It’s back! American Idol Season 7 kicked off tonight with auditions in Philadelphia. It didn’t take long for the judges to get into their usual form. Randy was laughing hysterically, Paula staring in wonder, and Simon… well lets just say Simon was Simon. He hasn’t changed one bit. Randy has the beard going this season which makes him look a little sinister.
It didn’t take long for them to find some good candidates who got themselves a golden ticket to Hollywood. In fact by the end of day 2 they had found 29 contestants headed for Hollywood. I remember in the old days when you actually weren’t sure if a contestant was going to make it or not. They always give it away now. They always do a short segment on their story just before a good contestant is about to go in to audition. For example we got to see Kristy Lee Cook practice her Mixed Marshal Arts and ride her horses. Obviously if they spent that much time taping her at home out west she was going to Hollywood. Brook White, the last girl who auditioned, was definitely the strongest contestant tonight. I wouldn’t be surprised if she made the top 10.
As usual, they spent just as much, if not more time showing the contestants who were just laughable as well as the really good ones. Some of my personal favorites were Udi the dancing guy, the stalker who sang the love song to Paula, and the scary Star Wars chick from Connecticut. I also liked the chick with too much eye make up who decided she was going to give up singing and go into actressing. There was just no excuse for putting that fat dude in the Princess Leia slave girl costume from Star Wars on TV . That was just so wrong. My eyes are still bleeding.
Well that was night one. I’ll be tuning in again tomorrow night to catch the second part of the 2-night premiere. Tomorrow night, American Idol heads to Dallas to see what Texas has to offer. I’ve also got some bad news for Matt. I’ve decided to quit Wild Bluff Media and go into actressing!
Here’s the video of Kristy Lee Cook’s performance:
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Posted on: Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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January 15th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
“From the hair to the nipple.” It was great! Welcome back American Idol.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
we love it, but, come on Simon has someone threatened you for being too radical?