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Contestant #66521
Shannon McGough (pronounced "McGoff") works in her parents' meat shop, Dan's Meat Market. She is also gifted with the ability to belch very loudly on demand.
Shannon's mother pointed out various pictures in their store, including awards and pictures of her winning female vocalist of the year in the 7-12 age group, Okeechobee Idol, and South Florida Idol.
Shannon was dressed like a 1980s pop star, almost along the lines of Cyndi Lauper.
Shannon sang Janis Joplin's Cry Baby, but despite her awards, she sang with absolutely no melody whatsoever. Simon was not impressed, and all three judges were confused. Despite Simon urging her not to sing more, Shannon slipped into Aretha Franklin's Chain of Fools.
Shannon insisted that no one had ever told her that she couldn't sing, but now she has.
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Contestant #30331
Johnny came into the audition wearing a sparkling gold jacket.
Johnny sang Otis Day and the Knights' Shout, complete with dance moves involving kicking his heels up and tapping quickly back and forth from one heel to the other and waving his arms.
Simon told Johnny that his audition was everything he hated, including his jacket, singing and dancing. Johnny told the judges that he wasn't sure what they were looking for exactly, but that's how he performs.
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Contestant #35845
Sarah Whitaker is a former wrestler. In the ring, she was better known as Lady Morgue. Sarah wore eyeliner that thickly lined her eyes, jutted upward along the edge of her nose, and then traced her eyebrows.
Sarah admitted that one of her greatest trademarks in the ring was her laugh: A shrill scream followed by the laugh from the opening of The Surfaris' Wipe Out.
Pre-audition, Sarah gave Ryan a "light tap," which sent him backward a step in shock.
Sarah sang Tiny Tim's Living in the Sunlight, Loving in the Moonlight. Simon described the "strange" audition as the soundtrack for Omaha. Nonetheless, Paula gave Sarah a "yes" vote, but Randy and Simon turned her down.
After the audition, Ryan came in to find out what was wrong with Sarah, and the judges forced Ryan to sit in and judge the next contestant (Samantha Sidley, contestant #37491) since he was interfering. Paula did the interview while Ryan was busy judging.
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Contestant #37214
Chris is an effervescent American Idol fan. He loves the show so much and was so excited about auditioning that he choked up when he was telling Simon and Randy about his enthusiasm.
In his pre-audition interview, Chris said, "Today I'm so happy I feel like I could explode and happiness is gonna go flying everywhere." He continued by noting that his audition day was "the biggest, life alternating change in my life."
Chris brought gifts for the judges — a large stuffed animal dog for Randy, an England sweatshirt for Simon, and a small stuffed animal cat for Paula. Since Paula's flight was delayed and she wasn't there, Simon quickly tossed Paula's gift on the floor and asked Chris if he couldn't have just brought them money instead.
Chris showed Simon a photo album of him and Kelly Clarkston, so it was only fitting that he chose to sing Kelly's Since You've Gone. During his butchered rendition, Chris also did an awkward turn followed by an unsteady handstand.
Simon let Chris down easy but firmly told him that his singing wasn't good enough. Chris asked if he could audition to be one of American Idol's red carpet announcers. For this portion of the audition, he anemically announced, "Welcome America to the season finale of American Idol. You have been with us from the first note and now America you decide with your final vote."
Simon asked him what the local Fox affiliate was. Chris told him that it was Fox 42 (KPTM). Simon told Chris to tell Fox 42 to let him report at American Idol for that affiliate, and if they gave him trouble to have them call the American Idol producers up.
So, it looks like we haven't seen the last of Chris Bernheisel — or at least, Omaha television hasn't seen the last of him.
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Contestant #54204 & #54203
Michelle Lampkin wore a fairly normal outfit, but Jeffery's outfit had plenty of meaning behind it: Jeffery wore a black and pink striped tie around his head as a tribute to Paula; sportswear and loafers for Randy; and dog tags in honor of Simon's "military presence."
Before their audition, Michelle and Jeffery sang "bom-chicka-wah-wah," followed by other raucous ad libbing. They were loud and obnoxious, yet in a fun way.
Michelle and Jeffery sang R. Kelly and Celine Dion's I'm Your Angel. They gave a decent performance. The judges were more impressed with Jeffery's voice. Randy said yes to Jeffery, but no to Michelle. Paula and Simon gave them both approval, so Michelle and Jeffery are both headed to Hollywood.
Upon getting passed through, Jeffery did a little stomping tap dance on the stage. Jeffery ran out of the audition room screaming and jumping up and down.
In this rare set of circumstances, two performers sang together and were passed through to Hollywood without having to sing separately.
Read about Jeffery's Hollywood audition.
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Contestant #54205 & #54206
Randy and Crystal met in the AmericanIdol.com message boards, where Randy gives advice and information to people about the auditioning process.
Randy started poorly singing Andy Griggs' She's More and Crystal joined in.
The judges told the couple that their singing wasn't even close, but that they were happy they had met each other.
Crystal asked if she should continue to sing at family functions, and Simon admitted that, if he were in her family, he would have asked her to stop.
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Contestant #52588
DeAnna is from Kelly Pickler's hometown of Albemarle, North Carolina.
DeAnna is a waitress, and she told Simon that her least favorite crowd was the "all you can eat" Sunday crowd that keeps ordering plate after plate of food, making the waitresses run back and forth to deliver the food.
DeAnna sang Reba Mcentire's Fancy. Throughout the song, she sang very loudly and with an almost angry expression on her face.
Simon told her to stop and called her "Deana" (dee-nah) and DeAnna immediately corrected him: "De-Anna. That's why I spell my name with a capital A, just to eliminate the whole Deana. It's De-Anna."
Simon mentioned that the performance was a bit angry, and DeAnna said that the song was supposed to be angry. Simon suggested that perhaps it was the "annoying" restaurant-goers who annoyed her.
Before her audition, DeAnna said, "If I don't sound any better than Kelly Pickler, I really don't want to be here." Be careful what you wish for . . .
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