American Idol 2/12 (liveblogged!)
Feb 12, 2008 That's Hot
Hollywood here we come!
- Two hour show tonight? Oh dear. I’m going to need more food.
- 164 seems like a small number, but it’ll get even smaller soon.
- New twists, eh? Interesting new elimination system.
- Brooke White sounded great in her first round, how will she do tonight?
- Instruments? Nice touch.
- Damn, she sounds awesome. I don’t know the song, don’t know if there are any pitch issues. She’s through, though.
- Lorena Pinot sounds like mediocre karaoke tonight. Not so hot.
- Amy Flynn hit a weird note there…
- Leo Marlowe forgot his lyrics, methinks.
- Alisha Dixon sounds way out of key.
- Michael Sanfilippo sounded okay until the guitar kicked in.
- Alyssa Coco is from nearby Penfield, a Rochester suburb. This performance didn’t sound so good.
- Shaun Barrowes was out of key, too, though the piano was okay.
- Jake Mellema took off with the drum kit. Sounded okay to me, not real spectacular. Did well with the multitasking, though.
- I don’t remember David Hernandez’s audition, but he does great first day in Hollywood. Paula is obviously impressed, as is Randy. Three yeses.
- Amanda Overmyer, the rock-and-roll nurse, has been through a rather wild ride recently, and will be performing, though she won’t pass through an airport metal detector at the moment with staples in her head…
- She sounds pretty good on stage; I’d be interested to see what she’d do with different styles of music.
- Uh oh… lyrical failure. Bad. Kills otherwise good performances dead, as seen at this point in the episode.
- “o/` kill me nowwww! o/`“
- I’d rather not hear about Ghaleb Emachah “tuning his instrument.”
- I’m not feeling his singing tonight, either. Sounds flat.
- Oh dear, here goes the party crew that made it through this round.
- Josiah Leming pulls off a rare feat — not sounding completely and hideously off-key in a falsetto.
- Danny Noriega is the last one we saw last week, and he hits out of the park again.
- Ramiele Malubay, Carly Smithson, Michael Johns… all great.
- The cuts are coming…
- Kung Fu Panda?
- David Cook sounds good, but unremarkable at first. The audition improves as it goes.
- A string of auditions doing Byran Adams… Robbie Carrico, Jessica Brown, Perrie Cataldo, Syesha Mercado, and Colton Berry all try “I Do It For You,” with mixed success.
- Kyle Ensley looks like a nerd, but he’s got a voice. Clay Aiken, take two?
- The cuts begin… after the break.
- “It’s gonna be a bloodbath…” I hope not literally… *gulp*
- Brutal is right. Literally no safety net, and a weak start will kill ya.
- Suzanne Toon doesn’t do much for me, but the judges may think otherwise.
- Perrie’s back, apparently with an explanation, and sounds a lot better this time.
- It wasn’t enough, though. Both are done.
- Let’s hope Amy does a little better this time through. Jumping out on a limb with a brand new song… and leaping off, I fear. She’ll be back, I hope, though. She’s got talent, just needs more experience.
- Reusing a song we only just a few weeks ago heard can’t be a good sign…
- Jeffrey Lampkin sounds pretty good to me. His sister was already cut in the morning.
- Man… Angela Martin lost her dad just weeks before auditioning in Hollywood. Sounds good in her last-chance run.
- Not enough from Angela, apparently, but Jeffrey’s through.
- Rochester’s Alyssa Coco gets called out and cut from the last group as well. I hope she comes back next year too.
- David Archuleta sounds great, both on day one and with the band. Randy looks like he’s gonna cry.
- Kyle’s back again, and sounds pretty good to me.
- Jeffrey falls apart, missing some lyrics.
- Joey Catalano sounds just kinda okay, but not bad for having had a migrane. Not enough to stay, though.
- Syesha’s back, saving her voice… apparently to good effect. I’m likin’ it.
- Bohemian Rhapsody from Michael? This could go well, or not… his voice suits the early part, the question though, is how far into the song do they go?
- They cut him off before faster part of the song, and let him through.
- Uh, those locals I’d just as soon not see.
- O noes! Carly’s allergic to the dog!
- Ooo, I like this song from her, though. Way better than her first Season 7 audition. Three yeses.
- Asia’h Epperson sounds great again, as does Brooke Helvie, at first… but messes up at the end.
- That rarely happens… Simon gave Brooke a yes, but Randy and Paula shot her down. It’s usually the opposite.
- Josiah isn’t doing well, it looks like. The stress and pressure are starting to crack him. He’s going to bed with little or no rehearsal and doesn’t sleep long either.
- Ballsy. He’s calling off the band, as he hasn’t been able to rehearse with them.
- I’m not that impressed. I don’t think he’s going on.
- WOW. Making it through on the strength of previous performances. Did NOT see that coming. I could have sworn he was done. I only have six words… “you lucky son of a bitch.”
- We’re down to 50, and 26 are about to go home.
- Bicker bicker bicker…
- Oh, you’re cutting it off now???
Okay, I thought I had the scheduled pegged for a final 24 tonight, and a best-and-worst-of show tomorrow. Tune in tomorrow for the final 24.
