Umm, few poitns about these people. 1. Jermaine sings/sang/is singing with Alicia Keys and was apparently nominated for a Grammy according to Wikipedia. 2. He's From Alabama.
Ben. 1. He is very radio-esque 2. Not bad looking either.
Get used to these faces. I have a feeling we'll see them.
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Well, it's American Idol, anything can happen. Remember last year when Paula Abdul was favoring Patrick, and he made it how far? (I don't recall) This should be an interesting year, I think. By what you posted, it looks like there will be some serious talent with experience.
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Rumor is, there are NO group auditions this year during Hollywood week. The kids are singing a cappella today.
This week, Season 7 contestants who have made it past auditions with Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson are at the Orpheum theater in Hollywood auditioning for the final spots in next year’s competition. By the end of this week, the field of competitors should be narrowed down to the Top 40 or so.
The first cuts for Hollywood just took place two hours ago.
Remember Matt Sato? The kid with the Mommy issues? He’s rumored to have made it to Hollywood again this year.
From MJ's recap last season: Matt Sato’ with perhaps the specter of his mother looming too menacingly over his shoulder, completely loses it performing “Be My Baby”. He forgets the words and sings out of tune. The judges cut him. He calls his mom and says “Hello, I didn’t make it through today, I forgot my words” and she says, “You forgot WHAT?” The mom is not edited very nicely. That’s going to be one uncomfortable conversation around the dinner table tonight.
Brian Miller - He’s a serial auditioner. He went to high school with John Stevens from Season 3 Age: 20 Residency: Anaheim, California Audition City: San Diego, California Audition Song: “Against All Odds” by Phil Collins MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/briandavidmiller
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Simon recently said in an article that the one girl he is very excited about is the Girl that auditioned in Season 5 and he dubbed the Season 5 winner. However, she couldn't get her Citizenship status squared away in time for the Hollywood rounds. She is back again.
She is an Irish girl and sang a Chaka Khan song. Here's a picture of her with he Golden Ticket in Season 5:
There seems to be a lot of different things happening this year. No one is 100% on the No Group thing.
160 auditioners total yesterday - 80 auditioned on Mon - 24 were given a "fast pass" to Thurs. Same thing on Tues - 80 auditioned - 24 got a "fast pass" those not getting the "fast pass" sang acapella today. They cut MANY yesterday- Many more girls than boys got cut. Seems like they were really favoring boys.
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this wasn't even Hollywood Week ... yet. They're somewhere in Pasadena....Hollywood week is Thurs and Friday.
This is probably why there will be no group performances. Unless those left after today's cuts were told that they had to do groups tomorrow and then "rooms" on Friday.
Then Simon makes it back to the UK for the X Factor on Sat.
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There was NO SIGN of The Brittnum Twins on Tues or Wed. So unless they were 2 of the 24 of Monday that got the "Fast Pass"...then them boys be a fibbin about Hollywood to create a buzz about them.
John Mayer // Elton John // Idols 08 // Daughtry // Jonas Brothers // Rascal Flatts
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Favorite quote from 2007: Some people are like a Slinky ... not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
Rico Barrino, (Fantasia’s brother) Jason Castro have made it through the first two rounds so far in Hollywood.
Jermaine Paul has made it to the final round in Hollywood.
Matt Sato and Rachael Wicker are gone.
No sign of the Brittnum twins - Chances are the rumor that they made it to Hollywood is false. In fact, someone said that they were 28 in January last year, which would make them too old for Idol.
Ashley Robinette from Arizona was the wass sick in Hollywood, and was cut on Wed. I will add her to the list with a notation that she was cut in Hollywood for the sake or clarity.
The No Groups thing this year is now confirmed.
Chase Foster was cut in Round 2 of Hollywood week - though I am told he was GREAT.
They will get down to the 44 today. Those kids go home and come back in like a month or so to find out the results.
Simon said that there are three fantastic girls, and two of them are the standouts.
Gidget, I copied/pasted the links from a site which means I didn't copy the full links to some. I dont have time to fix them today as I actually have things to do for once. But I'll try to work on it more this weekend.
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….Fantasia’s older brother, Ricco Barrino, who auditioned in Dallas with the gospel standard “A Change Is Gonna Come.” No doubt, talent runs through the Barrino blood (K-Ci and JoJo of Jodeci fame are cousins of Fantasia’s), but sadly for Ricco, his time in the spotlight was brief. The 27-year-old High Point, NC, native was cut after his first call-back.
Irish Girl She auditioned a few years back, was who Simon compared to Kelly Clarkson. Has Tatoos and may have sung Light My Fire She was one of the older contestants
You mean they could not figure out who was crazy after following their every move over the last week? LoL
