American Idol returned to Miami for the first time since Season 2. Over 10,000 people show up for the auditions hoping to be the next American Idol. But first, they would have to get past the judges. Simon Cowell immediately comments on the shortness of Paula Abdul's dress. He calls it slutty.
First up was Shannon McGough, who works for her parents at a meat market grinding hamburger and such. She wouldn't mind giving up her job for American Idol. She also belches - loudly. Shannon sings loudly too. Simon tells her he had a late night and isn't feeling great. She made him feel worse. Randy Jackson didn't think there was any melody to the song. Shannon wants to sing again, but Simon urges her not to. She does, and Simon tells her she sounds like she's eating when she's singing. Paula agrees there are melody problems.
Ryan Seacrest brings up the boyband history of Florida, what with the Backstreet Boys and Nsync coming from Orlando. This leads to Robbie Carrico, who is apparently a former boybander-turned-rocker. He sang and all three judges liked him. He's greeted with silly string at the door by his adoring fans.
We get a montage of bad guys singers, as they apparently found a few in Miami. Ryan says they need someone with charisma. Enter Ghaleb Emachah from Venezuala who plays guitar, piano and harmonica. He says he has what it takes because he has passion. He sings a Marc Anthony song. Simon said he would like him if he was drunk, but sober it doesn't work. Paula says the problem is the accent is hard to ignore. Randy likes his voice though and says yes. That makes the decision up to Paula. After debating she walks up to him and hugs him, welcoming Ghaleb to Hollywood. She tells him to work on the accent. As he leaves, Ghaleb apparently kisses everyone in sight.
Friends Corliss Smith and Brittany Wescott agree on nearly everything except men. They're both big girls, but Brittany likes her men skinny while Corliss likes a man with beef. Naturally, Corliss likes Randy. She sings to him and Randy says it's very nice. Brittany then sings to Simon, who even claps along to the song. They each get a yes from all three judges, though Randy jokes that he only says yes to Brittany so Simon won't hurt him. The girls run around hugging all the judges.
Single mom Suzanne Toon was up next. She had her daughter when she was 19. She gave a half-hearted attempt at a sob story and had a few tears involved. I'm picturing a Fantasia-like vote for me 'cause I can pimp my baby episode if she makes it through to the voting rounds. Simon told her she became more attractive when she started singing. Paula liked the sultriness to her voice. Randy told her to watch the melody and pitch. In all, Suzanne got three yes votes.
The segways at this point didn't really make sense. Somehow Suzanne led to a clip on the awfulnessawesfulness thing that Jasmine Trias was in Season 3. Sorry, but I just can't seem to make my keyboard type out the word that I normally use for their look at me clips that they use for pimping everything - not in connection with Jasmine. Jasmine has apparently released albums in her native Phillipines that have gone platinum. To me all that proves is the water is so tainted in the Phillipines that it has permanently damaged the hearing of millions of people there. This is a real crisis that needs to be solved.
The next segway from Jasmine to Ramiele Malubray made sense. She wants to be the first Asian-American Idol. Paula liked her, but Simon thought she was more like a hotel singer, not contemporary enough. Randy told her she had a big voice for a cute smaller girl. Simon said no (thank you for trying Simon) but Randy and Paula said yes. I fear what will happen if she gets through to a voting round. I pray she doesn't make it. I don't need a Season 3 repeat.
Another mini-sob story came from Syesha Mercado, who has had good things happening to her over and over again. She didn't use to have such happy times. Her dad has struggled with drugs and alcohol in the past, but recently graduated from a drug rehab program. Simon thought her singing was a bit of an effort, but in the end Syesha ended up with three yes votes. Also getting through were Natashia Blach and Ilsy Lorena Pinot.
Our bad singer montage was up next. This one ended with Richard Valles, who sang through his nose. Randy made fun of him.
Next we had the arrogant Julie Dubela, who thought she was so awesome that her manure didn't stink. She was in the top 20 on American Juniors 4 years ago, so naturally that meant she was the most awesome singer since like... ever. Simon told her she was very confident as she came in (that's an understatement Simon). She sings, not too badly, but I hate her so much at this point based on attitude that she could have sang like Whitney before she married Bobby and did drugs and I still would hate her just on point. I'm a girl, we're vicious like that. Head Editor's Note - Opinions expressed by Curlio, such as this one, do not necessarily reflect the those of her staff. Simon calls her precocious. He wanted her to sing without all the weird acting, he thought it was over-rehearsed and over acted. Julie says she is acting like herself, Simon tells her that's the problem (thank you, Simon!). Randy tells her she's not ready yet. Simon tells her to go to LA and be an actress. Julie is surprised that they don't love her as much as she loves herself. Simon calls her over-indulged (the phrase you were looking for Simon was spoiled bitch). Paula told Simon that no one has said no to poor little Julie.
This brings us to the last contestant of the day. Brandon Black spent the whole day cranking up his performance, only to be met by cranky judges not in the mood for anything less than a serious audition. He runs in and jabbers on with some sort of funny introduction. Then he tries to sing and gyrate to I'll make love to you. Quite frankly, I'd swear off sex if he was singing that to me. Then he sings his own song. Simon tries to stop him. He says the audition was verging on desperation what with the terrible wig and terrible singing. Brandon wants to finish his performance. Simon and Randy can't stand anymore and get up to leave. That leaves Paula there alone at the table.
It seems that 17 people made it through to Hollywood from Miami, 9 of which we saw. That leaves only 8 that we didn't see. We're definitely getting more of the good people. I've seen complaints about that online elsewhere, but here, I only have praise for the development. Save the bad people for filler later in the season when we still have a writer's strike and we need American Idol 5 days a week!
You guys really need to get over this Fantasia and her "baby" thing. She didn't pimp her baby, although it was many moons ago when she was on the show and really odd that someone is still complaining about her. She simply had a daughter and was proud of her and showed her off. It's called, being a great mother. She even took her child to the broadway stage with her when she was on broadway. I don't think she was pimping her child there. It's called being a mother. Simple as that.
I really like the fact that this year we are seeing more of the "good" folks and less of the bad. But for Pete's Sake, how many more weeks of auditions do we have? I'm beginning to think they made a stop in every state?!
If you can't be a good example, then be a horrible warning!
shellybean said: I really like the fact that this year we are seeing more of the "good" folks and less of the bad. But for Pete's Sake, how many more weeks of auditions do we have? I'm beginning to think they made a stop in every state?!
It's usually 4 weeks, then we move on to Hollywood. So next week should be our last.
"Now you know why lions eat their young" Capt. Phil Harris
Well, Simon might need to look in the ole Dictionary himself cause MW has.....precocious
Main Entry: pre�co�cious
Pronunciation: \pri-ˈkō-shəs\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin praecoc-, praecox early ripening, precocious, from prae- + coquere to cook � more at cook
Date: 1650
1 : exceptionally early in development or occurrence <precocious puberty>
2 : exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age <a precocious child>
� pre�co�cious�ly adverb
� pre�co�cious�ness noun
� pre�coc�i�ty \pri-ˈk�-sə-tē\ no
ie Dakota Fanning is precocious!!
He seemed to think it was an insult , unless my senses were fooling me. Even the new calmer Simon still has his moments of gradiosity (though I am quite good at that mode also) in that what ever he says is so, and so that's it, no argument, it's so, so there....... what a loveable nit-wit. I was suprised that a couple of the girls including the one refered to here had a updated version of valley-speak (I guess, that is what you call it), or is that the new teen language bombarding the minds of our teen girls from the drama queen overacted kid shows. like the ones Miley Cyrus is in and the one Hillary Duff starred in. I think that if there were the best singers ever, America would rejected them (except for the 11 to 13 year old girls with those eager dialing fingers) for the over-the-top phoniness and superficiality. You can never cozy up to an empty shell. That kind of crap works only on people who are mentally immature!
Will
Julie Dubela -- I think the word that Simon was grasping for was "unctuous" not "precocious"...the latter means ahead in development usually in the mind and this little twit is far from any development of the mind.
I was reading Jim Cantiello's recap over on MTV (find it here) and I had to burst out laughing. If you read any recap other than mine, I highly recommend him. He's hilarious. He called Julie "Veruca Salt" and I just plunged into a fit of giggles. That's IT! That's just EXACTLY it - she's Veruca Salt and that's why I hate her. I just wish a crazed nut-sorting squirrel would come along and toss Julie down with the rest of the bad nuts.
"Now you know why lions eat their young" Capt. Phil Harris
I couldn't believe they put the Venezuelan through. First time someone who sings with an accent got through, and we all know he won't last long in Hollywood. If they'd asked Paula for her opinion BEFORE Randy said yes, she'd probably have said no, but she can't bear to be the bearer of bad news, so she feels pressured to not reject the guy.
I couldn't believe the negative reactions to Julie Rubela. She could clearly sing. I don't know what Simon was talking about her acting (what about those who go all gospel on us? Is that their "real" personality or are they trying to sound like black people in church? But no, as soon as anyone does that, the judges smile and go, "yeaah!"). Hell, most of the people there act, and as someone else (Ben?) said yesterday, most of the singers copy the singer of the record to a T, so I don't know why they hold it against some of them for sounding too much like the singers on the hits.
Did you hear Julie's rendition of "Rainy Days and Mondays" from the "Juniors" show? She clearly could sing well. And I don't think she's gotten worse.
I'm a bit tired of the single mother routine. If you get pregnant at 18 and choose to have the baby, you deserve what you have coming to you. Can you say "loose woman," boys and girls?
And I too was sick and tired of Fantasia and her baby. On top of being a loose woman and being ugly, she was illiterate too!
By the way, I'm surprised Ryan mentioned Jasmine Trias as a success story: She couldn't get a deal with a real record company. It was a small label in L.A. that was more a recording studio that never picked up the phone. I know because as a music journalist, I kept calling trying to get a review copy of the record. I loved Jasmine, though, so don't be putting down my gal! She was inconsistent, yes, but she was so beautiful and sweet, and her rendition of "Inseparable" always brought chills and tears.
Guest said: You guys really need to get over this Fantasia and her "baby" thing. She didn't pimp her baby, although it was many moons ago when she was on the show and really odd that someone is still complaining about her. She simply had a daughter and was proud of her and showed her off. It's called, being a great mother. She even took her child to the broadway stage with her when she was on broadway. I don't think she was pimping her child there. It's called being a mother. Simple as that.
Ah, seeing musicexpert going on about single moms reminded me that when I woke up at 4:30 am I wanted to rant in response to this reply above, but was just too sleepy to manage. Now I can manage.
Being a great mother means realizing that the single most important thing you can give your child is your TIME and LOVE. Everyone these days equates parenthood with bigger and better stuff and that's simply NOT what makes a parent great. Great parents don't allow their children to be exploited on their behalf on national TV.
"Now you know why lions eat their young" Capt. Phil Harris
That's funny: I didn't say "loose woman" in one of my previous messages about Fantasia. I guess you guys do an automatic substitution for strong words you don't like. Well, people, you can guess what I called her. It's a four letter word that rhymes with blut.
MusicExpert said: That's funny: I didn't say "loose woman" in one of my previous messages about Fantasia. I guess you guys do an automatic substitution for strong words you don't like.
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It's generally words that aren't allowed on cable either. Of course as a member you can just go into your profile and turn the language filter off :)
Oh, and lest you forget, Shenova, I also defended Sanyaja last year, saying he had the best voice of the finalists (loved his sunny voice and he never sang a bum note until he went close to Paula towards the end). Bwahahahaha!
Suzy Toon is a wonderful person, and she would not "pimp out" her baby. It's pretty sad that these people aren't yet celebrities and yet you are already bashing them as if they were. That's just sad. It's one thing to comment on their singing, since that is what they are there to be critiqued on, but it's another to make up scenarios and stories about someone you don't even know. Real big of you.
You know, I still have a hard time swallowing getting pregnant at 18! My 11 year old son has just had "family life" in the 5th grade. He knows exactly how babies are made. He actually knew before the class because He asked questions when I was pregnant with his sister and I answered them. All the way down to how the sperm gets to the egg. I am old fashioned enough to believe in abstinance (sp), but not stupid enough to keep the knowledge of birth control from my kids. In my opinion, the only excuse for "teen pregnancy" in this day and age, is stupidity.
Okay, this has nothing to do with AI, but that soap box was pushed under me. I almost went off on parenting, but Curlio covered it for me!
Bean going back in her shell now....
If you can't be a good example, then be a horrible warning!
First of all, all of you people talking about loose women dont even know what your talking about. Before you go and talk about peoples situations especially situations that deal with young children (which first of all is none of your business) make sure you know what you are talking about. Suzanne Toon works at my job currently and is the best singer ive ever heard personally. And last time I checked American Idol is about singing not about talking about peoples personal life and at what age they got pregnant. It happened and her daughter is an absolute blessing. so pretty much what this comment is for is to say to all of yall that talked about her negatively GET A LIFE.
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American Idol returned to Miami for the first time since Season 2. Over 10,000 people show up for the auditions hoping to be the next American Idol. But first, they would have to get past the judges. Simon Cowell immediately comments on the shortness of Paula Abdul's dress. He calls it slutty.
First up was Shannon McGough, who works for her parents at a meat market grinding hamburger and such. She wouldn't mind giving up her job for American Idol. She also belches - loudly. Shannon sings loudly too. Simon tells her he had a late night and isn't feeling great. She made him feel worse. Randy Jackson didn't think there was any melody to the song. Shannon wants to sing again, but Simon urges her not to. She does, and Simon tells her she sounds like she's eating when she's singing. Paula agrees there are melody problems.
Ryan Seacrest brings up the boyband history of Florida, what with the Backstreet Boys and Nsync coming from Orlando. This leads to Robbie Carrico, who is apparently a former boybander-turned-rocker. He sang and all three judges liked him. He's greeted with silly string at the door by his adoring fans.
We get a montage of bad guys singers, as they apparently found a few in Miami. Ryan says they need someone with charisma. Enter Ghaleb Emachah from Venezuala who plays guitar, piano and harmonica. He says he has what it takes because he has passion. He sings a Marc Anthony song. Simon said he would like him if he was drunk, but sober it doesn't work. Paula says the problem is the accent is hard to ignore. Randy likes his voice though and says yes. That makes the decision up to Paula. After debating she walks up to him and hugs him, welcoming Ghaleb to Hollywood. She tells him to work on the accent. As he leaves, Ghaleb apparently kisses everyone in sight.
Friends Corliss Smith and Brittany Wescott agree on nearly everything except men. They're both big girls, but Brittany likes her men skinny while Corliss likes a man with beef. Naturally, Corliss likes Randy. She sings to him and Randy says it's very nice. Brittany then sings to Simon, who even claps along to the song. They each get a yes from all three judges, though Randy jokes that he only says yes to Brittany so Simon won't hurt him. The girls run around hugging all the judges.
Single mom Suzanne Toon was up next. She had her daughter when she was 19. She gave a half-hearted attempt at a sob story and had a few tears involved. I'm picturing a Fantasia-like vote for me 'cause I can pimp my baby episode if she makes it through to the voting rounds. Simon told her she became more attractive when she started singing. Paula liked the sultriness to her voice. Randy told her to watch the melody and pitch. In all, Suzanne got three yes votes.
The next segway from Jasmine to Ramiele Malubray made sense. She wants to be the first Asian-American Idol. Paula liked her, but Simon thought she was more like a hotel singer, not contemporary enough. Randy told her she had a big voice for a cute smaller girl. Simon said no (thank you for trying Simon) but Randy and Paula said yes. I fear what will happen if she gets through to a voting round. I pray she doesn't make it. I don't need a Season 3 repeat.
Another mini-sob story came from Syesha Mercado, who has had good things happening to her over and over again. She didn't use to have such happy times. Her dad has struggled with drugs and alcohol in the past, but recently graduated from a drug rehab program. Simon thought her singing was a bit of an effort, but in the end Syesha ended up with three yes votes. Also getting through were Natashia Blach and Ilsy Lorena Pinot.
Our bad singer montage was up next. This one ended with Richard Valles, who sang through his nose. Randy made fun of him.
Next we had the arrogant Julie Dubela, who thought she was so awesome that her manure didn't stink. She was in the top 20 on American Juniors 4 years ago, so naturally that meant she was the most awesome singer since like... ever. Simon told her she was very confident as she came in (that's an understatement Simon). She sings, not too badly, but I hate her so much at this point based on attitude that she could have sang like Whitney before she married Bobby and did drugs and I still would hate her just on point. I'm a girl, we're vicious like that. Head Editor's Note - Opinions expressed by Curlio, such as this one, do not necessarily reflect the those of her staff. Simon calls her precocious. He wanted her to sing without all the weird acting, he thought it was over-rehearsed and over acted. Julie says she is acting like herself, Simon tells her that's the problem (thank you, Simon!). Randy tells her she's not ready yet. Simon tells her to go to LA and be an actress. Julie is surprised that they don't love her as much as she loves herself. Simon calls her over-indulged (the phrase you were looking for Simon was spoiled bitch). Paula told Simon that no one has said no to poor little Julie.
This brings us to the last contestant of the day. Brandon Black spent the whole day cranking up his performance, only to be met by cranky judges not in the mood for anything less than a serious audition. He runs in and jabbers on with some sort of funny introduction. Then he tries to sing and gyrate to I'll make love to you. Quite frankly, I'd swear off sex if he was singing that to me. Then he sings his own song. Simon tries to stop him. He says the audition was verging on desperation what with the terrible wig and terrible singing. Brandon wants to finish his performance. Simon and Randy can't stand anymore and get up to leave. That leaves Paula there alone at the table.
It seems that 17 people made it through to Hollywood from Miami, 9 of which we saw. That leaves only 8 that we didn't see. We're definitely getting more of the good people. I've seen complaints about that online elsewhere, but here, I only have praise for the development. Save the bad people for filler later in the season when we still have a writer's strike and we need American Idol 5 days a week!
