Isadora is a psychic. Pre-audition, she did a poor job of reading Ryan's palm, and if she truly was clairvoyant, she wouldn't have wasted her time in the audition room.

Isadora told Ryan that her first name started with a "J," but she wouldn't tell him what it was. Ryan guessed female J names until Isadora's answer changed from "No"s to "I'm taking the 5th" when he guessed "Julie." Up until the audition, Ryan continued to call her Julie, forcing her to correct him each and every time.

Isadora sang the American Idol classic Lady Marmalade, and it was horrid. Her tambourine probably didn't help her performance much.

Simon asked her what happens when she sings in public, Isadore answered that "sometimes when I sing other places, I could get arrested."

When the judges started talking to her about Chris Daughtry, Simon cut them off with, "I don't think rational advice is necessary at this point."

In Isadora's post-audition interview, we get a pretty solid look at Isadora's personality:

Ryan: How would you sum up day two in New York?
Isadora: Day two or three?
Ryan: For us, it was two.
Isadora: Oh, OK.
Ryan: How many for you?
Isadora: Three?
Ryan: I think that pretty much sums it up.

One of the episode's best contestants appeared during the All Night Long montage. Number 4156 wore a red track suit and sang, "All night long . . . Umm . . . Oh, what a feeling, when we're dancing on the ceiling — wait, is that the wrong Lionel Ritchie song?"

When we first saw Rachel outside the audition she had rainbow-tinted sunglasses, multi-colored hair band, and pink-and-green braces. In other words, she looked like she had just beaten up Rainbow Brite or Punky Brewster and stolen their clothes.

Rachel first sang a gravely rendition of Jeff Buckley's Eternal Life. The judges heard something they liked but were unhappy with the song choice. She then sang Justin Guarini's Get Here, followed by some opera at Randy's request.

Rachel got a golden ticket and was passed onto Hollywood. Whoever said Rainbow Brite wouldn't make a comeback?

Christopher has been told that he resembles George Michael and Simon Cowell. When he walked in, Paula said that they were identical.

Christopher sang Kelly Clarkson's I Never Lived Before Your Love, and he had no problem hitting all the high notes. Simon responded, "The reality is, is that you should be singing in a dress and stilettos."

Randy suggested that he try singing some Barry White for the audition instead.

Paula tried to suggest that Christopher create an act around his strengths. Simon cut her off because it had nothing to do with American Idol, which infuriated Paula.

47 year old Antonio dressed like Frank Sinatra to sing New York, New York.

Antonio's rendition was a quiet half-singing, half-talking. The most distinctive part of the song, however, is that he sang "New Yor, New Yor."

Antonio really missed the boat on that one.

Ryan was then shown in New York City saying, "Ahh, yes. Good ol' New Yor, New Yor."

Before her audition, Nichole Claiborne, a.k.a. Nakia or "Little Shirley" (for Shirley Caesar), was a seemingly limitless supply of energy and infectious excitement.

Nakia said, "Sometimes you gotta keep your composure, you don't want people to think you're crazy" — and then she continued shaking, laughing, and bouncing all over.

Nakia's performance of Martha and the Vandellas' Dancing in the Street was entertaining and had Paula dancing, however when Nakia sang a slow song, the imperfections in her voice were apparent. Once the judges turned her down, Nakia was deflated and came out of the room a complete 180 degrees of her previous self.

Billed by Ryan as this year's "Man or Woman?" contestant, William had an androgynous haircut and enough baby fat to conceal his gender.

It didn't help that William chose to sing Selena's Dreaming of You, and just as high.

Simon interrupted William's song and Randy started cracking up. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see more of the judges' comments.

Initially, we didn't hear Contestant #8527 sing or even talk.

The astronaut walked into the room and Carol Bayer Sager immediately reacted with, "Oh, come on."

Simon continued the thought with, "Oh, for God's sake."

To be fair, the Silent Astronaut did not remain silent. During the All Night Long montage, we hear him sing the title lyrics.

Phillip sang as loudly as he possibly could.

He sang as high as he possibly could.

He sang as off-pitch as a human possibly could.

Simon critiqued him by saying, "That comes under the category of 'Annoying.'"

Ian is a self-proclaimed "superstar," dancer, and singer who previously auditioned on So You Think You Can Dance, and American Idol was his next target.

Rather than a superstar, Ian came off more as an obnoxious New Yorker with huge lips than anything else.

After rattling off Laura Branigan's Gloria, the judges stopped him. Simon called his performance "rubbish," and Ian demanded to see Simon's working visa. At this point, Simon was already bored with Ian's shtick, and security corralled him out the door.

Post audition, Ian ranted for quite some time, including his observation that "Hollywood is New Jersey with celebrities."