Last night's episode of "American Idol" was terrible. The audition city was San Francisco. I was expecting a lot more from one of the coolest cities in the world.
1) Tatiana Del Toro- the Puerto Rican spark plug. I thought her voice was okay but that ugly laugh has got to go. She was one of the many courtesy recipients of a golden ticket. Randy Jackson had an opinion about her of "no" but caved in like the cream puff he is. Why is he still on the show again? I highly doubt she gets out of Hollywood.
2a) bad auditions- Nick Reed a wannabe beat boxer like Blake Lewis. He's a lot worse than Blake Lewis though and that takes some effort.
2b) some lady that destroyed "We Built This City" nuff said
3) Dean Anthony-Bradford: It is hard to say what is uglier, his voice or that butt ugly plaid coat. Thankfully he did not get a courtesy golden ticket.
4) Jesus Valenzula- yet another courtesy golden ticket to Hollywood. His take on Usher's "Nice and Slow" was slow and boring. Bringing his kids in stamped his ticket to Hollywood.
5) Dalton Powell- terrible singer. The camera cut away to a hilarious, disgusted look on Simon Cowell's face. Although his solving the Rubik's Cube in 24 seconds was impressive.
The first six auditions are mediocre at best, this was the start of the terrible night for San Francisco. After some snippets of bad auditions it was time for
6) Akila Askew-Gholston. Why was 6 minutes spent on this walking train wreck? She was good for a couple of laughs. Unfortunately we were laughing at her, not with her. That segment should have been shrunk down to 30 seconds at most. My favorite part was Simon continuing to call her Acula. Was that intentional or not, I couldn't tell.
Next were brief snippets of people going to Hollywood who may or may not be good.
7) I really liked John Twiford's "Overjoyed", at least what I heard of it. He did a good job on a Stevie Wonder song, which most Idolers don't do. I still really like him after listening to this snippet again this morning.
8) Alison Iraheta's take on Aretha Franklin's "Natural Woman" had a very nice bluesy vibe to it.
9) Raquel Houghton singing Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher
Man" was good. I really like her but she is a twitchy performer in the Alanis Morrissette mode. Also now comes the word from several sources that she use to be Dane Cook's girlfriend. FWIW.
I am not sure if Iraheta and Houghton have the ability to make it out of Hollywood. I like both of them and will be cheering for both of them. Again this is based on very little screen time.
10) Annie Murdoch- cannon fodder who was emblematic (embalmed came up as one of the spell check words- that may be a more appropriate description) of the entire terrible San Francisco auditions.
The episode closed out with two auditions I was not overwhelmed with.
11) Adam Lambert, the former "Wicked" performer. I thought his take on Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody was wimpy. I was expecting a lot more than that.
12) Mercifully the show closed out with Kai Kalamma. It is great that he is taking care of his Mom. (Was he really calling her Mombo?) However does "American Idol" have to milk it so much? He did pick one of the all-time great songs though in the Platters "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes". He sounded a bit like the original vocalist, although he sang a little rushed. His approval felt sort of like a courtesy golden ticket as well. He seems like someone who might wear his welcome out quickly.
Overall I would have to give San Francisco a F grade, those were mainly terrible auditions. At least 3 or 4 of them were courtesy golden tickets. Of the 12 that made it to Hollywood, I would be very surprised to see more than two of them make it the Top 50. The one I would give the best chance to is John Twiford. I was really overjoyed with his "Overjoyed".
Tonight's show is from Louisville, Kentucky. I am hoping it is not as craptastic as last night. The promos make it look like someone threatened the judging panel. I am hoping that is not the highlight of the night. Tonight's show is from 7:03 to 8:06 in an attempt to get ratings for it's other shows. I hear that all the remaining audition cities shows are only going to be a hour long.
Other quick "AI" news via votefortheworst.com. Possibly Jessica Furney made it to the Top 50, there are conflicting reports on that. Unfortunately one of the nicest candidates, Arianna Afsar apparently is cut in Hollywood. She is the the teen who organized the Adopt A Grandfriend program.
Let's hope tonight's episode is a lot better. themusicaddict
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