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American Idol 1/28 SPOILERS!!
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Posted by: David Platt

Huh-- learn something new every day. I never knew Beyonce was reponsible for 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot.' :D :D

Posted by: drew2k

So apparently there's a new twist in auditions this year: if you can sing fairly well but don't have a good answer for what you'd do with a million dollars, you don't go to Hollywood. So far they've only shown two people getting asked this question, but I wonder if they asked everyone else and just didn't show it.

Hmmm. They passed on the one guy because he was egotistical and gave an answer he thought the judges wanted to hear. I though it was a singing competition?

Posted by: modnar

quote:
Originally posted by drew2k
So apparently there's a new twist in auditions this year: if you can sing fairly well but don't have a good answer for what you'd do with a million dollars, you don't go to Hollywood. So far they've only shown two people getting asked this question, but I wonder if they asked everyone else and just didn't show it.

Hmmm. They passed on the one guy because he was egotistical and gave an answer he thought the judges wanted to hear. I though it was a singing competition?

Our take on that was that maybe Simon was on the fence on whether to say yes or not to that guy. Simon might've used that question as a tie-breaker.

Posted by: faerie

I thought Crystal was just as good as the girl after her singing the Fugees...

I am racking my brain trying to think of the song that the big hawaiian dude sang - I'm positive that it was Boyz II Men but I can NOT think of the name of the song... can anyone help?

Posted by: jradosh

Nope, sorry... can't help.

I'm still thinking about the model-chick that didn't make it. Bummer.

Of all the ones going to Hollyweed (and they only showed a few of them), I'm rooting for the cheerleader chick with the shorter blond hair. She seemed to have a nice personality :D

Finally the show can start getting interesting.

Posted by: jschuman

quote:
Originally posted by jradosh
I'm still thinking about the model-chick that didn't make it. Bummer.

The model DID make it! (or at least the model that was on towards the end did. Was there another model?)

Posted by: doom1701

j, I loved the cheerleader's personalities. :D

I still find this show intriguing. Somewhat for the train wreck aspect of it, but more because I don't think many people understand music at all. There were a few things my wife and I discussed after last night's episode:

1. Some people don't know their range. There was one guy that had a decent (probably not Hollywood worthy, but decent none the less) voice. In a certain range. The problem was, he chose a song that had a lot of highs and lows in it. His range was rather narrow, so he just wound up screaching a lot. Contestants really need to try to understand themselves, but they seem to think "I can sing one song, so I can sing anything."

2. Do they not realize they'll be singing acapella? Two people last night picked songs that were obviously heavy R&B type songs with music and a beat to them. Without music, it sounded bad. It's like wearing a muu muu to a beauty competition--you could be the most striking person in the world, but if you choose to appear in something that doesn't show that off, or something that is not complete, you don't stand a chance.

3. Did Simon's quips used to be more interesting? Or maybe they get better through the show? Every bad act was the worst singer he'd ever heard. Usually they were "Without a doubt, the worst singer I've ever heard."

Posted by: NatasNJ

My money is on the Pen's Salesmen. He is going deep!

Posted by: Cletus

quote:
Originally posted by NatasNJ
My money is on the Pen's Salesmen. He is going deep!

Ditto. And weird to boot. :D

Posted by: jradosh

quote:
Originally posted by jschuman
The model DID make it! (or at least the model that was on towards the end did. Was there another model?)

OK, maybe it was the wine that affected my memory... I could have sworn that she got the boot. Well, the fact is I don't pay too much attention to this 'train wreck' portion of the show.

But my ears perked up when I heard Seacrest say "model".

And then my eyes perked up.

And then...

:D

So good, the model and the cheerleader are through. And a few singers too ;)

Posted by: Spire

quote:
Originally posted by faerie
I am racking my brain trying to think of the song that the big hawaiian dude sang - I'm positive that it was Boyz II Men but I can NOT think of the name of the song... can anyone help?

Thank You.

Posted by: richNYC

My wife and I loved that engineering student that sang "She Bangs". We thought he was fun, having a great time, and his voice wasn't really that bad. Too bad he's gone.

Posted by: cbordman

"I have no professional training of singing. ":)

I thought it was good to dump the guy over the million dollars question. Good singers are a dime a dozen, and if he's gonna be cocky and give fake answers, then the judges don't have to pick him.

Posted by: Dafaso

quote:
Originally posted by richNYC
My wife and I loved that engineering student that sang "She Bangs". We thought he was fun, having a great time, and his voice wasn't really that bad. Too bad he's gone.

He actually did sing in key but his tone and voice quality was not good and he pronounced the lyric with an asian accent. He was not the worst singer, but not good enough to 'go to Hollywood' IMHO.

Posted by: richNYC

And we loved Seacrest came over to interview him, the kid said, "Hi! What's your name?" Hilarious.

Posted by: YCantAngieRead

quote:
Huh-- learn something new every day. I never knew Beyonce was reponsible for 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot.'

I KNOW! That's been buggin' me during the whole long, extra drawn-out million and a half episodes of auditions. Yikes.

I'm pulling for the...well. The little person who was a cheerleader and had longish blonde hair. She is just one of many LPs I know who can sing the crap out of songs...and I'd love to see another "non-traditional" idol-type make it to the end.

Posted by: cpalma

The funniest line of American Idol 3 has to be the guy that was rejected by all judges and leaves, incredulous!, and says to the camera, "I guess they're looking for a Pop Singer, not an R&B singer! They don't know what they've lost! (He sang an R&B song for the audition). Duuuuuuuuuuhhhhh!

The Swing Low/Sweet Charriot girl got robbed, but was it because of the song. It was hard to tell if she was off key or if the song was recorded that way and she didn't change it. [I'm just going on the assumption that on one of Beyonce' CD's she sang that song.]

Pen Guy is my pick to go all the way. He's moldable! Just the way they like 'em.

Posted by: genearch

I'm still bummed that William Hung didn't make it. What a beautiful rendition of She Bang.. :D

I really loved that guy's attitude... His line at the end "I've had no professional training" :D :D :D

Posted by: cpalma

I actually did like his attitude. "I did my very best." Then he walked off. No insults, no snappy reply. He came to try, he failed, no hard feelings. They (the bad ones) should all take a line from his book!

Posted by: SammyTerry

Did anybody catch Randy defending one of his decisions by saying "This is not a popularity contest?" :confused: I thought that is exactly what this show is.

Posted by: David Platt

quote:
Originally posted by cpalma
The funniest line of American Idol 3 has to be the guy that was rejected by all judges and leaves, incredulous!, and says to the camera, "I guess they're looking for a Pop Singer, not an R&B singer! They don't know what they've lost! (He sang an R&B song for the audition). Duuuuuuuuuuhhhhh!

That was a good one, but the funniest line to me was the father defending his rejected rather young-looking daughter:

"Simon's problem is that he doesn't like young girls."

:D

Posted by: Swirl_Junkie

Pen guy started out very weird, but through the interview actually started to look more and more normal.
By the end when he was with his family, he looked like a normal guy.

I thought the "by Beyonce" was classic,
Simon has been super boring the last few episodes, no clever putdowns, just the same old "ghastly" or " horrendous" for every bad singer.

William Hurt for President! That kid needs his own show, pull that Wayne Brady off the air and give the job to she bangs.

Posted by: markp99

How about scary-boyfriend-guy, with girlfriend who sang thru her teeth? The two were ejected from the the premisies by security after tyring to get another audition.

My wife gasped and said, "She's got to leave that guy." "Hopefully she recognizes this when she sees it replayed tonite." "He looks controlling and dangerous."

Posted by: YCantAngieRead

quote:
William Hurt for President! That kid needs his own show, pull that Wayne Brady off the air and give the job to she bangs.

Aw! But I like Wayne Brady! Although I have to admit, that kid was pretty funny in a one-trick pony kinda way. :D

Posted by: Turtleboy

If you aren't black, you probably shouldn't be singing Swing Low Sweet Chariot at the audition, especially to a black judge. And she made it worse by saying that it was Beyonce, displaying incredible ignorance.

I think Randy negged her because he was offended, and Paula did because she was sympthazing with Randy.

Posted by: Lori

I still like the girl who sang "Stormy Weather"...it was the third night, I think. She was the one that Simon just put through after she had sang for about 10 seconds. :)

I also liked Elvis. the pen salesman, Dean Martin, 'Unchained Melody' dude and the blonde who sang "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess. The one that was flirting with Randy.

I think that any one of those are top 5 material. Course, we have to see how they do in Hollywood. They might suck at any point. :)

Posted by: faerie

yeah, remember the girl who sang a really good version of Sarah McLachlan's "Angel" (i think from last season) who was brought up to Hollywood and we found out that that was really the ONLY song that she could sing.

Posted by: David Platt

quote:
Originally posted by Swirl_Junkie
William Hurt for President!

No way. Just his role in Kiss of the Spider Woman would keep him from ever getting elected.

Posted by: Chmeeee

I was really impressed by the guy Tuesday night who sang James Ingram's Just Once. I think his name was Mark, the big football player. He seemed like top 5 material.

Posted by: drew2k

If I'm remembering the right guy, yeah, that guy was really good. Is he the one with the brother waiting outside, who described the singing brother as "a big lunkhead with a great voice"? It was a nice "family" moment, seeing how much the waiting brother wanted the singing brother to get picked to go to Hollywood.

Posted by: faerie

yeah, and when he walked out of the room and started belting out that opera-ish song, he sounded awesome! I hope he keeps it up =)

Posted by: Cletus

Edit to add spoiler tags (about the guy with brother outside, and who sang really well)

Spoiler Alert! (highlight to read)

Unfortunately they showed him again at the end in the previews for next week, and he looked rather down, like he got rejected in the next round. ranting about being in the wrong group and "those damn kids who learned everything by heart" or something.

Posted by: jradosh

quote:
Originally posted by Lori
I still like the girl who sang "Stormy Weather"...it was the third night, I think. She was the one that Simon just put through after she had sang for about 10 seconds. :)

Yeah, she's still my favorite. And she has all the things they're looking for... looks, personality and voice. Well, at least as much as we could tell from that short audition.

J

Posted by: DLiquid

quote:
Originally posted by Turtleboy
If you aren't black, you probably shouldn't be singing Swing Low Sweet Chariot at the audition, especially to a black judge. And she made it worse by saying that it was Beyonce, displaying incredible ignorance.

I think Randy negged her because he was offended, and Paula did because she was sympthazing with Randy.

She was singing Beyonce's arrangement of 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot.' It doesn't seem that weird to me that she said that. And I highly doubt Randy was offended, she just wasn't that good.

The pen salesman was hilarious when he was dancing outside after the audition.

I thought the She Bangs guy was the funniest of all the trainwrecks.