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Paul Marturano sang a love song dedicated to Paula that was all about stalking her. Paul's hilarious song "Stalker" included several humorous lines, and Paula was simultaneously amused and creeped out. Eventually, Simon lost patience, and security showed Paul the exit doors.
Paul took the time to sit with us for an interview and discussed various aspects of his interview process. Paul discussed his other musical endeavors and also what happened to him after security escorted him out of the audition room.
Novac from Idle Idols: For the record: What is your name? What is your quest? What is your favourite colour?
Paul Marturano: AH My name is Sir Paula Abdul's Stalker Marturano My quest is to perform my music and comedy for the world while saving homeless animals from shleters before they can be euthanized and my favorite color is Green …..no wait Blue
Novac: Are you a fan of American Idol? How did you decide to audition?
Paul: I am a fan of the show. I have always wanted to be on the show but have never auditioned because by the time I got up the nerve I was past the age limit. So I decided that I would just go have some fun and see what happened.
Novac: Did they give you a hard time because you were overage, or did they pass you through because they knew you'd make for such a fun audition?
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Milo Turk was the American Idol contestant who proudly and emphatically sang his song No Sex Allowed for the judges. Milo completely stunned Ryan with his views and further confused Randy during his audition. Despite being overage, Randy and Paula did end up having fun and singing along with the catchy chorus.
I had the opportunity to chat with Milo for a while about his audition. Milo even shares the two additional verses you didn't hear on the show!
Novac from Idle Idols: For the record: What is your name? What is your quest? What is your favourite colour?
Milo Turk: My name is Milo Turk. My quest is to get everyone not to take sex for granted, and to consider it sacred. My favorite color is green, like the environment.
Novac: You sang No Sex Allowed for the judges. Is there a way for us to hear the second and third verses of the song that you mentioned during your audition?
Milo: I could type the lyrics to the second and third verses, if you like.
Novac: Sure. I think the readers would like to read them.
Milo: Good. Here's the second verse:
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The Writers' Guild of America strike is slowly starting to take its toll on the entertainment industry as each company begins running out of fresh scripts. Networks are looking for ways to retain a sturdy audience without additional scripts coming in from their shows' writers, whether it be by reruns, the regular assortment of mid-season replacements, reality shows, resurrected shows, and even cable network shows. The presence of reality shows strengthens more and more as the strike continues because reality shows are produced relatively cheaply and, most importantly, without scripts.
One might think that American Idol would benefit from the strike because a show like AI is theoretically expandable into many more episodes. (more…)
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Contestant #20547
Renaldo had an undeniably unique outfit for his American Idol audition: A white hat covered with white feathers, a sign on the front saying "SIMON", and with wings on the bac; a quilted vest; large, white feather pompoms on the back shoulders; and a shiny silver cape.
As Renaldo walked into the audition room, Paula asked him why Simon's name was on his hat. He answered, "Two reasons: Everyone, everywhere, as long as there is free media, television, radio, speaks the name of Simon. Even a newborn baby. Secondly–" and then Randy and Paula cut him off. The first reason was already too much for them to take.
Renaldo sang his own composition, We're Brothers Forever, which is a ballad consisting of the following lyrics, sung boldly and proudly:
I am your brother,
your best friend forever.
Singing the songs;
The music that you like.
Brothers 'til the end of time.
Together or not,
you're always in my heart.
Your hurt, your feelings
and you will worry no more.
Renaldo finished singing the song and Randy urged him to continue. Apparently that is the full song, because Renaldo sang that chorus again. In fact, he continued singing it over and over again, and Randy and Paula were trying to convince Simon that the song was really a ballad to him.
After a few rounds, Paula screamed and got up, and Randy joined Renaldo on stage to rock to the left and to the right as they sang the song. Randy then brought Ryan in to sing along, and Paula joined them on stage as well as they serenaded Simon.
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Contestant #16732
In this episode, we saw a parade of transvestites, but none was more noticeable than contestant number 16732. Unfortunately, the show never displays Contestant #16732's name, so I simply referred to him as "Unconvincing Transvestite," but his name is actually Nick Pozderac.
Nick was an (hopefully intentionally) unconvincing transvestite. He had visible stubble, an large, awful wig, a large white beaded necklace, and a shapeless dress.
Nick sang Tyler Bonnie's Total Eclipse of the Heart with little success.
Simon asked him, "What have you got in your trousers?"
Post-audition, Nick pleaded with the men of America, "Guys, give it a try 'cause pants can be restricting, if you know what I mean. And there's breezes here that I've never felt before."
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Contestant #17945
Tammy isn't the most outgoing, energetic person auditioning for American Idol. In fact, she seems to have a very low key personality.
Tammy told the judges that she would be singing Celine Dion's The Power of Love. Instead, Tammy started singing If You Asked Me To in a high, timid voice. Tammy asked to start over after a rough start.
Simon clarified which song Tammy was singing, and they asked her if which song she wanted to sing.
Randy told her that she was a nice, sweet girl, but that her audition was horrible.
Despite her failure to make it through to Hollywood, Tammy kept the same unemotional demeanor. Nonetheless, Ryan consoled her and told her to calm down.
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Contestant #20929
"Hi, my name's Kyle Ensley, and elect me to be your next American Idol."
Kyle is a PolySci and International Business major with aspirations to be the next governor of Oklahoma. Of course, the best springboard to governor is to be American Idol first.
Kyle sang Queen's Somebody to Love in earnest. Simon admitted that Kyle wasn't as bad as he thought he would be and gave him the thumbs up. Before they passed him through, however, Simon made Kyle promise that he wouldn't be like Clay Aiken, doing weird things with his hair, wear red leather jackets, or sing Grease Is the Word.
Forget about Hillary, Rudy, Barack, Mike, and the Johns. I'm voting for Kyle!
Read about Kyle's Hollywood audition.
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