We're heading into the second hour (Day Two) (BTW, you can find my thoughts on Day One here) and my big thoughts are what I've been saying all along: They're toning down the mean, which after the past two seasons is understandable, but still a little disappointing.
BTW, I'm digging the Honda Ridgeline commerical where a weathered Chuck Norris enters a fancy restaurant with just the tagline "Tough meets Classy." I know, I'm easy.
Douglas Davidson brings us into Day 2, and starts off with a warmup, which kind of sounds like he's choking himself. And he does "Livin on a Prayer" as if he's running out of breath the entire time. Simon asks him "What the bloody hell was that?" After a few more warm-ups he keeps singing. He does this by either whispering or singing really loudly while at the same time crossing his arms in an "X" in front of him. He graciously gets escorted out.
Newlywed Angela Reilly is up and sings "Baby Love." There is no way she could be serious especially considering how her husband Chad is there cheering her on rather vibrantly... a little too vibrantly if you ask me. Paula even pulls out this nugget: "Ohhhhh, sweetie pie. Reality check." She's sent home and leaves crying, which now makes me think that she was serious. Oooops.
A break and we're back with Kyle Ensley, who they portray as a politician while playing up how goofy he is. He's starts off badly, but kinda fixes it up towards the end. But he's definitely... as Simon says "Not as a bad as I thought you we're going to be." Simon hands out another mercy "yes", with Randy following up with a reasonable "no." Paula is the deciding vote, and sends him to Hollywood. Another wasted flight, but oh well, maybe they'll turn up the mean in Hollywood.
Tammy Tuzinski follows up Kyle by deadpanning, "The type of singer I would be is R&B/Hip Hop. I will eat your children." (Okay so I made up the second sentence.) Anyways, her audition is "Power of Love" by Celine Dion but she starts singing "If You Ask Me To" in what really looks and sounds like a bad Alanis Morrisette impersonation. Not that it matters since I don't know the difference between the two songs, but it should matter that apparently neither does she. The whole time she seems to be holding back a smile as if she's putting us on. She answers Randy's question of "What do you think we're think?" with a "uhhh, a no." Winner, winner, chicken dinner!
Colton Swon is up and my first guess is that he's heading to Hollywood. He starts singing "Boondocks" (which btw has some dubious grammar going on) and immediately I'm reminded of Bucky Covington. Good voice. Not to my liking/style, but he deserves to go to Hollywood. And we're off to more commercials.
We come back to bunch of men in drag and/or men singing like they were women.
But farmer Drew Poppelreiter, who probably has the thickest southern accent of the night, is up. It almost feels like he's acting, when he sticks a bit hay in his mouth and mentions that he's never been on a plane. His voice is okay. It shouldn't be Hollywood, but I get the feeling he's through because of the whole "Farmer act." And in spite of Simon's "no" he's headed to Hollywood.
Karl Reinneck, who reminds me of a Backstreet Boy and claims to be a rocker, auditions next. He starts singing and he's definitely not rocking. Simon calls it "slightly demonic." So he's got that going for him but not the a trip to Hollywood.
Heading into some more commercials we're teased with a few crazies including a mime and a young Liberace look alike. We can hope can't we?
Coming back from the commercials we get this city's terrible medley, Kelly Clarkson's "Since You've Been Gone." And they continue skipping some good crazies, which of course is disappointing.
Anyways, Nina Shaw, who's from the same town as Kelly Clarkson, is up and she's good but not great. She gets to sing another, and I feel the same way. Randy points out the reason why I'm not sure about her: she's doing the retro jazzy thing, which I'm not sure I like. I agree with Simon, but she still gets a pair of yeses from Randy and Paula.
We're back from the final break, and a fella in a white and silver Pimp/Liberace suit is about to audition. I think he's got some big white wings on his hat, so that's good. Renaldo Lapuz is his name and he's doing his original composition, "Brothers Forever." He starts singing and to be honest, it's not all that funny. Even when Paula and Randy start mockingly lip syncing and dancing along, it doesn't make it any funnier.
And with that we're done for this week and we're headed to San Diego next week. This was definitely disappointing, and I get the feeling it's going to last. Oh well...
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Hi, I was actually the Mime in the short clip, just wanted to say that I sat next to a few of the contestants that made it through to the next round and I was very shocked to see some of them pass. I can tell you honestly that Ninas voice is no competition for some of the other people that were sent home that day.
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