Contestant #1069
Tiffany has been "singing ever since church choir" and her pastor told her that her voice is "more maturing." It's quite possible that he's right, but if that's true, I'd hate to have heard her when she was starting out. Tiffany admitted that she is still trying to train up her voice.
Pre-audition, Tiffany did some warm-ups from her vocal lessons for the camera. Her scales sounded more like a bored, tone deaf race car speeding through its gears.
Tiffany sang the gospel song Hallelujah. She sang very loudly and very poorly.
Tiffany told Simon that her voice was a gift from God, and after her audition, Simon asked if there was a return policy.
In the holding room, we see Tiffany singing Loggins & Messina's Run River Run. As she's belting out the song, we hear a voice loudly say "Shh!!!"
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Contestant #43369
Jared sang Henry Purcell’s I’ll Sail Upon a Dog Star in a very high voice — even higher than most girls.
In case you couldn't understand the lyrics he was singing simply because your ears can't hear pitches that high, here is what we hear him singing:
I'll sail upon the Dog Star,
And then pursue the morning,
And then pursue
And then pursue the morning.
I'll climb the frosty mountain,
I'll climb the frosty mountain,
And there I'll coin the weather.
At this point, we hear Simon say, "OK, this is like something out of a science fiction movie."
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Contestant #39283
Chris has a full beard and wore what looked to be a leather kilt. What better to complement this clothing choice than a striped collared shirt and sneakers?
For his audition, Chris sang Indigo Girls' Summertime:
Summertime
And the living is easy
Fish are jumping
The cotton is high
Chris may not look like an American Idol, but at least he had a monotone voice that was sure to carry him all the way to . . . the audition room door.
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Contestant #41506
Eva is a very extroverted woman who always seems to be smiling. Paula complemented Eva on her smile as she entered the audition room.
Eva chose to sing Vanessa Carlton's A Thousand Miles. As she started singing poorly, Eva started dancing around and twirling. After her first twirl, her contestant number sticker fell off and onto the back section of the stage. Eva continued dancing around, and eventually stepped on the sticker, which stuck to the heel of her high heel shoes. On Eva's next step, she suddenly had no traction and slipped to the floor. Luckily, Eva was wearing white stockings so she didn't flash the cameras.
Simon called it out as an act, but Eva vehemently defended herself and said that she was just trying to be energetic and entertain the judges.
After being turned down by the judges, Eva left the audition room, tore up her contestant number sticker, and jumped up and down on it.
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Brooke was the 2007 Miss South Florida Fair and she wanted to prove to Simon that pageant belles can sing.
Regarding the Miss South Florida Fair contest, Brook said, "It was a lot of fun. I would definitely do it again, if I don't do American Idol, which I hope I do do American Idol. I just said 'Doo doo American Idol.'"
Brooke sang The Jackson 5's Who's Loving You and she sang well enough to prove that at least this pageant belle could sing.
Brooke got a unanimous vote through to Hollywood.
As Brooke left screaming with joy, Simon described Brooke as "possibly the most annoying person in the world I have ever seen in my life." He noted that he didn't want her to sing well, but obviously she did well enough to get his vote.
Read about Brooke's Hollywood audition.
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Contestant #47719
J.P. auditioned three years ago and was two places in front of Carrie Underwood in the audition line.
J.P. sang Rascal Flatts's Me and My Gang, but he didn't come through with the star quality he earlier claimed to have.
After some poor feedback, J.P. told the judges he didn't want to spend four years in school as a music major.
Simon told J.P., "My pen has got more charisma.
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Contestant #47503
Josh Jones is a glassworker, but if he makes it to Hollywood, he wouldn't mind throwing his glass cutter as far as he can.
In Josh's audition, he sang Queen's Don't Stop Me Now, but that's exactly what Simon did. Simon was distracted by Josh's eyes as he sang because they would open a bit too wide during parts of the song. Even Paula admitted that he had a good voice but that his eyes were distracting.
After advising him not to do the thing with his eyes, Josh did it again the second time. Randy told Josh to turn away from the judges so they could hear his voice without being distracted by his eyes.
While Josh was singing to the wall, Simon noted, "He can't make it through to the finals if he performs like that every night."
Simon declared that the performance was a bit too "karaoke-y", but Paula and Randy pushed Josh through to the next round.
Outside the audition room, Josh revealed that he had three four-leaf clovers stuck to the back of his contestant number sticker.
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