Tuesday, January 30, 2007

American Idol Season 6: Birmingham Auditions (with a Caps bonus)

Tough night tonight because I'll be switching between the Caps game and American Idol.

I'm a bit late turning on the Caps and they're already down 1-0. Minutes later Ottawa gets a lucky deflection and it's 2-0. I switch to Idol and its not back. Going back to the Caps... and, CRAP! Ottawa gets a power play. Looks like it's going to be one of those nights...

8:14 pm
American Idol is in Birmingham, Alabama. First we have Tatiana McConnico and she great... great personality, not cocky, and great voice. You just couldn't ask for better. Holy crap shes good, and she's 17! Obviously she's through, and I'm betting she makes it to the final 24, at least.

Diana Walker is up next and she is a toss up... really could go either way, but her speaking voice is slightly promising. She's not horrible, but definitely not good. She leaves golden ticketless, but certainly she won't be the worst they'll show.

8:21 pm
Caps update: The first intermission is on and the Caps seem to have survived the power play. So we switch to Fox: Idol comes back with Bernard Williams singing Michael Jackson's "Rock With You" He's good, but I'm sure they've heard a bunch of voices like that. Surprisingly Simon says yes and PAULA, of all people, says no. I agree with Paula (wow I can't believe I typed that), but Bernard is through.

Margaret "Big Bird" Fowler, is up next and she seems obsessed with showing her gut... repeatedly. riiight. Of course, her voice is, well, not good to put it nicely. But I do like that her name is Fowler and she's dressed like a giant bird. You gotta love this show!

8:27 pm
The Caps intermission, shows that the first goal was also on a deflection. Sheesh! I can't wait til the Cap's defensemen get a little more experience.

8:30 pm
Back to AI and we see a bunch of people who make it to hollywood, but apparently they're not interesting enough to introduce. Finally we get to this year's version of Kellie Pickler, Jamie Lynn Ward. She's even from North Carolina! And she has a horrific story about her father shooting his cheating wife and then shooting himself... wow that was kind of a downer. Anyways, her voice is okay. But I'm betting she's getting through because of the Pickler aspect. She get's through easily.

Next we have Chris Sligh, who looks much more like Jack Osbourne than Jack Black or Christina Aguilera. He pulls a funny line when asked why he's auditioning saying "I want to make David Hasselhoff cry." Good one Sligh! His voice is good but he would be entirely generic if it weren't for his interesting look. I'm pulling for him though, mainly because he's funny. He's got a myspace page and a blog, if you're interested.

8:41 pm
Day two starts with Cousin It look-a-like, Victoria Watson. She dresses uniquely... pretty much to match her 6 foot long hair. She's not bad, but she's not better than "alright". Understandably she doesn't make it to Hollywood, but at least her family is there to console her.

Lakia Hill is next and her singing voice matches her squeaky speaking voice. She's all over the place, even pulling a "What the hell was that?" from Simon. Her audition leads into another barrage of rejections, all with people seeming to take it pretty well.

8:48 pm
Caps are 4-on-4 and Ovechkin SCORES! It's 2-1. Alex tried a pass but it was blocked, he get the puck back and wrists it high. Nice goal! Of course, minutes later the refs feel that the Senators need a power play...

8:50 pm
Back to Idol, and we're introduced to something called "Team Nicole." Nicole Gatzman seems to have a good speaking voice... and her voice is somewhat promising. But they don't invite her back to Hollywood, mainly because her voice is just not developed enough.

Next we have a contestant who has been in teasers all night, Brandy Patterson. She's a breakdown just waiting to happen as she just butchers Madonna's "Like a Virgin." She even takes off her sweater half way through. She's stunned that Simon says "Everything about that was wrong." She says "maybe it was the floor or something." Simon gets her to sing on the carpet... you know... Just in case. She thinks she sang better on the carpet, but Simon puts it well when he says, "That'll be a Never."

Best part, though? When she calls Simon out for trying the wrong door (something Simon has been doing to contestants)... pretty funny actually.

This episode is coming to a close and we fade out to "Sweet Home Alabama." Hollywood is tomorrow... but for auditions. The crazy auditions seem promising, so I'll be sure to be watching tomorrow night.

BTW, the Caps must have given up the goal on the power play because as I got back it was 3-1. They get seriously unlucky as they fail to capitalize on a 5-on-3 (with a bunch of good chances). Of course that's a bad sign since it seems the Caps defense won't be able to keep up. The Second Intermission arrives and the Caps are still down 3-1.

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