Tuesday, February 12, 2008

judges are feeling good

9:21 OK, final day of auditions. The contestants sing with the band and a new element -- backup singers. Cool.

9:23 Spotlight on David Archuleta, the guy with the paralyzed vocal chord. He's also one of this season's spoiler top 24. This should go well. He sings "Heaven," by Bryan Adams and it's pretty solid. He kind of sounds like Elliot Yamin. Am I right?

Randy calls it the best of Hollywood Week so far, and Paula and Simon are equally ecstatic. Three OK's.

9:26 Time for Kyle, the wannabe president. He sings "You Raise Me Up" and it's decent, surprisingly. Simon apologizes for his walkout the other day. Aww. Three-way yes.

9:27 Back to Jeffry Lampkin, who channels his inner Ruben Studdard but blows his rendition of "A Whole New World." Joey Catalano, meanwhile, also gets a no.

9:28 Now it's Syesha, the girl from "The One." But she's a spoiler 24 so I think she'll do well, despite her alleged cold. She sings "Chain of Fools," and I just noticed she has some killer legs. The judges love it, and Paula even calls it a performance of a lifetime. Three-way yes.

9:31 Michael Johns, the Australian guy, takes the stage. He used to be in a band in Atlanta, fyi. He sings "Bohemian Rhapsody," and suddenly reminds me of Constantine. He's pretty good. Simon calls it the best audition of the day. Another three-way yes.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow i loved michael. he was so good! i would buy his cd definitely going to vote for him.

Amanda said...

I agreed that the Bohemian Rhapsody was great. Dreamy. I think he's the hottest that's been on the show for a while. And I love his voice. So unique.

Anonymous said...

That big guy could never sing as well as Reuben Studdard. You're just making that comparison because of his girth. And yeah, I think he only made it that far because he's entertaining to watch.