TV Review: American Idol 6 - The Seattle Auditions
Published January 18, 2007
He likened himself to Freddie Mercury and absolutely slayed "Bohemian Rhapsody." He also seemed just a tad dangerous. He was the last contestant of the day and I bet the judges had security escort them out.
There were other bad acts, but they didn't make my Most Notable list. Brandon Groves, the one who sang "I Shot the Sherriff" while dressed as a cop last year returned this season all decked out like the Apollo Creed guy in Minneapolis sans boxing gloves. David Mills had an epiphany and a wake-up call. There was a Taylor Hicks clone, Eric Chapman, who couldn't sing a lick.
Friends and relatives of AI wannabes, please don't let your loved ones think they have talent when they don't! Stop them before they sing again! I beseech you, I beg you... confine them to the shower. I beg you, tell them. Spare them the public humiliation. Friend don't let friends go without talent on American Idol.
There Were Some Good Ones
Tommy Daniels has tried twice before to make it on the show. He slept by trashcans awaiting his Seattle audition. He fluffed his 'fro and he put on a show. Blake Lewis, a champion beatboxer, showed off his "skillz" and proved he can sing, too. The Malakar siblings (brother and sister) both made it through shining. I liked how Sanjaya wouldn't admit that the judges said he has a better voice than his sister.
Rudy Cardenas took a chance with a Journey song (Randy was a band member) and was passed through to Hollywood by Randy and Paula, but not Simon. Anna Kearns, a lofty lady at 6'3" without heels, passed through although I wasn't too impressed with her singing. 16-year old Jordin Sparks whose father is NFL's Felipe Sparks, is going to Hollywood.
Me? I'm just waiting for the Memphis auditions we'll see next week.
- TV Review: American Idol 6 - The Seattle Auditions
- Published: January 18, 2007
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I am checking in from Seattle. I heard about how dreadful the singing auditions were. That makes sense. Sure, we can come up with the gnarly rock singers (Ann Wilson, Chris Cornell, Geoff Tate and all) and then we come up with your Kurt and Courtneys also. Well, Ernestine Anderson and such come out of here, but she didn't sign up for the audition...
Come to Seattle for the guitars. The one bright spot for us Seattlites is the interview we got on the local morning broadcast with a very loopy Paula Abdul. Gotta love here....
best,
Douglas
So many of the contestants were super obese.
American Idol has an age limit. They should also have a chin limit.
The girl with the "odd skin color" was wearing sheer pink sleeves that were basically transparent tights; she didn't have any strange skin disease.
So far I like the bald guy (Navy?) and Sanjaya. He has that pure pre-pubescent choirboy sound. Reminded me for some reason of a young Michael Jackson - before he morphed into Jacko. Sanjaya was adorable with his smile and manners.
The door thing, that was irritating me too, for heavens sake put a sheet of paper with arrow, "Other Door". I think it must have been one more way to torture the hapless contestants.
Why do I think I've seen Jonathan Jayne before?
Hi. This is Stania from Jakarta, Indonesia. I really like Sanjaya Malakar, but I admit that his first performance in top 24 is not his best. I hope to see Sanjaya survives the elimination and gives a knock out performance on the next rounds.
Update-
Sanjaya made it into the top 24. Cant wait till this tuesdays episode.
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"The Malakar siblings (brother and sister) both made it through shining. I liked how Sanjaya wouldn't admit that the judges said he has a better voice than his sister."
Is it me or so far this Indian brother/sister combo has been the best we've seen so far?
I hope they both make it to the finals. They both have tons of talent and it would be nice to see not one but two Indo-Americans make it to finals.