Then someone buys another round
And with every drink or three
What Made Milwaukee Famous
Has made a fool out of me.Discuss the auditions in this thread until you pass out or until it finishes airing on the West Coast.
Programming note: Between a migraine and a mega boatload of homework (isn't training for a new career fun?) I may not make it to the show tonight.
one, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight
sclemeel
schlemazel
hasenfeffer incorporated!
Yikes about the migraine. I go blind when I get them, and posting would be totally out of the question.We'll fill in best we can. I can't claim to be able to pop up contestant names and song titles like you can, but I'll do my best to at least give some first impressions along with us other folks.
... gets a generous pass from the judges, along with Tyler's first *bleep* of the night. He's going to be a problem during live shows, likely necessitating a few-second tape delay just in case.
'We'll just loop in 'suck'!'Right, Jennifer. Because not only does that totally hide what he actually said, but it's a total contextual improvement.
LAST EDITED ON 01-27-11 AT 10:37 AM (EST)The career is going to Nashville. He's got a narrow vocal range and a single genre he can perform in, but within that field, this kid can work. No way he wins and he may not even make the voting rounds, but someone's going to sign him. Randy might be right -- we may have just heard the launch of a forty-year tour.
ETA his name: Scott McCreery.
No - no - no.And we also get Tyler's first dog howl of the night.
Brutally honest might have been telling him to quit the day job, or at least switch sub-majors. He comes across more as sports talk than morning drive.
Appeared on AI season 1.Nice voice, judges like her but hold her in suspense until she's all in tears. She's definitely an improvement over what I've heard from the ladies last week.
Appeared on AI season 1.At six? Must have been a really good girl soprano.
Steven comes across as skeevey here. 'There's something about you I can't put my finger on, mostly because you're fifteen'. And Randy doesn't do much better by letting her through. Get the tears now, break her heart later.
Steven comes across as skeevey here.Just here? Hah! 'Skeevy' is an understatement with those ogling eyes of his for the young chicks.
After what they already put through to do this to someone with a unique quality to her voice...well, that was so wrong. I'm glad she fought for it, I hope she puts some oomph into it and does well.
They're still pimping Hokey!
fails. And a group hug.
How lemony.
(or something like that, definitely an ethnic name)Randy: I like her, I like her a lot.
Full panel pass. She could do with a little less red lipstick, though.
I think the first name was Naima?And my head can't handle the in tune ones so I'm going to let this sit on the DVR for later.
Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow night
*checks Joe's Place Blog*
Naima Adedap
So some of the names are there. Turning on the closed captioning helps. Although they don't always spell them right they usually get fairly close phonetically.
LAST EDITED ON 01-26-11 AT 09:43 PM (EST)Naima Adedap
Well, I got most of the consonants and vowels right. *chuckle*
The real question is did she get the notes right? Well, better than most we've heard.
(eta: I've read Joe's Place, but hadn't thought to leave it up to verify the audition contestant names and songs. You just revealed one of your secrets!)
She sounded great until I noticed that loud whooshy exhale at the end of a lot of her phrases. Once I noticed that it distracted me from anything else
...okay, so was that dreadlocks on top of a weave on top of a skullcap, or was it a weave on top of a mat on top of another weave, or maybe...
4 out of 5 dentists recommend you don't bring your giant toothbrush on stage.
Contestant's mother: "I only sing for little people."Ryan: "Well, that's me!"
Let's Get it OnA bit too loud at first but then he settled in and was good!
Chasing PavementsSounded a bit too much like Adele there but she was good-just don't know if she could sing another artist's songs.
Oh, those names! Was it Migia or Megia?Either way, she deserves another shot.
Joe has it with an 'e'. *lol*
is right
e is the natural logarithm.
(I got this name right, Snidge)Not bad. I like this gal. Not the greatest voice in the world, but with some coaching, she's got the charisma and attitude to go places.
'We will have our very own Bieber clone if we have to kill a thousand teenage psyches to get it.'
Bieber is the male Barbie.
from Mt. Zion, WI.A blue and grey kind of guy.
Bugle boy can't sing.
But he did almost shoot Ryan, so bonus points for that.
We see more of his backside than anything else. And I'd be the first to put the Sword to him after hearing the edge on his song voice.
A Harvard graduate working in the White House.I think we just found Fox's Platonic ideal for 'cast to lose.'
... was that Swenson?Interesting deep vocal tone for a lady, judges fall for her and watch out for de wolfs.
As Randy becomes Glenn Beck's hero of the week. Punching a White House employee in the face and making it look like an accident, then getting away with it? He'd be a role model for true Americans everywhere if only his melanin count didn't disqualify him from being one! Oh, and remember the last White House intern to land on a reality show?...right. This is not particularly safe ground, and the trench goes a long way down.
(sorry I didn't get her name)Judges like her although her notes were all over the place.
Let's say the bar is set low.
... this guy looks like a staff member from an insane asylum.And the judges buy it.
They think Paula took a set of keys with her.
CPA, expert shot at tossing needless paperwork into the wastebasket.Slam dunk, not, but the judges give him a free throw, and one year's accountancy services as a bribe.
It took a second to place who he reminded me of: BB's recently-jailed Adam.It hasn't been a good night for contestant reminders.
... nah-nah-nah.
-- the happy sunshine people montage. 'It's not me, it's them! It's always them! Singers are a race, and those people are racists! Get that camera out of my face!'Always nice to see the reasonable reactions come out.
... of rejects, sob stories, camera-man hazards (I hope these guys have good health insurance), and more *bleeps* than Tyler can say in 60 seconds.
You shouldn't challenge him like that.
Hey, hey, hey, it's {politically incorrect word} Albert!This guy should go on an Obama impersonation tour. He's a lot better at this than song.
The way he dress... he don't deserve no respect.But he can sing. The judges go for him, even if they know he won't get no respect. Jus' sayin'.
Adorkable.
Yeah, that sounds a lot like Rodney.
The sun begins to rise over the horizon and the birds begin to sing.Slumber trangresses into a light sleep.
... does a Justin Bieber song perfect justice, American flag shirt and all.She gets tossed (like all Bieber songs should be).
Tyler is in love (for the 999th time). He digs this gal. Randy challenges her to sing another round. Not bad. Not extraordinary, vocally, but she's bubbly. Will she pass? Tyler gets serious, agrees with Randy, has that serious look (but we know what he's really thinking), says yes. She's in.
May we never hear Steven ask someone what she's into ever again.
Well, one of this season's more wow moments.First, this guy can sing.
Second, a rather tragic, yet hopeful back story about the love of his life.
Third, Tyler's kissing and hugging a gal seems simply natural.
Danny Gokey II: This Time, She's Still Alive.I don't want anyone to misunderstand me on this: I am not bashing this contestant. His devotion to his love is fierce, and his staying with her is a lot more than a lot of people of both genders would ever consider doing. But the show will exploit this background every time he appears on screen. It'll be the only thing they say about him, they'll make the tragedy into his entire television career, and they will beat us with this story until people vote against him just to get rid of it. They'll exploit them as far as they can, and then they'll forget they ever existed.
What happened to them is a tragedy. What's going to be done to them is the televised equivalent of a rape.
Call it ratings exploitation.Still... for them, it's a life they have to live with.
... for Snidge is for me as difficult as singing the national anthem!Mostly hodge-podge, off key at times, but it was fun.
Somebody else better take the lead tomorrow night. And thanks, Estee, for the company.
u done real good
Thank 'e, ma'am!
I hate the exploitation bits.But I would be lying if I said this one didn't bring me to tears. I guess that makes this a cross thread post??
I agree byo and estee. I hope he doesn't push his own and her exploitation like GoawayKey didI hope he does well and she does too and I hope there was a way to get her a nice settlement for life long care.
He sort of reminds me (looks wise) of the Straight up Janitor
from last year I can't remember his name. Let's hope he does better than him.
I was surprised about how many amazing singers were found in Milwaukee. My favorite singer was Naima Adedapo and my favorite contestant was Chris Medina. Chris' story brought me to tears. Which audition of the third night was your favorite? Vote http://whosright.com/poll/american-idol-which-auditions-of-the-third-night-was-your-favorite
OMG - just shoot me now.
I don't understand why you feel you have to go first.
Because I'm feeling entitled today.
er......No thanks. I don't need to be spammed!
One group feels Chris is exploiting the tragedy to benefit his own career and should be punished accordingly.The second segment believes Chris isn't pushing this, but the show has the exploitation pump set to Suck Dry and they should be punished accordingly.
The final piece is mostly composed of newbies who claim to be close personal friends and are screaming at everyone about how they don't know Chris or the situation, so guess who should be punished accordingly?
Pretty much saw that coming.
The one thing they're slowly starting to (mostly) agree on is that his fiance' is off-limits.
Idol Chatter takes a more neutral view of it and leaves it up to the reader to judge, or whether even to judge.He seems like a guy who'll live up to what (and who) he believes in, "thick and thin".
His song What Has Become of Me has gone viral.
