American Idol Season 6 Premiere

Just now getting started on the premiere. DON’T YOU LOVE DVR! Had to wait for my wife who had a meeting tonight, not sure who’s brilliant idea it was to schedule something tonight. Whomever it was, they were obviously not Idol Stalkers.

The show started with a great introduction to where we’ve come so far and how great past idols are doing like Kelly Clarkson, Fantasia, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and of course Taylor Hicks.

The auditions started off in the hometown of last season’s finale closer, Prince, which would put us in Minneapolis. One of the guest judges for the Minneapolis auditions is Jewell. It just so happens the first auditioner’s favorite artist is Jewell. It’s too bad she was really bad. She of course broke down on camera. She’ll be returning to her “unique” job as a make-up artist at the Mall of America.

Looks like we’ve got plenty to endure here in the Land of 1,000 Lakes.

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Urban Amish guy, never seen American Idol, I wish I could have said I’d never seen him before. Lot’s of other rejected highlights of really horrible people trying to perform.

Up next was Jessie Holloway, who has a unique vocal range, and the ability to talk WAY too much. He says he hit some notes that Mariah Carey can hit, just not the good ones. This guy was so bad! Do these people really think they can sing before they get here?

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Apollo Creed? Some guess dressed in a patriotic uniform with boxing gloves, you remember the scene from Rocky don’t you? He starts off with an Italian Aria. This guy can’t sing either. Crack baby girl is up next. She’s got a great tear-jerking story. She says she’s received a gift of singing. Too bad she didn’t receive a gift of knowing how to present herself. She’s probably the best I’ve seen so far, but that really doesn’t say much either. She made it through though unanimously. Good luck to her in Hollywood.

— Commercial Break — (way too many of these so far)

The American Idol Appeal. For those people who forget their words or just completely screw up. Tashawn Moore just really screwed it up. The tie didn’t help. It’s almost painful to see people do this to themselves. Spanish girl is up next, flirting with Ryan Seacrest. She can’t sing either. Hopefully someone will remind her to use the right door on the way out, because she stinks. OH MY GOODNESS!! She made it. Let’s hope she won’t get “compared to Shakira”.

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More girls making it to Hollywood than guys. Cowboy (server, bartender, cook) guy is up next. Cowboy guy, Matthew Volna, did Johnny Cash doing Folsom Prison Blues. Horrible. Horrible. Horrible. Jewell asked him if he was serious when he was doing it, he “can’t sing the other stuff”. Randy was bold with a statement and said he was “Awful”.

More guys, more horrible displays. Even an sound effects guy that made himself look like an idiot.

Up next is Navy guy, with a background story on his ship. Hmmm, I wonder if he’s going on. He did win the USS Reagan Idol contest on his aircraft carrier. He sings Rascal Flats “Bless the Broken Road”. He’s the best guy so far. He’ll go through, at least I’d hope so if the Spanish girl did.

— Commerical Break —

We’ll do the second half of the premiere in the next post