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Contestant #92353
Adeola is a 19-year-old who says she is compared to Mariah Carey or Mary J. Blige.
Adeola quit her job as a bank teller because she was so confident in her singing abilities. (Regardless of one's singing abilities, it may be worth noting how much time elapses between the auditions and the Hollywood show, and how much time beyond that there is before anyone actually sees any money.)
Adeola sang Jennifer Hudson's And I Am Telling You in a warbly, unconfident voice. Simon suggested that she retract the resignation letter because the audition was "shockingly bad." Adeola tried singing again, and Simon even said he would call her boss to get her job back.
Ryan got Ade's boss David on the phone and asked if he would talk with Simon. The boss agreed, and Simon sat down with Adeola and talked with David. They both agreed that Adeola was a great person, and David agreed to give Adeola her job back.
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Contestant #43847
Chris brought with him a shirt with Simon Cowell's face on it, but that was completely overshadowed by the fact that he also brough a six foot tall pink bunny with him, too. Chris brought his friend Greg the Rabbit (a.k.a. "Grabbit") — not to be confused with "Greg the Bunny". Greg came along to support Chris' attempt to get on American Idol.
Chris entered the audition room also holding another picture of Simon on a stick, which he referred to as "Handsome Simon". At that moment, Greg the Rabbit entered and got the judges' attention. Simon told Greg to go stand behind Chris during the audition. As Chris started singing Del Amitri's Roll To Me, Greg got into the music and started bobbing his head, sending his large bunny ears back and forth over his head. It was so distracting that Simon had to stop Chris and have him start again without Greg bouncing behind him.
Chris only got a few notes into Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's Ain't No Mountain High Enough before Simon said it wasn't going to work.
Greg actually got an informal "Yes" from Randy, and Chris was rejected wholesale. Neither made it through to Hollywood.
Greg gave Simon a big bear (bunny?) hug before leaving.
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Contestant #?
Rich sang Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's Ain't No Mountain High Enough. He didn't sing well, and his style was . . . just plain weird. He had long, wavy hair with red streaks, sunglasses with bright red lenses up on his head, eye makeup, a hemp necklace with large beads, and a completely mismatched undershirt-shirt-jacket set.
Simon summed it up well when he said, "You're never ever in a million billion years gonna win a show like this."
Rich asked to sing another song and awkwardly licked his lips. Randy just replied by saying "Next!"
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Contestant #40030
Tara was described as "Salt Lake City's only goth." Tara insisted that she just liked to dress that way and that she wasn't trying to make a point or be goth.
Ryan mentioned that Tara had ESP, and she explained, "I know when certain people are going to die, whether they're family or on TV." The judges asked her to read their minds, but she explained that she didn't "have it that strong."
Tara belted out and off-key version of the Moulin Rouge song One Day I'll Fly Away while Randy hit his hand against his forehead. When she got to the "one day I'll fly away" lyric, Simon muttered "Yeah, hopefully soon".
Simon said that she sounded like a baby and that it just didn't work, so Tara excused herself and walked out — and kept walking, right past Ryan.
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Contestant #89078
George is studying physics. Ryan told him that many people fear physics and math, but George clarified that "it's all just very basic stuff. You've gotta look at it at the core, not from the outside."
Simon started out by asking him where he saw himself in 11 years' time, in his wildest dreams. George baffled Simon by replying that he'd "probably have a simple house with nice floors — I want marble."
George sang Katrina and the Waves' Walking on Sunshine with a very small, quiet, shaky voice. Simon asked if he had sang in public before and George said that he sang with his friends. Simon asked him what his friends did, and George started explaining that they liked to rock climb, play guitar, sing.
After George left, the judges just exchanged confused looks. Outside, George calmly said to Ryan, "Oh, look, no ticket."
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Contestant #81834
Naomi started out by telling Randy that her friend Samantha was a huge Randy fan. In faux-slow-motion, Randy and Samantha "ran" across the room to each other and embraced.
Simon suggested that Samantha sit on Randy's lap for the audition, so she did. Paula then went over and sat on Simon's lap, so the judges called Ryan in to come sit on Kara's lap. When Ryan sat on Kara's lap, she bounced him up and down and said "good boy" as if her were a baby.
After all this craziness, Naomi finally started singing Minnie Riperton's Loving You. Two notes in, it was obvious that Naomi had no true singing talent, and Paula banged her head down onto the table.
Everyone had a good laugh after the song, and Naomi said that everyone told her she was great. Simon clarified that the audition wasn't a joke, and Naomi started to cry. Randy, Paula, and Kara got up and gave Naomi a good group hug. Post-audition, Naomi was confused because she hit her high note really well.
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Contestant #81872
Ryan kept commenting on how confident Kaneswa was for a 16-year-old. According to her mother, Kaneswa has been singing in Jacksonville ever since she was 5, and this contributes to her confidence.
In the audition room, Kaneswa confidently butchered Anita Baker's Caught up in the Rapture of Love. Simon said that the song was got progressively worse as she sang it, but Kaneswa disagreed. She said that her mother said she was a great singer, so they brought her mom in. Her mother Paula said she has sang all around Jacksonville, and Simon asked if she was moving the whole time.
On their way out, Kaneswa's mother still firmly let Simon know that he was wrong in his assessment of her daughter's singing. Needless to say, Simon's rejection didn't dampen Kaneswa or her mother's confidence.
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Contestant #86819
Joshua sang Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On. He started out by singing the guitar, then by singing the song well, with a tiny bit of sound effects sprinkled throughout.
Simon admitted that Joshua sang well, but that he seemed like Inspector Gadget with all the little corny extras he through into his act. Randy said that "at least, it was entertaining."
After getting passed through to Hollywood unanimously, Joshua jumped up in the air, screamed a weird screamed, and ran out — walking into a tree as he looked back to thank the judges.
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Contestant #13776
Rebecca appeared for a brief interview on the local Fox affiliate's news piece surrounding American Idol. Paula even recognized her from the news as she entered the room.
Rebecca sang Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats. Speaking of cheating, she had a cheat sheet around her left arm because she was afraid of forgetting the lyrics. Rebecca started off singing confidently but with almost no singing ability. A few lines in, Rebecca paused and had to look at her arm for the rest of the lyrics.
Kara cut Rebecca off and the discussion went like this:
Kara: "Wait a minute. She was voted Most Humorous in high school."
[uncomfortable silence from Rebecca and the other judges]
Kara [smiling nervously]: "That, that wasn't . . . ?"
Simon: "Are you saying this was a joke?"
Kara: "I, yeah, wasn't it?"
Simon: "Was it?"
Rebecca [quietly]: "No."
Kara: "Oh, boy. It did say 'Voted . . . most . . . '" [trails off]
Long story short, Rebecca left the audition room in tears and Kara asked Paula to hit her for being mean.
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Contestant #14281
Aaron immediately separated himself from the rest of the crowd with his high-energy "Whoo!" that echoed through the building. A seemingly endless ball of energy, Aaron was bouncing around and continually screaming, "Whoo!"
Aaron declared that he was going to sing Creedence Clearwater Revival's Have You Ever Seen the Rain? but three of the judges jumped at least an inch and Paula literally spun around in her seat as Aaron screamed the lyrics at the top of his lungs. Randy described it as "the primal scream audition" and Simon said that it was like the fire alarm going off. The raucous singing was so loud, Ryan heard it from outside and headed in to see what was going on.
After being served his rejection from all four judges, Aaron turned into a much more somber, calm mood and there were no more "Whoo"s heard that day.
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Contestant #16059
Ross Bradley Plavsic considers himself an academic. One of his geekier endeavors is organizing Chinese characters based on visual similarity so that they are easier to learn. I suppose this might be similar to rearranging the alphabet so the letters "b" and "d" are next to each other and so that "p", "q", and "g" are next to each other, but I fail to see how that helps.
Ross chose to sing Jay and the Americans' Cara Mia in a range too low for himself.
Ross blamed his poor performance on the dry air and having a scratchy throat, so Paula asked him if he'd like some water. Ross accepted the offer. To Paula's dismay, Ross grabbed her water cup and started sipping through her straw.
Ross started singing Love Me Tender, but Simon quickly pointed out that the water hadn't helped. As soon as Ross left the room, Paula demanded a new drink and a new cup.
Post-audition, Ross sang one parting song, with slightly altered lyrics: James Ingram's Just Once:
I did my best
But i guess my best wasn't good enough
'Cause here I am
back where I started
So apparently being on the dean's list three times just isn't enough to get you through on American Idol.
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