Chris Kirkham
Contestant #43847
Chris brought with him a shirt with Simon Cowell's face on it, but that was completely overshadowed by the fact that he also brough a six foot tall pink bunny with him, too. Chris brought his friend Greg the Rabbit (a.k.a. "Grabbit") — not to be confused with "Greg the Bunny". Greg came along to support Chris' attempt to get on American Idol.
Chris entered the audition room also holding another picture of Simon on a stick, which he referred to as "Handsome Simon". At that moment, Greg the Rabbit entered and got the judges' attention. Simon told Greg to go stand behind Chris during the audition. As Chris started singing Del Amitri's Roll To Me, Greg got into the music and started bobbing his head, sending his large bunny ears back and forth over his head. It was so distracting that Simon had to stop Chris and have him start again without Greg bouncing behind him.
Chris only got a few notes into Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's Ain't No Mountain High Enough before Simon said it wasn't going to work.
Greg actually got an informal "Yes" from Randy, and Chris was rejected wholesale. Neither made it through to Hollywood.
Greg gave Simon a big bear (bunny?) hug before leaving.
