Donnell Bolton

Contestant #

Donnell sang in an extremely high-pitched voice and confused the judges. It was even higher than a Mickey Mouse impersonation.

In fact, it was so high, the lyrics were indecipherable–but there's a reason for that. The song was not understandable because it was Jigglypuff's Lullaby. Jigglypuff, of course, is one of the most famous Pokémon characters. The lullaby contains only the word "Jigglypuff" and is fabled to put enemies to sleep.

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Michelle Lapoint

Contestant #52900

Michelle sang Lean on Me but forgot the words two lines into the song. She froze at that point and, on cue, her contestant number sign fell off onto the floor, as if embarrassed by the whole thing.

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Arthur Mayfield

Contestant #53119

Arthur performed some sort of weird, indescribable dancing. The worst part is that the awful dancing seemed choreographed, which would infer that it was thought out in advance and passed as acceptable.

Arthur's bright red scarf and matching shoes didn't help much, either.

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Chanequa Jackson

Contestant #54231

Chanequa sang Fire and Desire, which includes the lyrics "It was pain before pleasure."

Simon interrupted to say, "Let's take out the pleasure."

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Anisa Olaniyi-Oke

Contestant #59320

Anisa sang so poorly that Simon told her "even the out-of-tune notes were out-of-tune."

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Cierra Johnson

Contestant #52731

Cierra appeared to have what the judges normally look for physically in an American Idol. She looked the part and talked the part.

Looks can be deceiving. Simon even admitted that he expected her to sing really well, until she killed Silent Night. Randy told her, "You've got twelve keys going on."

After Cierra asked if she could try a different song, Simon told her to sing Silent Night without the "Night." He also commented that it sounded more like the soundtrack for The Nightmare Before Christmas.

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Allison Schoening

Contestant #53697

Allison's singing was so poor that Simon likened her to a cat with its tail slammed in a door. Allison said that she knew she had sung poorly, and wanted to give them a second chance to hear her, so Simon agreed to have her come back in after thirty minutes.

As Allison was leaving, Simon told her to imagine Randy in his swimming trunks when she came back in. Allison replied, "I was already imagining you [Simon], but that's probably why I sucked so bad." Paula gave out a cheer, and Randy gave her a high five for that comment.

Allison returned after a while and sang just about as bad as before. Allison admitted that she knew she still didn't perform that well, but she argued with the judges about whether she sang better than the first time or not.

Allison was also featured during Ronnie "R.J." Norman's audition segment as well.

Allison "almost died" on her plane trip to Austin because the seal on one of the plane doors failed. Allison said (and I quote): "I recommend going through that at least once in your life." Yeah, I'll be sure to schedule a faulty plane ride in the near future. Thanks for reminding me.

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