Kyle Ensley in Hollywood

When Kyle arrived at his hotel room 234, he found two girls already there and unpacked. Taken aback, Kyle began stammering awkwardly. Finally, he decided there must have been a mix-up and wandered away.

On the stage, however, Kyle had more confidence singing Lighthouse Edison's Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes). The judges weren't impressed with his singing, however. While Paula struggled to find kind words to say about Kyle's spirit, Simon said, "I can't listen to this rubbish anymore. I'm gonna say 'No'" and left the room. Needless to say, Kyle wasn't passed through to the next round — yet.

In his second audition, Kyle was passed through to the next round along with Jeffery Lampkin, though we never heard what or how Kyle sang for that audition.

In the next round, Kyle sang Josh Groban's You Raise Me Up. In a rare twist on the usual, Paula was the only judge who offered up criticism, calling it a "safe" audition. Simon even apologized for his antics of leaving the room during his first audition. Kyle was passed through to the final 50 unanimously.

Kyle was one of the last two males to go in front of the judges. Unfortunately, the judges chose Colton Berry over Kyle. Simon had some very positive comments to say to Kyle about his trip:

Kyle, I want you to know — from me — wholeheartedly, I disagree with this decision. I think you had done enough because you were different and unique to have made it through to the next round, and I completely and utterly disagree with this decision. I think you should have been given the chance based on the impact you made at Hollywood to be competing further in this competition. I don't think you're the best singer, but I think you have something which people would have enjoyed, and I'm really disappointed. Really disappointed.

Paula came around the desk and gave Kyle two hugs. Randy told him to stay without and to keep working to become better and more consistent. Simon told Kyle that he was "sorry about it", and that it was nice to meet him. Kyle graciously congratulated Colton on his win.

Read about Kyle's original audition.

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Ryan Seacrest's Poor Acting

Ryan Seacrest became an honorary Idle Idol in this week's episode because of his astoundingly awful acting in the opening segment of the show.

Clearly a promo for the upcoming film Jumper, Hayden Christensen and Ryan are sitting in Egypt having lunch. As we get a closeup of the two, Ryan makes his best attempt at looking astonished at the view. As they jump back to Hollywood, Ryan again attempts to look astonished.

If this show were American Acting Idol, Ryan wouldn't even be worthy of host.

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