Season 6
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Contestant #78045
Nick came out for the American Idol auditions because his friends had heard a couple instrumental demos he had recorded.
Nick came into the audition with nervously wide eyes. After butchering Unchained Melody, Simon's favorite song, Simon asked, "What the bloody hell was that?"
During the post-audition interview with Ryan, Nick created several awkward pauses and disturbingly long blinks. He finished his brief interview with "That's pretty much all I have to say about that. [pregnant, 10 second pause] Where'd my stuff go?"
Nick thought that he might watch the tape to get an idea of what he could do to improve, but then he considered the fact that he just might scare himself.
Update: Nick has posted a direct link to one of his demos, presumably titled "Sleep Now."
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Contestant #77??7
David Mills was half William Hung, half Napoleon Dynamite.
After singing Lean on Me, Simon let him off easy by saying, "This has been one of the worst days we've ever had, and you are probably the worst we've had today."
David said that his American Idol rejection was a big wake-up call for him.
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Contestant #80231
Mischa's image is not the American Idol standard. It's more like the frizzy blonde hair, dark frames, bright red lipstick, "The reason I am sexy is it's more an attitude in my opinion. It's not just your look that makes you sexy. It's confidence, it's an attitude — it's just something that you just project to people."
Ryan also talks with Mischa's mother. Mischa is a carbon copy of her mother, except her mom has longer, darker hair.
With a sexy blonde bombshell like this, the choice of song — The Pussycat Dolls' Don't Cha — seemed obvious.
Mischa and her mother took the rejection quite gracefully, most likely because they are huge fans of Simon, who inspired them to write a novella about a singing contest.
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Contestant #81347
Amy's husband was not supportive of her auditioning because he said that she was wasting her time. Amy thought that he probably just didn't want her running off to Hollywood and leaving him alone. Amy told her heartwarming story about her six year old son's faith in her and her singing ability.
Once Amy started singing, however, we quickly sided with her husband. Amy sang Christina Aguilera's Reflection well below American Idol quality. Amy blamed her singing on a cold she had, but even a drink of water did not help the fact that she was tone deaf.
Despite Amy's inherent inability to sing, she stuck by her excuse, explaining that even Beyonce would sound awful if she were sick.
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Contestant #81526
Jennifer walked in chewing gum, and Paula reminded her that she couldn't sing with gum in her mouth. Not quite sure where to put her gum, she looked around a bit until Simon told her to stick it on Taylor's face.
Jennifer sang Tenderoni's Baby I for the judges. When they tried to stop her poor singing, she kept singing "Give me your love."
Simon quickly replied, "No, we're not gonna give you any love."
Jennifer retorted with, "Maybe I don't want it," a comment that received Paula's immediate approval. Simon then gave her his opinion of her singing, but Jennifer didn't want to hear any of it. Simon asked her why she was there if she didn't want to hear his opinion, and she just replied by asking Simon why he was there.
Simon said, matter of factly, "I'm here to judge you, sweetheart." While the judges continued to argue with Jennifer, she suddenly broke into Justin Timberlake's How Come You Don't Call Me, singing as loud as she was off-key. The judges had to yell to her to stop.
Simon asked her why she didn't get a job down in the port, so Jennifer told him to "get a report as a brain surgeon and do yourself a lobotomy."
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Contestant #77718
Last year, Deputy Brandon Groves showed up in Chicago for American Idol 5. Guess what? He's baa-aaack!
Brandon shed the deputy's uniform for an Uncle Sam outfit (or is it supposed to be Apollo Creed?).
Paula suggested that next year, Brandon might be dressed as an Indian chief to follow up the policeman and Uncle Sam costumes, keeping with the Village People theme.
Ryan asked Brandon if they had taken him seriously in that outfit, but Brandon blamed his rejection on "nerves, again."
I'll bet this isn't the last we've seen of Brandon Groves.
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Contestant #33052
Brenna claims to be the biggest American Idol fan, and she seems to think that this is grounds for winning American Idol.
Brenna's favorite Idol is Ace Young. She says she met him twice and that he drew a tattoo for her. She lifted her sleeve to show a heart on her arm.
Brenna sang Freddie Mercury and David Bowie's Under Pressure and started out by singing "Why" for 14 seconds.
After Brenna wondered why she hadn't been told ten years earlier that she couldn't sing, Simon said, "I'll tell you why, Brenda: Because I wasn't your teacher."
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Contestant #31233
Jason was described as a triple threat — juggling sticks, dancing, and singing. Why does Jason want to go to Hollywood, though? He explains: "I'm looking forward to going to Hollywood because I've never been there before and also I know all the famous people that I know have performed there and I want to be just like them."
In his audition, Jason sang Michael W. Smith's Somebody Love Me while juggling one stick, not even as impressive as the mediocre juggling we saw him doing out in the waiting room previously. Jason didn't make it through to Hollywood, but Randy, Jewel, and Paula suggested that Jason really should be auditioning for America's Got Talent.
Just when we thought that singing was his worst talent, he offered up a dance for the judges as well. Simon quickly dismissed it and noted, "That was terrible as well."
Jason burst out of the room with a profanity-ridden rant about the judges. Ryan tried to console him by explaining that maybe it's just not singing that he should be doing, but Jason insisted that juggling was his entertainment, but singing was his life.
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Contestant #29017
Stephen Horst is a vocal teacher. What advice does Stephen give his students before a big audition? "To relax and to focus at the same time — to commit to what you're about to do — to live in the moment. That's all I want to do is just to live in the moment, to face the task, to tell the story — tell the story. That's what I tell — to tell the story.
Stephen sang Aerosmith's I Don't Want to Miss a Thing, including a few notes of falsetto.
Randy was harsh toward Stephen because his singing was not great, despite the fact that he's a vocal coach. After Randy said "No," Stephen got defensive over his singing and asked Randy for his honest opinion. Randy said that he would not tell anyone to go to Stephen for vocal lessons and suggested that he give all his students their money back.
Simon egged Stephen on by asking him if he was going to take that from Randy. With Simon empowering him, Stephen got a boost of confidence in himself and aggressively asked Randy why he was being so harsh on him, forcing Randy to continue ragging on Stephen.
Simon pretended to take the high ground during this audition, acting "amazed at Randy's rudeness and audacity."
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Contestant #27336
Trista is a big fan of The Wizard of Oz. She even brought a poster of herself walking down the yellow brick road to Hollywood with the phrase "Randy & Paula & Simon — Oh my!"
Ryan got Trista to do her Cowardly Lion impression, which sounded more like Chewbacca than anything else. Naturally, Trista sang If I Were the King of the Forest, complete with the Cowardly Lion's growls.
Trista offered the poster to the judges, who quickly declined.
During the Kiss montage later in the episode, she somehow managed to slip the Cowardly Lion growl into a Prince song.
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Contestant #31003
Alex made a warbling sound as he guided an imaginary spacecraft down to the judges' table. After a brief mechanical drilling sound, the spacecraft split open like an egg and Alex's other hand popped out. The new hatchling said "Hi" to the judges, giggled, and started to sing.
Simon quickly cut him off and thanked him.
Thanks for the entertainment, Alex, but we never even found out your last name.
Update: More of Alex's footage is shown again in episode 7 (the San Antonio auditions) during a segment devoted to contestants trying to go through the closed door. Alex says "Thank you very much" and tries to push both doors open together. After failing at that, he focuses on the locked door while the judges tell him to use the other door. Alex then leans on the open door and opens it up.
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