Michael T Hudson

Houston is sad.

goLUCKY

That's what I was thinking.

Michael T Hudson

Honk Kong Super Star.

Shannon Nutt

Paula is finally showing some backbone...guess Simon and Randy are rubbing off on her. If you listen carefully when Simon and Paula went off-camera for the 16 year old blonde who only Randy wanted to sent to Hollywood, you could hear Paula say "She's annoying as hell!"

I'm guessing the contestants who have been approved but we really haven't seen yet (just glimpses of them) are the real talented ones...since even the ones they have been approving on-camera haven't been that good.

And darn it, I STILL think they made a huge mistake by rejecting cute little solidier girl on Monday night!!!

POWERBOMB

Not a big fan of this show but I did watch the last segment and could only hope that that kid had snuck a 9mm glock to take his shots at everyone invovled w/this show. But I guess the water will do.

johnglass

Cassie LeBeau

GuessWho

I want someone to come in dressed like this and sing a JOURNEY tune from when Randy was in the band (83-86)



"Youre goin' to Hollywood, dog!"
http://www.jrnydv.com/Sections/Band/Journey/jackson.htm

Deftones

yeah, that was funny as shit.

I liked when that Cassie chick came in, sang about 3 seconds, and they approved her. You'd think w/ all that shit, Simon would want to at least hear her for a bit.

Charlie Goose

Was the Harvard girl's name really Fooking Lee?

WhoGirl

Not sure on the lastname, but her first name was Fookling.

Roto

I can't help...farring in luf wif you

I just watched the 2nd and 3rd nights in succession. Wow that was brutal! It just keeps getting worse! I actually started feeling sorry for the judges, wondering how long they actually had to sit there and listen to this.

I bet by the time they were halfway done with Houston they were probably wishing they let the cute army girl in. They're so fed up with it they let the yodler in with one vote. Though I agreed with Randy on that one because at this point they have to let anyone in who can sing and tell them what they need to fix.

bdshort

I'm not sure what Paula's problem was with the Yodel Girl's attitude. She was "affected"? I didn't like the yodel either, but I dont know what Paula was seeing. Maybe it was because she was sick.

After all the bad auditions, you would think that Simon would have let Cassie LeBeau sing her song (Stormy Weather) for more than 5 seconds. IMO that was the best audition all night (that they showed anyway), I wanted to hear more of it.

Brian

nickdawgy

That Cassie girl was a shoe-in for looks alone. They need at least a few good looking people to go. They can't all be Clay's and Rubens.

At least that's how I see it.

That Hong Kong guy was great. I'd pay to hear him sing more :ror: (raughing out roud)

Shannon Nutt

I think this chick was another "Ringer"...like the "Flashdance" girl from Tuesday night...I think she was putting on an act just to get on TV.

Howiefan

I actually know the asian girl ( Fookling Lee ) and yes, she knew she couldn't sing, she went there just for fun and to see how far she could make it.

In this show, most of the bad people know they can't sing it. They do it just to get on tv.

kantonburg

I must have missed it in the first episode but they all keep saying that this is a singing competition.

If I'm not mistaken all they stressed in the first season was that this was not a singing competition but an overall talent competition. What did they give up on talent and just go strictly to singing?

Laertes

I think we saw so much of her because she comes back in the wild card show.

Groucho

Well, it's too early to know that, since the wild cards aren't picked yet (although the judges may have some people in mind already).

In the previous two rounds did anybody who didn't make it to "Hollywood" get picked as a wildcard?

Laertes

I thought so, but I could easily be wrong. I wasn't paying much attention when I watched (only saw season 2).

If it helps, I think it happened in "Canadian Idol" but again, I could be wrong. The point is, I don't think it's "against the rules" (though they seem to make those up as they go along).

I'm just floating an early theory out there.

bigsoos

I like the clips of the 2 gay black guys complaining about not getting in.

I laughed so hard when that kid threw water at Simon. He definitely has a butter face.

Skorp

I didn't watch the first AI, but the wildcard picks from last season were:
Randy - Kimberley Caldwell
Paula - Trenyce
Simon - Carmen Rasmussen
Viewers - Clay Aiken

Of those, only Carmen wasn't one of the 32 semi-finalists, but she had at least made the initial "you're going to Hollywood" cut.

Patman

I only saw the first 25 minutes, but the bit with Fookling was pretty good in terms of setup and then "non-execution" of singing talent.

rfduncan

No. I'm not even sure there WAS a wild card option the 1st time around. Last season it was chosen only from the people who "made it to Hollywood".

I understood what she meant - the girl was putting on an ACT. She transformed into this "love me I'm cute, perky, innocent and ballsy" attitude which Paula said she did not exhibit in the lobby earlier in the day. I saw exactly what she meant - you could see it crumbly off a little when Paula called her on it. She may not have understood what "affected" meant but she sure knew she was putting on an act for the judges.

Patman

There was not a wildcard in the first season, just the second season (so far).

Decker

Wrong. There was one. I believe it was RJ Helton. The first year, they took the Hollywood group, narrowed it to 3 groups of 10 each and then had the viewers pick the top three. That made nine total (including the pity vote for Jim ). Then the judges took five cast-offs and came up with a concensus choice (R.J., "Love your initials,dog.").
The second season, there were four groups of 10, the viewers only got to pick the top 2, giving 8 finalists, then each judge and the viewers all got to pick 1 wild card, for a total of 12 finalists (this gave the judges a larger say in who would be a finalist and decreased the chance for an undeserving Jim-type selection).
In both seasons, the wildcard was from the semi-finalists, not from those not even taken to Hollywood.

And yes, I am embarrased that I remember all that. I assure you is due to a selectively good memory, not a great interest in the show (but nobody believes me, I'm sure)