Brandon Black (a.k.a. Bran B) burst into the audition room wearing a wig and screaming various seemingly nonsensical phrases, starting with "Get down! 742!" It's possible that he was playing an agent-type character named Damon, but it was hard to tell exactly what was going on.

Brandon assured the judges that he wasn't just funny, and Simon assured Brandon that he wasn't funny.

Brandon said he sang the Boyz II Men hit I'll Make Love to You for Paula, which seemed to offend Paula. The singing was over the top and Brandon followed that song with his own creation titled I Am the Next American Idol. Simon cut him off mid-song.

After having his singing interrupted, Brandon slipped into some hat tricks and continued again with the random, high pitched talking.

As Simon and Randy got up and walked out on his audition, Brandon asked, "So, that's a yes or a no?" Simon quickly answered "No" on his way out.

Julie was one of the top 20 on the only season of American Juniors, so she figured that she'd try out for American Idol now that she's old enough.

Julie sang Janis Joplin's Me and Bobby McGee, but it didn't go over well with the judges. Simon asked Julie if she had ever been called precocious, and Julie asked him what "precocious" meant.

Simon complained that the audition was over-rehearsed. While Simon was giving her advice, Julie broke into Mariah Carey's Butterfly. Simon reaffirmed his feeling that she needed to stop the playacting in front of the camera.

After the audition, Julie complained that the judges had said she was acting, and then she went off into a drama queen act that involved even more acting than in her rehearsal.

As we watched Julie's tirade out the building, we were also treated to Julie's 12-year-old performance on American Juniors.

Julie parting words: "Don't audition for American Idol. Don't watch the show."

Carroy's hair was large with black roots and white ends. In fact, he sort of looked like Eddie Murphy with a skunk on his head.

For his audition, Carroy sang Aretha Franklin's Chain Of Fools as loudly as he could.

Simon noted that it was "a bit over the top," and that's the last we saw of Carroy.

You might remember Ben from season five's Denver audition when he brought in his Cosmic Coaster invention and mingled with the judges.

This year, Ben sang Elton John's Crocodile Rock, though he changed the lyric to "Me and Paula had so much fun." Simon wouldn't have any of that, and that was the end of Ben's audition this year.

Corliss and Brittany sometimes claim to be sisters because they share so many similar interests — except that Brittney likes skinny men and Corliss likes her men "beefy."

Corliss told Randy that Ryan wasn't his type. She then sang, "I want you, baby," to Randy, which put a huge grin on Randy's face. Simon encouraged Corliss to sing her song directly to Randy, and Simon and Paula moved to the side. Corliss impressed the judges with a jazz tune: Al Jarreau's Take Five.

Brittany took the audition stage and sang Mary Wells' My Guy to Simon.

All three judges agreed to pass both Corliss and Brittany on through to Hollywood. Once they had gotten the good news, Paula invited them both to come plant kisses on Simon and Randy, and the girls happily obliged.

Ghaleb is a Venezuelan who describes his singing style as "passionate." He plays the guitar, harmonica, and piano.

Ghaleb sang Marc Anthony's You Sang To Me and did a decent job.

Simon told Ghaleb that he'd only like him while he was drunk. Paula said that his accent was a bit of an obstacle, but that she liked the tone of his voice. Paula refused to make a decision as Simon hounded her with the continual "Yes or no?" question. While she thought, Randy gave Ghaleb a "yes" vote based on the quality of his voice.

Finally, frustrated by Simon, Paula gave Ghaleb a hug and congratulated him on making it through to Hollywood, so long as he would work on his accent.

Ghaleb celebrated by kissing everyone on the American Idol staff he could find on his way out of the audition hall.

Read about Ghaleb's Hollywood audition.

This contestant came in wearing two pan flutes around his neck.

Unfortunately, we only heard him play a small portion of a song.

We're not skilled at Name That Tune — did anyone recognize the song? If so, let us know!

Immediately, Simon is shown saying, "No" as Randy laughed at the performance.

Shannon McGough (pronounced "McGoff") works in her parents' meat shop, Dan's Meat Market. She is also gifted with the ability to belch very loudly on demand.

Shannon's mother pointed out various pictures in their store, including awards and pictures of her winning female vocalist of the year in the 7-12 age group, Okeechobee Idol, and South Florida Idol.

Shannon was dressed like a 1980s pop star, almost along the lines of Cyndi Lauper.

Shannon sang Janis Joplin's Cry Baby, but despite her awards, she sang with absolutely no melody whatsoever. Simon was not impressed, and all three judges were confused. Despite Simon urging her not to sing more, Shannon slipped into Aretha Franklin's Chain of Fools.

Shannon insisted that no one had ever told her that she couldn't sing, but now she has.