American Idol in LA Auditions Recap
Of all the auditions shows, even the weirdness in Seattle were enteraining, the LA Auditions were the worst. From the show we were introduced to only a couple of the Golden ticket winners of the 19 that would move to the Hollywood Round.
Only 19 aspiring singers managed to impress the judges during auditions for the talent contest, in Los Angeles, which attracted a slew of tone-deaf performers.
“What is going on with this show? … Strange show, man,” Randy Jackson mused on Wednesday’s program, after sitting through another weak love song.
One optimistic hopeful named Martik, who went by the stage name “Eccentric,” rendered Simon Cowell speechless by prowling about like a panther. Another guy was dressed like a banana and repeated “peanut butter jelly time” over and over.
A 20-year-old brunette named Marianna got down on her knees and begged for a second chance after Cowell told her she “sounded like Cher after she’s been to the dentist.”
The acerbic judge also passed on a flirtatious female singer, who made him “nervous” by licking her lips and winking at him while her devoted boyfriend stood outside.
Th only brightspot of the episode was Sherman Pore, a man of 64 who lost his “lady” to cancer two days before his audition, moved Paula Abdul to tears with his rendition of “You Belong to Me.” Cowell shook his hand and called him ”class act.”
Still, he didn’t make it through to Hollywood. Among those who did were a soulful crooner who once sang backup for Christina Aguilera, and a Shakira lookalike praised by Cowell as “really, really, really great.”
Los Angeles was one of seven cities where tryouts were held last summer. The next “Idol” episode, on Tuesday 2-6-07, will feature the San Antonio auditions.
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1 bettyvila // Feb 1, 2007 at 6:46 pm
If there was another petition to waive the age restriction so that Sherman Pore would be able to go through to the next round of American Idol, I’d sign it! I was moved by his story and his singing, and thought he was every bit as good as any of the others who made it through. What, America can’t idolize someone who’s over the age of 28? Puleeeeeezz….i’ll tell Elvis and Frank Sinatra when i get to heaven that American Idol said so.
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