

Lacey Brown – A Top 50 Hollywood hopeful of last year, who sang well enough and pretty beautiful in my opinion. Randy  liked her tune, and she was one of Kara’s favorites. She gets put through to Hollywood with four yes’s.

Stephenie Fisher – When she sang, she didn’t sound the worst, but not good enough for the judges, and for the seventh time on American Idol, she was rejected.

Rachel Hubbard – A 16 year old girl with a short audition segment, who sang okay, and was put through to Hollywood.

Genesis Moore – Another sixteen year old who auditions and hears from Randy she was one of the best. If I remember correctly, I really liked her too.

Adrian Chandtchi – A 6 ft. & 8 in. guy who has apasion for swimming. When he sang, he sounded much like a girl. However, Kara says he sounded like a school boy. He was rejected.

Michael Lynche – A personal trainer who is a father to be, having a kid on the way. In my pinion, he sang different than he looks. Randy says he can sing, and all of the judges say yes to him for Hollywood.

Didi Denami – A girl who is singing in honor of her best friend who passed away. In my opinion, she sang very strong and emotional. Kara says she knew she wants this bad, and she was really emotional after singing as well. Avril says she has high potential. The judges all say yes to her.

Aaron Kelly – A guy who grew up with his parents having financial problems, and had his aunt and uncle raise him. I thought he sang excellent, but not my taste, as he sang Miley Cyrus, which is only good if you’re going for preteen sensation. He did get four votes yes to Hollywood.

Kimberly Bishop – She sings “I kissed a Girl”, by Katy Perry. Randy says it wasn’t good enough, but Simon would’ve said yes. Kara said no, and also says that girl was weird, after Kimberly left the audition room.

Shaddaii Harris – A girl who started singing, and moved okay. However, the judges say she can’t sing, and she was rejected.

Hope Johnson – A girl who grew up poor. She claims music is her way of escaping troubles. I thought she sang okay in my opinion. Randy says she has a beautiful tone. All of the judges voted yes for her to Hollywood.

Over 180 hopefuls are going to the next round, the Hollywood round, which starts next week. Here is a LLNMD poll of the hopefuls shown in this episode.

Love: Lacey Brown,

Like: Lee Dewyze, Crystal Bosersox, Genesis Moore, Michael Lynche, Didi Denami, Aaron Kelly,

Neutral: Jessica Furney, Amanda Shectman, Rachel Hubbard,  Hope Johnson

Meh:

Dislike:

The seventh stop American Idol made during it’s Audition process was Denver, Colorado. Victoria Beckham was once again the judge. This is the final audition city, before the “Best of the Rest” clip show tonight. I’ll have to see if that’s worth blogging about or not, maybe they’ll show other successful auditions.

Mark Labriola – The first audition of the day, a guy who says people tell him he looks like Jack Black. He tells Simon he loves cheese, and then the conversation turned into this guy’s whole life story, about him mother and everything. I didn’t think he sounded too great, but the judges liked him. He didn’t sound so serious, but he made it trough to Hollywood.

Mario Gaiven – He is an addictions counselor, singing Elvis Presley’s Jailhouse Rock. Simon asks him what break has he had, but he was ultimately rejected.

Kimberly Kerbow – She sounded great, in my opinion. She also hs a five year old daughter, as a single mom. The judges liked her, and she was votes yes to Hollywood, receiving four votes.

Danielle Hayes – A karaoke host who is a song writer and another single mom. She’s saying she’s been pursuing her singing career for a couple years. To me, she sang very strong, flowing, and very good. Simon likes her, but says she seems a little “broken”. Kara says she’s movable, and Victoria says she could go far.

Casey James – He started singing okay, but not my style of music. Simon says he was bad, but Kara says he was very good, and Victoria ended up saying yes when he took his shirt off. Randy says yes, for the girls, but says he needs much improvement.

Tori Kelly – A girl who brings in a kid who draws pictures of the judges. When Tori sang, she sang very good. Kara liked Tori, but Simon says her voice was annoying. Randy. Victoria, and Kara say yes, making her through to Hollywood.

Austin Paul – A football player who likes to sing. He says going to Hollywood through American Idol is ‘Number 42″ on a list of things he wants to do. Kara says he’s a bit cocky and Simon says his voice is very annoying, as Victoria says he was a bit arrogant. He was rejected.

Kenny Everett – A guy who considers himself the male version of Mary J. Blige. He sounds lousy, and is basically screaming as he sings. He also basically killed Be Without You, by Mary J. Blige. Simon agreed, saying he sounding like nothing but screaming. He refused to hear no, and continued to sing. He sang again, and the judges began chanting “Go, Go, Go”.

Nicci Nix – A girl who is from Italy and flew fourteen hours to Denver. I thought she sounded like a little girl at first, but got better. Simon says she sang with meaningful lyrics and sang deeper than her speaking voice. She got four votes to head to Hollywood.

Haeley Vaughan – She considers herself a miracle child, being born under three pounds. Also, she went through the loss of her father. For An African-American girl, I was surprised by her originality to sing a country sing, a Carrie Underwood song. She claims she wants to be a country music artist. The jusges also loved her originality, and decided to put her through to Hollywood.

A grand total of 26 hopefuls made it through to Hollywood. The grand total of hopefuls going to Hollywood are 180. Then the episode ended with a horrifying twist, a  guy in a bikini, now named “Bikini Boy” after we saw Bikini Girl last year, came into the audition room. The judges were just as horrified, and told him the look clearly doesn’t work for him. Out of the good, decent auditions, Danielle Hayes was probably the best one, following that would be Haeley Vaughan. I’ll post the LLNMD list, and Tomorrow after the Best of the Rest show, I’ll post a top twelve hopefuls, seeing how accurate my ist comes out of the actual top twelve.

Love: Danielle Hayes, Haeley Vaughan,

Like:

Neutral: Kimberly Kerbow, Tori Kelly,

Meh: Mark Labriola, Nicci Nix, Casey James,

Dislike:

This sixth episode of American Idol took place in Dallas, TX, where the special guests were, first, Neil Patrick Harris, a Broadway star, now an actor on How I Met Your Mother, and Joe Jonas, a musician from the hugely popular band the Jonas Brothers, obsessed over by mostly preteen girls. I thought this was the end of the suditiones, but apparently, there is one more, so I’ll have a top twelve hopefuls list up next week.

Julie Kevelighen – She was the first hopeful to audition for Dallas. She was someone who auditioned in season one, and is now back to try for season nine. When she sang, I thought she tried to sing like Broadway, but must have failed. Neil says it wasn’t good and Simon says it, or the singing, the make up, the appearance, is all wrong. When the judges said no, she refused to leave, and continued singing, only to end up escorted out by security.

Lloyd Thomas – A guy who started dancing with Robot moves. He complains about hating his job, and says he grew up in the projects. When he sang, he sang okay, better than I expected. Kara tells him that American Idol is the type of show that could really change his life. Also, Randy, Neil, and Simon loved him too. He gets put through to Hollywood.

Kimberly Carver – Neil seemed to enjoy this girl when she sang. I don’t remember her now, so I don’t know what to say. Simon says she wasn’t very interesting. However, all of the judges say yes to her.

Dexter Ward – An African-American guy with a bleach-haired Mohawk. To me, he sounded very bad. Randy says he looks like he was hurt. He was indeed rejected.

Erica Rhodes – A grad student and actress, who appeared as a kid from the children show Barney & Friends. She sang the Barney & Friends catchy song “I Love You”, but also says she wants to prove that Barney kids do grow up. Indeed she grew up, because she had a whip and wasn’t dressed like a child, for sure. When she sang a real song, Kara says she loved her originality. Also, Erica goes through to Hollywood. She was indeed a good singer, and does indeed prove she grows up.

Dave Pittman – A guy with Tourettes syndrome. In my opinion, he sang very excellent, and didn’t sing too country, more like rock-ish in my opinion I thought. Neil and Randy really liked his voice, and Simon says he’s likeable. He gets four votes for yes to Hollywood.

Now, it is a rather short day two, with Joe Jonas as guest judge.

Todrick Hall – He started singing very good, and sounded like he would impress any young girl. Randy says he’s impressive. Simon was left uncertain, but anyways, he got four votes for yes to Hollywood.

Maegan Wright- She, I believe, raises her little brother or something. Kara really liked her, and says she was surprised by her. All four of the judges say yes. I thought she sounded good, and authentic in my opinion.

Vanessa Johnston – A very happy, positive person who sang very loud and not god at all. Kara says she sould move her head like Brittany spears and Simon says she was like one of his nightmares. They all reject her, and she still had a happy, cheery attitude.

Christian Spear – She was the last hopeful to audition and was a leukemia survivor, suffering from Leukemia at age four. She sang very good, excellent in my opinion. Randy says she’s really good, and Simon and Kara says she’s brave. Christian goes to Hollywood with fur yes’s.

A total of 31 hopefuls were successful in their audition, bringing the total to 153. Denver, CO is the last stop before I will make a list of the top twelve auditioners. My favourite person from Dallas was surprisingly the Barney kid Erica Rhodes. My second favorite is clearly Dave Pittman. Below is a list of whom I liked from this audition along with the new top five.Overall, Dallas had a good variety of singers, so I was impressed by this city.

Love: Erica Rhodes, Dave Pittman, Todrick Hall

Like: Christian Spear, Maegan Wright, Lloyd Thomas

Neutral: Kimberly Carver

Meh:

Dislike:

Top 5:

5. Dave Pittman (Dallas)

4. Erica Rhodes (Dallas)

3. John Park (Chicago)

2. Jermaine Sellers (Atlanta)

1. Chris Golightly (Los Angeles)

The fifth audition city of American Idol 9 was indeed Los Angeles, the city of angels. Also, yes, the succesful auditioners have just a short trip when they go to Hollywood. In this episode, Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry took turns as being special guest judges. Avril was the judge on day one, and Katy was the judge on day two.

Neil Goldstein – He was the first hopeful to audition in Los Angeles. As hestarted singing, he got extremely nervous, pasing for abotu a minute. Also to mention, his hair made me feel very uncomfortable. He didn’t sing very well, and Simon says to him that he is not suited for this type of business. He was rejected, and decided to leave only to avoid being carried out by security, after trying to agrue with Simon.

Jim Ranger – This guy sings a song he wrote called Drive. Simon called him authentic, and Simon says yes to him. However, Avril said no, as I’m not sure why she said no in the first place. It was up to Kara and Randy, who apparently say yes, since he gets a golden ticket to Hollywood.

Damien Lefaver – This guy is addicted to another passion, Martial Arts, comparing himself to a pacifist. Singing is his other passion. However, for a day job, he makes sandwiches. He sang very bad, and was choking a lot. Simon tells Danien he should just go. Damien says he mesed up, admiting thtat, but says he could’ve done a whole lot better.

Mary Powers – Girl Rocker with a daughter who is a fan of Simon (the dughter is a fan). She sang very good, strong with emotion. Simon didn’t like her appearance, saying it was very cliche,  but says yes to singing. However, Avril loved her rock appearance and voice, and yes yes. As Randy and Kara also say yes, she’s pu through to Hollywood. My personal note is that she looks so much like Lydia from Big Brother US 11, only with singing talent.

Next, we hear from an guy (name not known) who says if Susan Boyle and Adam Lambert had sex, their kid would look like him. I thought that was so funny, but awkward at the same time.

AJ Mendoza – An Adam Lambert fan and lookalike, who sang very strony, kind of okay, but I don’t think it’d be what American Idol would look for. Simon says he sounded like he’s visiting the dentist for an appointment. He was rejected.

Next, it is day 2 and it is Katy Perry’s turn to be a judge.

Austin Fullmer – This guy sang outrageously horrible, and I could barely tell what he was saying, and he tried to sing with a British accent. Simon says this isn’t his purpose in life, and this guy also freaked Simon out. He was rejected.

Andrew Garcia – A guy coming from a struggling family. When he sang, it sounded much like oldies or blues to me. Simon says he was a geneuinely good singer. He gets four yes’s.

Tasha Layton – She started singing very good, in my opinion, but now I don’t remember her. Simon says people may like her. She gets four votes for yes and goes through to Hollywood.

Jason Greene – This guy started to sing, and it crepeped Kathy Perry out. He also sand very horrible, in my opinion. Katy tells Jason he made her feel dirty, and Jason tells Kathy the same thing. They all rejected him.

Chris Golightly – This kid is a foster kid who has always liked music. He sang very excellent, in my opinion. Randy says he’s interesting, and Kara says he’s her favorite, and I say he was my favorite LA hopeful. Katy says he needs more to him, but I thought Katy was being rude, as Katy calls Chris Golighty being in foster care a “Lifetime Movie”, and I personally took offense to that, so I dislike Katy Perry even more than I did, lol. Simon says he looks boy-band-sish, which I totally would disagree, Clay Aiken is more boy-band-ish than this guy. Anyways, with four yes’s, he goes through to Hollywood.

A total of 22 hopefuls will go to Hollywood from Los Angeles. This brings us up to 122. Los Angeles was okay, in their auditions. I would say that the best performances of this episode were obviously Mary Powers and Chris Golighty. I am deferentially placing them in the top five of my list. I believe Dallas is the last stp, and we go to Hollywood. Here is an LLNMD list of the Los Angeles successful auditioners and a new top 5 favorite hopefuls.

Love: Chris Golightly, Mary Powers

Like:

Neutral: Andrew Garcia,

Meh: Jim Ranger, Tasha Layton,

Dislike:

Top 5:

5. Leah Laurenti (Boston)

4. Mary Powers (Los Angeles)

3. John Park (Chicago)

2. Jermaine Sellers (Atlanta)

1. Chris Golightly (Los Angeles)

After the Dallas episode, expect to see a list of who I think should make the TOP 12, based off of the local auditions round only.

The fourth episode of American Idol 9 was the Orlando, FL Auditions. Orlando is home of Disney and where dreams come true. The special guest for this audition was Kristin Chenoweth, a Broadway singer and actress who is now a star of hit show, Glee. So let’s start with the auditions, in which is was better than Chicago, but just as short, since it was an hour long program.

Theo Glinton – This guy was the first to audition, and he’s seen wearing a horrifying and embarrassing cape with glitter all over his face. When Simon asks him where he sees himself in ten years, this guy begins talking about opening up salons, which has nothing to do with a music career. When he started screaming, he sang very loud and was actually screaming a whole lot. Kara says he was over the top and Randy tells him to lose the cape. He was rejected by the judges.

Seth Rollins – This guy is a father who’s oldest son is diagnosed with Autism. When he sang a Frank Sinatra song, it to me sounded very R&B like. The judges, or one of the judges, I forgot who say he was just a bit bland. Simon and Kristin say he picked a good, original song. With four votes to yes, he goes to Hollywood.

Jermaine Purifoy – This guy auditioned for Season seven, and when he sang, he sang good, having a nice voice. Kristin says he was pure and Rnady says he was the best audition so far. He gets put through to Hollywood with four votes to yes.

Shelby Dressel – She’s a waitress who just graduated high school. She started singing very good, and when she choked, she ended up cursing doing so. The judges say she needs to work on being nervous and all four of the judges put her through to Hollywood anyways.

As of day one, there were eighteen successful hopefuls who will be going to Hollywood. For day two of the auditions, Kristin Chenoweth has left due to her busy schedule in New York.

Jay Stone – This guy was a major disappointment and irritation when she goes into the room, and doesn’t sing, he makes beats with his mouth covered by his hands with no real English words whatsoever. I think Kara was dumb for saying yes to this guy, and Randy was just as dumb being his second vote through to Hollywood. Only Simon realized this is a singing competition, not a mouth-covered-by-hands beat competition, or whatever it’s really called.

Cornelius Edwards – A guy who starts singing, and singing not so good, I may add, began acting like a joke when he does a split. His pants end up getting ripped. It appears the judges were taking entertainment into consideration rather than singing once again, since he gets three votes to Hollywood. So, that makes two entertainers who aren’t really potential artists going to Hollywood this episode.

Bernadette & Amanda Desimond – Sisters who have a salon in their house, just like the other girl from Chicago. They both take turns singing, and I felt that on girl, I believe Bernadette sang better than her sister Amanda. Simon says yes to Bernadette and no to Amanda, but Kara and Randy already said yes to both of them, so they’re both going to Hollywood.

Jarrod Norrell – To me, this guys sang Amazing grace like a swarm of angry and busy bees. Kara says he sounds like a lawn mower and asks Jarrod if he really thinks he can really sing. He refused to leave the audition room, and began singing Amazing Grace again. The security intervened and carried this guy out of the whole area.

Matt Lawrence – This guy is a guy who at the age of fifteen robbed a bank with a Bebe gun. This guy says that American Idol could be his way of redemption. He sing as song called Trouble (ironic?). To me he sounded okay, basically because Country is how we sounded and that’s not where my taste in music goes. However, Simon says he was brilliant, sounding like he wrote the song himself and says he was authentic. He makes it through to Hollywood with four votes yes.

A total of 31 auditioners made it through to Hollywood. Out of four audition episodes right now, there’s been an even total of 100 successful hopefuls making it through to Hollywood.

I thought the auditions were okay, with more than what we saw from Chicago, I just don’t think there’s a stand out. Two of the successful hopefuls deferentially did not deserve to go to Hollywood. My favorite this episode was either Bernadette Desimond, Jermaine Purifoy, or Seth Rollins equally, but I still feel I’m keeping the same top five best auditioners. Here is a LLNMD List of Chicago & Orlando auditioners.

Love: John Park

Like: Katelyn Epperly, Angela Martin, Paige D., Seth Rollins, Jermaine Purifoy, Bernadette Desimond

Neutral: Charity Vance, Shelby Dressel

Meh: Amanda Desimond, Matt Lawrence

Dislike: Jay Stone, Cornelius Edwards

American Idol’s third pit stop home of the Windy City, deep dish pizza and Barack Obama, and Abraham Lincoln. The episode starts off with rejects cursing at the cameras and some heavy-set, African-African woman mistaking American Idol  for America’s Next Top Model. The next guest judge is Canadian country artist Shania Twain, famous for her song Forever and for Always.

Katelyn Epperly- A 19 year old girl with Family Problems, as her dad left her mother. When she started singing, she was very good. Shania says she sounds unique, not like Duffy, the singer she sang from. She got four yes’s, and is through to Hollywood.

Amy Lang – A girl who is in broadway and has a huge, but awkward crush on Ryan Seacrest. When her audition began, she falls to the ground and when she gets back up, she starts singing and pops her boobs out. Shania and Kara alled it “boob-boxing”. However, Simon says she wasn’t serious, and all the judges say no.

Charity Vance – A girl who is sixteen who’s parents own a salon in their Arkansas home. Randy says she has a small but interesting voice. Simon says she was very good, and with four yes’s, she was through to Hollywood.

Angela Martin – A former top 50 contestant of AI who held AI over off over a traffic warrant. One judge says she picked a very good song, and Kara says she’s good at listening to other people’s criticism. With four yes’s, she makes it back to Hollywood.

Curley Newburn – A guy who sand very slow and pitchy. The judges were chuckling the whole time, saying he’s got a very high voice. He was rejected.

Brian Krause – A guy from Pittsburgh who got fired from something involving the military. Simon thought he was a joke, when he sang, as he was top-toeing. To me, he was the worst, and that’s sad to say, since he’s from Pittsburgh, the town I’m moving to.

Herald Davis – To me, this guy sounded meh. However, the judges say he was clearly not right for the show. After being rejected, he began crying an sobbing, as a plea to get redemption. It didn’t work, he was and remained rejected.

John Park – He is an Asian-American guy who sang very excellent and had a good-sounding deep, but flowing voice. Shania says he had a very nice tone, and lips, and was surprised by him. John was given four yes’s, and was actually the first audition-er on Day 2 to make it to Hollywood.

Paige - An asthma attack victim who, to me, sang very strong and flowing with her voice. Randy says she has pitch problems. Kara and Shania say they’re unsure about her chances among the others, but they vote yes to her anyways, as Simon says no to her. It was up to Randy who ends up saying yes, and she goes to Hollywood.

A total of thirteen auditions from American Idol in Chicago were successful. That is 18 less than in the first city, Boston. Overall, I feel that Chicago was very weak. Only one guy stands out t0 me, and that is John Park. Angels would be second best to me, and Katelyn Epperly, Charity Vance, and Paige are about equally neutral. The other eight didn’t get introduced to us. My thinking is that the ones who got introduced to us are the ones who make it further in the running.

My Top 5 auditioners of three episodes:

5. Keia Johnson (Atlanta)

4. Maddy Curtis (Boston)

3. Leah Laurenti (Boston)

2. John Park (Chicago)

1. Jermaine Sellers (Atlanta)

American Idol’s next Stop was Atlanta, Georgia, home of the peach state and this time, the special guest Judge was iconic R&B artist Mary J. Blige. I don’t want to post the you-tube videos because I want to save time for myself. So, let’s start with these Atlanta Auditions.

Dewone Robinson – This guy sang an original song called “Lady, we’re not together anymore”. Simon says it was one of the worst original songs we ever heard. To me, he sounded very annoying. As he argues with the judges, he refuses to leave, trying to sing more, but the judges just tell him goodbye.

Keia Johnson – She is a beauty queen who won the title of Miss. Congeniality. She sang a song from the movie Titanic. She appeared to be nice, as Mary J. Blige claims she can sing very well. Simon likes her, which means something to Keia. She is put through to Hollywood.

Jermaine – This guys is a church vocalist who cares for his sick mother. To me, he was very excellent singing “What If God was one of us?”. Kara says it was very good, as Randy calls him the real deal. He was very soulful, and could make for a very good Gospel Soul singer.

Kristy Marie – This woman is a TV Show and Producer to a local show called Georgia 411. I thought she sang with a bit of passion, but Kara and Simon say it won’t work out. At least she’s a host. Simon actually says her show should be called the 911 (U.S. emergency number).

Vanessa Wolfe – Next we see a small town girl Tennessee girl who jumps off on bridges into water (a small distance between, though) as a hobby. I personally say she is okay, because her accent is very thick. Kara says she’s authentic, and Simon says she could work on being more self-confident. However, she is accepted into Hollywood.

Jesse – This is a guy who had a very low, soft voice when speaking, and of course, it was heavily southern. It probably took him about five minutes to ctually start singing, he was indeed nervous and extremely shy. He was not very good, and the judges rejected him. Simon says he should keep his welding job.

Holly Harden – This girl calls herself a Human Guitar, simply because she dresses like a guitar, calling herself Guitar Girl. She sang decent, for a country singer, in my opinion. The judges didn’t go for the guitar outfit, but Holly says it’ll be no problem losing the outfit at Hollywood. While Randy and Kara say yes to her, Mary says no, leaving it up to Simon, who end up saying yes.

Mallory – This girl sang, and Kara commented to Mallory that Mallory knows who she is. Simon calls her fearless. Randy says to Mallory she’s very beautiful, and Mallory is put through to Hollywood.

Antonio Wheeler – This is a guy who goes by the name “Skii Bo Ski”. To me, he sounded pitchy. He ends up comparing himself to something worth a dollar anda dollar store, which to me, is very bad, and is a complete turn off. Simon says he’s horrible, and won’t say yes to him. Kara and Mary say he has a good voice, so they say yes to him. Randy, the deciding vote says yes, and he is through to Hollywood.

Carmen Turner & Lauren Sanders – These guys are friends from 3rd grade, and they are best friends, or BFF’s. I thought Carmen was good, but Lauren was deferentially not as good as Carmen. Simon says they make a hysterical comedy duo, but says no to their singing audition. However, Randy, Kara, and Mary say yes to Carmen, but no to Lauren, so Carmen goes to Hollywood without her BFF.

Bryan Walker – This guy is a police officer of his home town. To me, he sounded okay at the start, and maybe got better. Kara says he was great, and Rany says he sounds different in singing than he looks. He is acceptesd through to Hollywood.

Lamar Royal – This guy is a Mary J. Blige fan, eager to ding in front of her. He claims he can take constructive criticism well (just wait, you’ll see). When he sings, Randy and Kara didn’t like him. They claim he’s not a good listener, or good at taking the criticism when Lamar continues to sing. As he continued to sing horribly he gets security to remove him from the audition room. He begins cursing up a huge bitter storm, dissing Kara and dissing Mary J. Blige, someone he says is an idol.

Larry – This guy was clearly the best of the worst. He’s a 62 year old guy who sings his own original, satirical, catchy song called “Pant’s on the Ground”, with a memorable line going as: “You look liek a fool, with your pants on the ground. He had the judges laughing. However, when Larry tells Simon his age, 62, Simon says he’s a little over the age limit, 28. I swear, he would’ve made it to Hollywood if he was 28 or under.

Jermaine was really the best standout in this audition episode, probably because the other successful auditioners were mostly country or R&B-type. Keia would be my second favorite. Here is my LLNMD list of the Successful Auditioners I saw of the week, including the ones from Atlanta and Boston.The Boston people are more at the top, where there is one at dislike, the worth-a-buck Skii Bo Ski guy.

Love: Maddy Curtis, Leah Laurenti, Keia Johnson, Jermaine

Like: Amadeo, Ashley Rodrigez, Mike Davis, Katie Stevens, Justin Williams

Neutral: Bosa Mora, Holly Harden, Mallory, Carmen Turner, Bryan Walker

Meh: Tyler Grady, Joshua Blaylock, Vanessa Wolfe

Dislike: Antonio “Skii Bo Ski” Wheeler

American Idol premiered last night, and while I watching the show, I jogged down some notes to help me make a blog, instead of blogging/watching AI at the same time. So, the first stop for the Auditions was Boston, Massachusetts, home of Yankee Haters and the Revolutionary War, in which, yes, the judges ended up talking about the Revolutionary War in the middle of the show. They introduced the first special guest judge, Victoria Beckham, aka Posh from the Spice Girls. In Boston, it was raining, so all of the people in line at the auditions were carrying umbrellas, and in the background, the song Boston by Augustana was playing.Below is a list of a name and a personal description of the auditioner, my critique, the judges’ critique, and whether or not they werethrough or rejected in the audition. I tried to search for videos of these guys, mainly the people who’s first and last name I caught.

Janet McNamara- She was the first audition of Boston, who is an addict of the Idol video game she claims she mastered, in which she’s auditioning for the show because she believes since she mastered the video game, she can master a real American Idol audition. When she got into the room, and when she sang,she sand Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Beddingfield, the judges didn’t like her real audition. Janet was rejected, hoping she learns a valuable lesson, video games are not meant to be mocked into a real-life situation. It was Game Over for Janet, but hey, at least she isn’t copying any Rated Mature games.Her audition is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtfN1VcKmBA&feature=related

Maddy Curtis- Maddy is the 8th or 9th of 12 kids. Her younger biological brother has down syndrome, and her parents ended up adopting two or three more kids with down syndrome, as they felt as a family it was their need to rach out. Maddy sings Halleleujah by an artist I don’t remember. I personally thought she looks mature and acts mature for a sixteen year old. She even sang more mature than a sixteen year old. Kara says she sounded soulful and authentic. Simon kind of agrees with me on Maddy’s maturity level, saying she’s not as anoying as most sixteen year old who audition. Her audition is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTvLYdNwo3I

Pat Ford- This guy is a teen from Derry New Hampshire who obsesses over the word “Holla”. He sang Womanizer by Brittany Spears, the way wrong song for a seventeen year old guy to be singing. I thought he was too jumpy/energitic, and I he’s probably gay. Pat ends up calling Simon Sassy, and as he was rejected, he got to hug Kara. I hope he’s homeschooled, or hope jocks don’t watch AI, because not only did he embarrass New Hampshire, my ditrth state, he embarrassed himself. Here’s his audition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZJLiGlM4ac

Amadeo- This guy is an Italian guy who’s a family guy. When he sang, I don’t remember the song, he was Simon’s favorite of the day so far and Posh says he was energetic. Kara and Randy feel Amadeo is real, like a brother. To me, he sang very deep, but decent. He was I believe the first male to be given a ticket to Hollywood of the auditions. Here is his audition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb9wlxggvE0&feature=related

Derec Ervin- He’s a spiritual guy who likes to listen to music when depressed. I personallt thought he was borderline hippy until he began comparing himself to Chris Brown, which gave me an awkward feeling because this guy and Chris Brown are completely different in like every way. When he began singing, I thought he sounded like something totally all wrong. My sister, who watched the show with me, says he counds like a duck. Simon says he’s No Chris Brown, and obviously doesn’t sound like the Eagles (band), but maybe an eagle (bird). Here’s his video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnFUk4z2UH0&feature=related

Mere Doyle- This girl is an anime geek obsessed with Japanese culture. I thought she sang very loud, but had some energy to her. When Simon says she was terrible, she began defending herself. She got rejected and sulks about her 14 years of singing training and experience are crashed by the judges. She was the second nerd type person, maybe third if Pat counts, to be rejected. Here’s her video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYeuNmUikhM&feature=related

Next, we see just a few seconds of two guys, Luke Shaffer and Benjamin Wright singing and both of those guys wrre success in their audition, making it through to Hollywood.Before the next segmented audition, we were given a flashback of Kara’s feud with Bikini Girl of last year’s audtitions.

Andrew Fenlon- This is the guy who was very rudely impatient, and whiny about the fact the audition process was taking him three hours to get himself through. He’s probably the only rejected auditioner to throw a fit, and probably the only auditioner to throw a fit before he’s vene in the room, before getting  rejected. Andrew was extremely rude to the judges, and ignorantly answered Simon’s questions. He was deferentially a dude who’s probably angry at the world, and his big glasses were irritating and intimidating to me. When he sang, he. sang. like. this. A. robot. Kara asks Andrew is he’s angry, and Kara gives Andrew a piece of her mind, stating she doesn’t like him after he’s a complete jerk over waiting three hours for his break when Kara explains people wait years to get their break. Andrew and Kara continued to get into their fighting until this rejeced ausitioner was finally out of our site. Whatc his video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1Q1QyzYu64&feature=related

Ashley Rodrigez- She’s a college student. In her audition, she sang an Alicia Keys song. Kara liked her. Simon thinks she has it. All four of them do say yes to her. I liked her too, she sounded like a true R&B singer, similar to Alicia Keys. Here’s her video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cl1_zHm2hg

Tyler Grady-This guy is a band drummer who formerly fell out of a tree and has metal plates in his arms he broke. Kara adroes him, calling him fantastic, same for Posh. Simon says he’s an auditioner he’ll remember. To me, he seems like a young rocker guy who teenage girls will have crushes on, but he was decent. He’s also going through to Hollywood. Here’s his video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQUdNSHs95Y

Lisa-Next is a girl named Lisa who’s a waitress. She has a huge passion for singing and music, but has never recieved training. Lisa claims she’s better than half the people on the show. She sang Vision of Love by Mariah Carey. She was rejected, as the judges say she was no good. I won’t be able to find a video of her, since I don’t remember her last name anddidn’t see her listed on related videos either.

Mike Davis-This guy works on a boat. To me, he sang very excellent. However, to my surrpise Randy says no, but Simon say yes. So, it was up to the lady judges, Posh and Kara to decide. We end up seeing Ryan talking to Mike’s family until Mike comes out, with a golden ticket, confirming his spot in Hollywood. Here is his video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XxW9RM2xb8

Katie Stevens-She is a 16-year-old girl who’s Portugese and very close to her grandmother, who is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Katie also takes care of her grandmother as well. She san gvery excellent, and sang just as good as Maddy. The judges loved her too, and she was through to Hollywood. Here is her video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDzA0tmUESI

Joshua Blaylock-He started singing and sang okay to me. Posh says he was playing it very safe, which is a killer once you’re pass auditions. Simon says no to him, sayign he sounds lke a fourteen year old. Hoever, when Kara and Posh say yes, sayign he can change, Simon changes his mind to yes, and Randy says yes, and he’s put through to Hollywood. Here he is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW5BuFzeZuY

Justin Williams-A Cancer survivor diagnosed while on a mission in Spain. He, to me, sang very good and inspirational to me. All of the judges put him through to Hollywood. The video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDeEvFKT644

Norberto-A rocker with Cyndi Lauper style hair, it seemed to me. His singing was very screechy and pitchy. Also, he got extremely nervous. Smon says he looks like a three year old dressed like Latoya Jackson. He was rejected. I do not remember this guy’s last name, so I have no video.

Bosa Mora-A guy with Nigerian Parents. He actually sounded very decent. Simon says he was good, but boring. Posh and Kara disagreed with Simon. However, Randy, Posh, and Kara put him through to Hollywood anyways. Here is his video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAyDp4JL88Y

Leah Laurenti-She was the last audition shows, who grew up in a strict home. She claims she can be a singer, but has put it off. She sang very good, with lots of emotion. She reminds me of an Americnan version of Leona Lewis. Randy says she was one of the best, and with four yeses, she was sent to Hollywood. Despite she was one of the best, I couldn’t find her video, since I’m probably spelling her last name worng, but I’m still sure she has a video, however.

A total of 31 Boston auditions were successful in this audition city. Overall, the people of Boston who got rejected we’re thorwing outrageous bursts of foul language, bitterness, and immature sore loss. I believe the only bitter ones, but not over-the-top extreme were Mere Doyle and Andrew Fenlon. Tonight, the judges are headed to Atlanta, so tommorow, expect to see more auditioners.

American Idol will start today, and I’ll be blogging the auditions. That Blog could start after the show ends, 10:00PM EST. I will try to blog the AI9 shows soon after or during the show just because it’ll take some memory of the auditions/perormances and judges critique. One of the big things that just got blurred out is that Simon is officially leaving American Idol for good. Yes, this has been what I call an “annual rumor” where this rumor comes around every year. Unlike what years past have been according to this, there is a “Huge Factor” playing a part of Simon leaving Idol after this year. The “Factor” is X Factor. News sources say that Simon is leaving a judging spot on American Idol 10, and is going to start X Factor here. Simon Cowell plans on launching his now world-wide project to the U.S. in the Fall of 2011.

The biggest speculation I have for this not happening until approx. 19 months from now is because while he’s leaving American Idol, he still needs to figure out that to do with all his shows. His Judging Credits would be American Idol, (already abandoning), Britain’s Got Talent, X Factor UK, and now X Factor US, along with the show he is involved with, America’s Got Talent. I believe he is the creator of Got Talent, and won’t end it anytime soon. I believe Simon will want to juggle these shows around a bit. Since  X Factor UK is a Fall show, along with what X Factor US is planned to be, it looks like Got Talent is his early in the year show, and X Factor is going to be in later in the year show. So, if this is the case, I hope Simon loves the fact he’ll be hopping continents two-thirds of a calendar. If I were him, I be a Reality Star is the Spring (Judge X Factor UK & move to the spring, Britain’s Got Talent for the spring) and be an American Reality star in the fall (America’s Got Talent in the summer, X factor for the fall)

Right now, here’s what I do know what’s in store for the first season of X Factor US. The Network that is planning to broadcast X Factor is NBC. I know NBC has been a Network that likes to take it’s most popular shows, which just happen to be Reality Shows (The Apprentice, The Biggest Loser) and make them into two hour programs every episode. The biggest problem with this is the show’s a long, dreary, and the scenes are over extended. This is why I end up not finishing watching the Biggest Loser and didn’t tune into Celebrity Apprentice, because they made that show two hours as well. If NBC  has high hopes for this, they’ll probably pass up airing four hour-long comedies for the 2011-2012 year and just start airing X Factor for two hours. I don’t think a performance show will be as bad, since a son perfrmance can only last so long. I just hope and pray that the results shows are NOT two hours long. They’re horrible and dragged out as an hour long from American Idol, I can’t imagine anyone sitting down and waiting two hours to see who’s geting eliminated. I truely and logically expect that the performance shows will be two hours long and the results will be an hour long.

The things that will likely happen are things that I believe is the exact same thing  X Factor UK currently does. The signature things that will make this show not look like American Idol are elements such as the auditions will be Live. That’s an interesting concept, because what I sespect to see if a pre-audition audition, not live, so weed out the ones who are only auditioning just to say they’ve appeared on television, and plow out the ones who won’t be worthy of doing a live audition show. What I hope to see from X Factor auditions is people who have a shot, not just a hope. 90% of American Idol auditioners are illogical dreamers, so I hope to see people who either nail the audition, become a heated debate between the judges as to give then or not give them a ticket, or just have potential to become a star, but need to evolve in their stardom before getting an invitation to furthur their singing career. Please leave the heart broken, bitter egos who think they have talent to American Idol.

Simon Cowell will likely use the same format for the competition, which means American votes to save their favorite and the bottom two are up for elimination. The next thing on the list is finding at least three more people to bewilling to be judges for X Factor. Right now, it’s just Simon Cowell, I have no information as to who the second, third, and fourth, maybe a fifth judge is. I believe I have three logic answers that I strongly feel could end up being judges for this, all of them have judging experience. I’m talking about David Hassellhoff, as I would bet any atricle of clothing on my back he’s going to be asked to do this. David Hassellhoff was a judge for America’s got talent but he left America’s Got Talent as Simon Cowell is probably finding judges. Another person I’d bet clothes on would be Paula Abdul. She left American Idol before the judging of American Idol’s upcoming season. So Basically, what I’m saying right now is One Show’s old judge is a new show’s new judge. I believe there will be singing groups, men, and women, but I’m not sure about the fourth category, since it’s likely they’ll open auditions for people not older than 26-28, there’s for room to do a category for teens, ages 14-17, since Cowell is considering opening auditions to people as young as 14. Maybe the senior cateogory will be people 24-28. In that case, we may have five judges, five categories, and no odds of a tiebreaker for the bottom two when the judges vote. I’m curious as to who would take being a mentor for the groups; hopefully it’s someone who’s music career is with a group. I’d personally nominate Gene Simmons, who has worked with Reality-Singing. Gene did a show featuring kids becoming rockers, so I wouldn’t be surprise if he did a the teen category, if there was to be one. When it comes to a group singer mentor, the first person to come to my mind is Nicole Scherzinger, the lead Doll of the Pussycat dolls. She had her shows featuring her group and a show called Girlicious.

So, as of now, My Judge Predictions and Who’d they mentor stand as:

Simon Cowell-Over 24-25

Paula Abdul-Women

David Hasselhoff-Men

Nicole Scherzinger-Groups

Gene Simmons-Teens (If there’s a fifth judge & a teen category)

American Idol will be the seventh American series I have blogged. I started watching American Idol in Season five, but it didn’t end very well. I wanted to watch it again in 2008, but Big Brother’s winter season came on almost at the same time. I watched season eight, in which they made a few changes to evolve the show. It seems to be ironic that two of the US’s biggest shows (Idol & Survivor), were failures in the UK, whereas in the UK, their successes are Big Brother (formerly) & I’m A Celebrity, and here they are just mostly looked at as Summer fillers.

In Season eight, they gave us three new elements to the show, and now only one of them has been confirmed for returning. The first new addition was a fourth judge, that being Kara DioGuardi. She made a good edition to the show, simply because she meant business and was a fair judge, completing the objectives of her as a judge. Next, they went from a top 24 to a top 36, in which they brought back a wild card episode, and gave us a top 13, with 13 finalists.

In Season eight, they had some memorable people, including the finalists who made the final four, Alison Irahita, Danny Gokey, Adam Lambert, & Kris Allen. They were a good final four, and the ones who stood with the most potential, and they were a good final four. Also, I easily remember the disappointments, Katrina Darrell, aka Bikini Girl, who showed up to her audition in her bikini. She was very hot, except, most AI voters are women, who aren’t into appeal of another woman. Also, I was very appalled over Nick Mitchell, aka Norman Gentle, who was horrifying as he got to perform.

They have also given us some more things to change the show with. First off, Paula Abdul, the judge since season one, will not be in the next season. During the auditions, the auditioned will be face to face with a special judge, one for each city hosting an audition. Lastly, after the auditions we will be given the fourth official judge, Ellen DeGeneres, whom is actually a talk show presenter, and has nothing to do with the music industry. I hope she has logic opinions, and doesn’t does the job.

I have some potential for AI9, and I hope it’s good. I look forward to the next season, how about you all?