Hollywood Week

All right, America. We all have had a good laugh at our fellow goofball countrymen in the last few weeks, but nowthe real competition begins!

I liked the changes to Hollywood week a lot. It now seems like much more of a solo effort, with the getting rid of the group performances and less of the baiting the contestants against each other to ‘create’ some of that great reality TV. The offstage stuff was actually boring compared to the onstage drama of who would part of the creme that would rise to the top…

I think the addition of the contestants playing instruments was a great new trap for many of them to fall into. Most thought it would make them look more talented, when actually it just exposed their overall mediocrity even more. For most it was a bigger sign that they weren’t great musicians.

Now for some individual comments:

Brooke, my little Mormon chick, you look like a walking candy cane or “Where’s Waldo!” You really need to get a couple of shirts that do not look like the Cat in the Hat’s hat! You are extremely talented, and are a lock for the Top 24. You have a very unique flavor in your voice. I just hope we don’t get sick of your saccharine sweetness too early. Even if you are innocent and kind and ultra-Mormon, can you please just try to pretend to be slightly less fragile than you are?



Oh, and one more thing… get a bit of a tan too, please. The white balance is killing the camera men!

David Hernandez, Mr. Super Falsetto with a beautiful Break… you are definitely a lock for the top 24. You think you are hot stuff though, and so you bug me. It’s nice to see someone who has the confidence to actually know how good he is, though. So it’s a balance, then.



Was it just me or were there way too many “thank you”, “thank you” going out from the stage? As if they had already won the top prize. Gimme a break. Just stand there and take the heat (or the compliments) for cryin’ out loud!

Miss Amanda the Rock n Roll Nurse Lady: OK… fashion police! You gotta fix that awful blond dye job on the bangs. Nasty. It almost looks like a front hair piece the way the hair is layering over itself. I love the color of your voice, but there’s something a bit too grating about it. Simon is right, you need some other colors to that voice to get anywheres in this competition. You’re in though.

Mr I Live In My Car Dude needs to get a comb or some hair product – his voice is almost there. It has some really cool moments, but I get the feeling he has no idea how to control it. And lose the fake British accent for crying out loud. His breakthrough moment was his first audition. He actually put some heart into it, choosing substance before style. If it weren’t for that performance, his Stand By Me (which I would rename, “Run Away From Me”) would have sunk him from this competition. He is young, has a story, and is a memorable character, so he’ll be in the Top 24. He doesn’t appear to be the musician he thinks he is, though, which will probably sink him early on in the competition.



Danny Noriega is proof that there are SO many others on this show who can sing, but who just don’t get the camera time. I think they’ll put him in the 24, but I just can’t pass judgment yet. He has good possibilities.

Carly Smithson needs to brush her tongue. Looks like she just finished a lollipop before coming on stage – but she did put something extra into it that song. Then, she just kept bringing it with each subsequent performance. Her Irish blood is carrying her through. She has beautiful moments. She will be in the top 24. She could be a real artist some day, not just a singer.

Mr. Oklahoman Politician… “y-eever eat deer jerky?” ohhh how hideous. He looks so much better without glasses – he should go with that look. And does the man own anything but oxford shirts?? Please! But, really, he shouldn’t make it into the top 24. He doesn’t have a great voice at all, and I think they keep putting him through out of pity, or just to have the right guy/girl balance.

Side note: There was a commercial for Barack Obama in the middle of AI, the first political ad to be run in my state. Awesome strategy Barack!

16 year old David boy is totally making it through on his excellent song choices! The question is, can he actually go the distance? It’s so funny when he says that he gets that “tingly feeling”… but don’t worry ladies… it’s only when he sings… πŸ™‚



Syesha — wow.. I’m really impressed. This is the girl that was sick for the first days, and after fighting the sickness, she really came and busted it out. She didnt’ even make the excuse of being sick when she tanked her audition. I think she could really go the distance. She has an awesome set of pipes. She might have to be MAH WOOOMAN this year, even though there’s not as much of her to love as I would hope.



Mr. Australian man, lots of passion, not a lot of skill. I thought his version of Bohemian Rhapsody was awful and pitchy, actually. I was really surprised that the judges were so positive about it.

Aisia had a really unique sound to her voice, but even now as I review this note, I can’t remember her… so I will say, she’s unmemorable.

Perhaps the saddest moment of the night was seeing poor Paula when she had to say no to somebody. Ohhhh Sad.

Overall, a great hollywood week! Now we’re onto the big time!

7 thoughts on “Hollywood Week”

  1. I was going to email you last night and say you have GOT to comment on Carly’s blue tongue. What is with that? Like the tats aren’t distracting enough. It make me sick to my stomach and all I can look at is her tongue. It grosses me out. Please get the fashion police in there early this year cause I too think that they can help many. Like yes, what about that nurser-rocker. I mean the blonde doesn’t bother me, it’s the fake, got this done at home job of the dark hair. It’s so Nikki McKibben and I think that it’s just too raw, too “i’m undiscovered” for me. Yeah and side note as well, Mormon-girl we are all jealous that you are tiny enough that you can wear large horizontal stripes, please don’t rub it in.

    Now you’d think that josiah homeless boy, is going to make top 24 by all the air time, however the spoilers/leaks that have been out for 2-3 weeks now don’t have him in there. AT first I was so surpised. But as I have been thinking about it today I think it’s cause the producers promised nothing but great, pure talent this year. And Josiah was going to start to look like the Sanjaya of 2008. Getting in for personality/story/drama/tears more than singing.

    I am so impressed with some of the men this year. Holy Hernandez. He is amazing. Not one note out of tune. Wow. And I almost want Archuleta out because he looks so doe-eyed and pure and young that you want to protect him from the wrath of closer scrutiny. HOwever, he’s a veteran of reality shows and I have to tell myself he’s not my little brother even if he looks like one. He is one also where i could actually listen and not cringe at the out of tune notes. He’s a great singer. Okay now I have lost my train of thought…

    angie

  2. Carly wasn’t the only one with a blue tongue. I think the must have passed out lollypops to all the contestants because there had to have been at least 5 people that I noticed… Maybe its something in the water.

  3. I am loving every minute of this. I have found my reason to live. Not A.I…. White Eyebrows posts about A.I.

    favorite comment: “She might have to be MAH WOOOMAN this year, even though there’s not as much of her to love as I would hope.”

    Power to the big girls!

  4. It looked like one of the backup singers was crying during David’s song – did anyone else notice that?

    Yay for WhiteEyebrows posts about A.I. – and yay for big girls!! πŸ˜‰

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