Brooke chose to sing The Righteous Brothers' Unchained Melody in the second round of Hollywood, but she completely botched the first high note of the song. Simon immediately stopped her on that note.
Randy voted "No" and Simon voted "Yes", leaving it up to Paula. Brooke asked if she could sing the part she messed up, and Paula noted that she had chosen that part for herself in the first place. Brooke started singing the song anyway and never made it back to the high note.
Simon gave a countdown for Paula to make a decision, but Brooke thought he was counting her down to start singing again, thus adding to the confusion.
Paula finally told Brooke that she was off the show. Brooke claimed that she wasn't given a fair chance.
Read about Brooke's original audition.
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True to his post-audition kiss-fest, Ghaleb started right in with the ladies once he got to Hollywood.
Unfortunately, his performance of Bryan Adams' (Everything I Do) I Do It For You couldn't woo the judges. As he played the guitar, he basically shouted the lyrics without any tone. Simon said it was "incredibly corny", and Ghaleb didn't make it past the first Hollywood round.
Read about Ghaleb's original audition.
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The fun auditions are over, and the contestants lucky enough to receive a golden ticket have been passed through to Hollywood.
There were 59 Idle Idols in Season 7. Of these, 11 of them made it through to Hollywood, one way or another.
Here's a quick recap of the contestants featured on Idle Idols that are headed to Hollywood:
- Ghaleb Emachah — A Venezuelan with a thick accent who received Yes votes from Randy and Paula.
- Kyle Ensley — A PolySci student aspiring to be the next governor of Oklahoma who was voted unanimously through on the promise that he wouldn't be like Clay Aiken.
- Brandon Green — Fingernail collector who received Yes votes from Randy and Paula, but said he liked Simon the best.
- Brooke Helvie — Miss South Florida Fair pageant belle who was passed unanimously through, despite the fact that Simon called her annoying.
- Joshua Jones — Crazy-eyed singer who had to face away from the judges in order to receive Yes votes from Randy and Paula.
- Jeffery Lampkin — Weird, extremely extroverted man who jumped up and down after being passed through unanimously. Brother of Michelle Lampkin.
- Michelle Lampkin — Outgoing singer with a good attitude who got Yes votes from Simon and Paula. Sister of Jeffery Lampkin.
- Samantha Musa — Simon-obsessed fan who received four Yes votes, including one from her sister, Michelle Musa.
- Corliss Smith — Lover of "beefy" men like Randy who was passed through unanimously. Close friend of Brittany Wescott.
- Alesha Stelzl — Dolly Parton sound-alike who was passed through with Yes votes from Randy and Paula (and an unrecorded Yes vote from Simon) only after learning and singing a Dolly Parton song.
- Brittany Wescott — Plus-sized lover of skinny men like Ryan who was passed through unanimously. Close friend of Corliss Smith.
Idle Idols would like to thank each of these contestants for their wonderfully entertaining audition. We wish you each the best of luck in Hollywood!
Stay tuned to Idle Idols, as we will continue to track any entertaining activity on these contestants as they try their best in Hollywood.
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Contestant #6907
Joshua Moreland goes by the name "Jay Smoove."
Jay Smoove sang his own song, Beautiful Lady. After singing the first two words, he tossed a combination of glitter and rose petals into the air.
In typical fashion, Simon summed it up as a "horribly over-the-top, corny, revolting audition."
After Joshua left the room, an assistant walked to the stage with a broom. Simon quickly jumped up and called Ryan in to have him do the American Idol housework, but Ryan said he wouldn't feel comfortable with not letting her do her job. As Ryan walked out, Simon asked if they were still on camera and took the broom to sweep up and prove that he was the better man. As Simon swept the glitter and rose petals, Randy said he didn't think Simon had ever swept before and Paula pointed out that he didn't even know how to hold the broom properly. Ryan returned and explained that the tool was called a "broom". Once told the cameras weren't rolling, Simon quickly told the assistant that the mess was all hers again.
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Contestant #3032
Alesha has been singing since she was eight years old. She said her sound was unique and that she didn't sound like anyone else, but the judges would eventually disagree with that sentiment.
Alesha sang Celine Dion's Surrender. Her vocal stylings were odd, particularly in the more powerful sections of the song.
Simon cut her off and asked who her vocal coach was. Alesha told him that it was Ron Harris at Talent Boot Camp, and Simon noted that "someone just lost their job." (Little did he know that Ron Harris is one of Christina Aguilera's producers.)
Paula noted that she liked Alesha's voice when she wasn't trying to sing powerfully. Randy mentioned that she had the same tone as Dolly Parton, and Paula wholeheartedly agreed. Alesha didn't know any Dolly Parton songs, so Simon instructed her to learn a Dolly Parton song and come back to sing it when she was comfortable.
Alesha returned to the holding room and watched YouTube videos of Dolly Parton's Islands in the Stream. After rehearsing it for a while, she returned and sang it to the judges. With a Dolly Parton song, Alesha did much better. Simon refrained from voting because it wasn't "his" audition any more. Simon and Paula both passed Alesha through to Hollywood. Simon said, "Welcome to Dollywood."
After Alesha left, Simon said to Paula, "I hate to admit it, you were right. . . . That wasn't the ending that I wanted."
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Contestant #59580
Ashley is the girlfriend and ex-girlfriend of Cory and Chris Lane, respectively.
Ashley immediately stole Simon and Paula's heart when she walked in carrying Panda, a 6 week old Pomeranian puppy.
Ashley sang Kellie Pickler's Red High Heels, but since she had black heels on, she sang it as "black high heels".
Outside the audition room, Cory and Chris admitted that they told her that her voice was up to par so she's try out, but they didn't actually believe she had a chance to make it through.
As it turns out, they were right because Simon called the audition "excruciating."
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Contestants #54304 & #54303
Cory and Chris are identical twins. They came with Cory's girlfriend (and Chris' ex-girlfriend), Ashley Lawing, to audition.
At the audition, Chris beatboxed while Cory rapped about being better than the Brittenum twins:
Yeah, baby.
We comin' for y'all, Brittenums.
The new rivalry. 2007 Idol.
Here's how we gonna do this.
Sit back, please relax.
This is not –
At this point, Cory loses his place in the song and can't find his way back into the song:
– all right, don't –
All right, Brittenums, this is how we gonna do this.
Aight, here we go.
Aight, here we go, let's go.
Here we go.
Aight, here we go, let's go
Finally, Cory gets himself back into the song and picks up at the line he originally missed:
Don't get it wrong 'cuz it ain't our audition.
So sit back, just relax, and please just listen:
The name's Chris and Cory Lane and we look the same.
Kinda like them Brittenum twins, just not as lame
We ain't cocky, we just want you to see
We got that look, got the voice, got that personality.
So I'm gonna cut it short and I'm gonna leave it at this:
If you don't put us through, man, we gonna be really ticked.
Hey!
Simon called their audition "amateurish" and they left without a fight.
Outside the audition room, Ashley admitted she was shocked that they both hadn't made it through to Hollywood.
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