2.9.2010 American Idol Episode Review Season 9 Episode 9

2.9.2010 American Idol Episode Review Season 9 Episode 9

Welcome to Hollywood…Finally! After weeks of watching some of the worst performers this world has to offer American Idol has made it to the Hollywood round where things start to get serious. We also got our first glimpse of new judge Ellen Degeneres. I hate to say, since I’m not a fan of Ellen, but she seemed very comfortable in her role as American Idol judge and did a respectable job.

A total of 181 hopefuls would be split into two groups and grace the stage of the famous Kodak Theater to perform for the judges. Day one saw many colorful contestants sent packing including the strangely over confident Skiboski. Ellen got a lot of laughs when she compared his performance to a stalking tiger behind a cage. Skiboski wasn’t having any of it and argued his way off the stage before getting axed.

One of the best auditions of the day was Andrew from California. Andrew is the guy who has the father that was involved in the Compton, California gang scene and now has a family of his own. He sang his own rendition of Paula Abdul’s song Straight Up and wowed the judges. They might as well hand him over the record contract now after making Straight Up sound like a good song. Some of the other people who impressed were country blues singer Casey James, who was previously asked to take his shirt off. He sounded like a seasoned pro as he sang a country song with his guitar.

Other notables who did not make it through were Ace Young look-a-like and cancer survivor Justin Williams, the country girl who had never been on a plane before Vanessa Wolfe, Barney kid turned dominatrix Erica Rhodes, and the big Italian guy Amedeo DiRocco. In all there were 96 people who made the cut.

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2.2.10 American Idol Episode Review

American Idol auditions continued last night in the Mile High City of Denver. I’m personally looking forward to the Hollywood round and moving on from the endless footage of whackos, sucky singers, and people just wanting to get on TV for 30 seconds.

To ensure the ratings bonanza American Idol has received this season they decided to bring back Posh Spice aka Victoria Beckham for another go-round of guest judge duties. I think the lack of eating and the mile high elevation affected Posh’s brain as I truly believe she thought she was on Project Runway. She spent all of her time talking about everyone’s hair, makeup, skin and clothes. And, is it just me or is she starting to morph into a praying mantis?

There seemed to be a major lack of talent in Denver but there were a few standouts. Haeley Vaughn, a 16 year old high school student, whose goal is to become the first black pop-country mainstream singer had a nice voice and impressed the judges with her talent and originality. Contestant Casey James impressed some of the judges after taking his shirt off…at the request of Randy no less and won a golden ticket to Hollywood.

One of the most notable idiots from the show was Kenny Everett. Kenny, who likened himself to a male Mary J. Blige, said he performs a community service by singing out in public because his voice brings the community together. I’m pretty sure that the only groups that show up when Kenny sings are the angry neighbors who want him to shut his mouth. Even after he was humiliated by the judges Kenny continued to bring people together out in the lobby of the audition venue.

The episode ended with Ty Hemmerling, now known as Bikini Boy, walking into the audition. It took the judges all but a half second to get up and walk out of the room. There were a total of 26 golden tickets handed out in Denver. Bring on the Hollywood round!

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American Idol Episode Recap 1.27.10 – Dallas Auditions

American Idol Episode Recap 1.27.10 – Dallas Auditions

This week American Idol was in Dallas, Texas to try and find some talent as big as the Lone Star State. In years past Texas has had some great singers including former winner Kelly Clarkson. The guest judges this week were How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris and teen heart throb Joe Jonas.

One of the first contestants was Julie, who previously tried out in 2000. She was back after a brief nine year hiatus and was more determined than ever. She claimed to have been taking acting and singing lessons and even had a sign proclaiming that this was her year. Apparently nine years of practice did nothing for her and like so many other American Idol contestants, Julie kept on singing after she was told an emphatic NO. I guess we’ll see you in 2018 Julie!

I’m also officially casting my vote for Neil Patrick Harris to be the replacement for Simon. I haven’t seen much of NPH since his Doogie days but the guy is genuinely funny. He’ll also tell people that they are sucky singers as well. His dry and sarcastic wit would serve the show well after Simon leaves.

One of the strangest auditions was Erica of Barney “fame.” Apparently she was on the kids show Barney as a child and was trying to escape that image by dressing up as a dominatrix. I think Erica forgot one tiny fact…no one in the entire universe would have ever known she was on Barney. Needless to say she escaped out from under Barney’s massive purple shadow and made it to Hollywood. In all 31 of the 11,000 hopefuls went on to the next round.


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1.26.10 American Idol Episode Review – Season 9 Episode 5 – LA Auditions

1.26.10 American Idol Episode Review – Season 9 Episode 5 – LA Auditions


This time it was LA’s turn to try and impress Simon, Randy, Kara, and guest judges Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry. The show started off in true American Idol fashion with contestant Neil Goldstein. In his mind Goldstein already had his ticket stamped to Hollywood, as he looked into the camera with his sweaty androgynous face and proclaimed he had a 168 point IQ.

The City of Angels didn’t disappoint as the freak show just kept rolling with contestants like the Mick Jagger wannabe, wearing a pleather striped shirt. This guy was a water cleaner by day but had big dreams that ended as soon as the first note came out of his mouth. I always love it when American people suddenly get a British accent when they start singing…it cracks me up. Simon told him to stick with cleaning water and give up on signing. Now I know why the water in LA tastes so bad!

The creepiest audition of the season thus far had to go to Jason Green. He sang the song “I Touch Myself” and he even made guest judge Katy Perry feel dirty as he slinked around on the ground. Then there was the Adam Lambert wannabe who even bragged about getting props from Lambert himself. He sang the Living Color classic “Cult of Personality” and was in complete shock when Simon told him he sang like he had just gotten back from the dentist 20 minutes ago, because his mouth was only half open when he sang. It reminded me of Mary Jo Buttafuoco’s face after she got shot by Amy Fisher. I’ll definitely be watching that one on YouTube for some laughs.

In all, there were 23 golden tickets handed out in LA with countless others left behind to wonder what could have been.

Brenda R., Staff Writer for http://www.blogger.com/www.tvshowbase.com

American Idol 1.19.10 Review – Season 9 Episode 3 – Chicago Auditions

The latest episode of American Idol found Ryan Seacrest and the crew watching over 12,000 wannabe Idols audition in the windy city of Chicago. This week the guest judge was country singing sensation Shania Twain.

Chicago brought out the usual talentless, weird, and otherwise deceived contestants, including one girl who shouted out “I’m going to be America’s Next Top Model!” And if you saw the show last night that might be the only show this woman has less of a chance of winning than Idol.

Of all the train wreck contestants, one of my favorites was Amy. She made it quite obvious that she is in love with Seacrest and even confessed about having a dirty dream about him. She unveiled a very bizarre boob bounce move which she thought was going to get her to Hollywood. Needless to say Amy’s audition bombed and neither she nor her boobs went on to the next round.

Even worse than that was some schlep named Brian who did a rendition of Tiny Tim’s Tip Toe through the Tulips. Apparently Brian had served in the military and who knows; maybe they did some secret brain experiments on him, because this dude was just weird. It was pretty obvious that he was on there as a joke and you could tell it made Simon furious.

Also auditioning was Angela Martin, who had made it through to Hollywood twice before and had even made it to the top 50. Both times she had to leave because of unfortunate circumstances so she was hoping a third time was the charm. She auditioned beautifully and as expected made it to the next round. In all, there were only 13 people who made it through to Hollywood. And for the other thousands of losers…I’m sure they could get an appearance on the Chicago reality show Jerry Springer.



Brenda R., Staff Writer for http://www.tvshowbase.com/

American Idol Review – Season Premier – Tuesday, January 12, 2010

The ratings juggernaut and pop culture phenomenon known as American Idol hit the small screen starting out with auditions in Boston to kick off its ninth season. Idol has been garnering a lot of internet chatter with the departure of Paula Abdul and addition of Ellen Degeneres. You know I can picture Paula sitting in front of her television last night surrounded by a pile of tissues and bon bons crying out why? Why did I ever leave American Idol?

We were privileged to have Victoria Beckham as the celebrity judge. I mean a person with the musical pedigree of the Spice Girls must certainly be able to spot talent, right? Another thing on Mrs. David Beckham I noticed was that she always looks like she’s posing into the camera…the head tilted over slightly, the pursed lips, the sucked in cheeks. I hadn’t seen so many model face poses since I watched Ben Stiller on Zoolander. And someone please pass her a Big Mac, her collar bones were jumping out of my television and poking me in the face!

The first contestant to grace us with their amazing talent and stage presence was some crazy girl who practiced auditioning using the American Idol video game. She said on the game that Simon loved her…obviously video game Simon is deaf because in real life this girl was horrible. In the end all the self-talk and jumping in the mirror did her no good as she was quickly told to “Stop singing…FOREVER!”

Other crazies who entertained us were the blond spiritual guy with acne who apparently sucked down some helium right before he started to sing, the Michael Jackson kid with the huge head of hair, and the Clark Kent guy who was angry about having to wait all day. I hope they had security walk that guy out of the building because he looked like he seriously wanted to kill someone. In all there were 32 people who made it through to Hollywood.

Idol season 9 brought us nothing new, but hey, when you’ve got the number one show on television the old adage of, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, seems appropriate.


Brenda R, Staff Writer, www.tvshowbase.com