Contestant #81872
Ryan kept commenting on how confident Kaneswa was for a 16-year-old. According to her mother, Kaneswa has been singing in Jacksonville ever since she was 5, and this contributes to her confidence.
In the audition room, Kaneswa confidently butchered Anita Baker's Caught up in the Rapture of Love. Simon said that the song was got progressively worse as she sang it, but Kaneswa disagreed. She said that her mother said she was a great singer, so they brought her mom in. Her mother Paula said she has sang all around Jacksonville, and Simon asked if she was moving the whole time.
On their way out, Kaneswa's mother still firmly let Simon know that he was wrong in his assessment of her daughter's singing. Needless to say, Simon's rejection didn't dampen Kaneswa or her mother's confidence.
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Contestant #86819
Joshua sang Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On. He started out by singing the guitar, then by singing the song well, with a tiny bit of sound effects sprinkled throughout.
Simon admitted that Joshua sang well, but that he seemed like Inspector Gadget with all the little corny extras he through into his act. Randy said that "at least, it was entertaining."
After getting passed through to Hollywood unanimously, Joshua jumped up in the air, screamed a weird screamed, and ran out — walking into a tree as he looked back to thank the judges.
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Contestant #13776
Rebecca appeared for a brief interview on the local Fox affiliate's news piece surrounding American Idol. Paula even recognized her from the news as she entered the room.
Rebecca sang Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats. Speaking of cheating, she had a cheat sheet around her left arm because she was afraid of forgetting the lyrics. Rebecca started off singing confidently but with almost no singing ability. A few lines in, Rebecca paused and had to look at her arm for the rest of the lyrics.
Kara cut Rebecca off and the discussion went like this:
Kara: "Wait a minute. She was voted Most Humorous in high school."
[uncomfortable silence from Rebecca and the other judges]
Kara [smiling nervously]: "That, that wasn't . . . ?"
Simon: "Are you saying this was a joke?"
Kara: "I, yeah, wasn't it?"
Simon: "Was it?"
Rebecca [quietly]: "No."
Kara: "Oh, boy. It did say 'Voted . . . most . . . '" [trails off]
Long story short, Rebecca left the audition room in tears and Kara asked Paula to hit her for being mean.
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Contestant #14281
Aaron immediately separated himself from the rest of the crowd with his high-energy "Whoo!" that echoed through the building. A seemingly endless ball of energy, Aaron was bouncing around and continually screaming, "Whoo!"
Aaron declared that he was going to sing Creedence Clearwater Revival's Have You Ever Seen the Rain? but three of the judges jumped at least an inch and Paula literally spun around in her seat as Aaron screamed the lyrics at the top of his lungs. Randy described it as "the primal scream audition" and Simon said that it was like the fire alarm going off. The raucous singing was so loud, Ryan heard it from outside and headed in to see what was going on.
After being served his rejection from all four judges, Aaron turned into a much more somber, calm mood and there were no more "Whoo"s heard that day.
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Contestant #16059
Ross Bradley Plavsic considers himself an academic. One of his geekier endeavors is organizing Chinese characters based on visual similarity so that they are easier to learn. I suppose this might be similar to rearranging the alphabet so the letters "b" and "d" are next to each other and so that "p", "q", and "g" are next to each other, but I fail to see how that helps.
Ross chose to sing Jay and the Americans' Cara Mia in a range too low for himself.
Ross blamed his poor performance on the dry air and having a scratchy throat, so Paula asked him if he'd like some water. Ross accepted the offer. To Paula's dismay, Ross grabbed her water cup and started sipping through her straw.
Ross started singing Love Me Tender, but Simon quickly pointed out that the water hadn't helped. As soon as Ross left the room, Paula demanded a new drink and a new cup.
Post-audition, Ross sang one parting song, with slightly altered lyrics: James Ingram's Just Once:
I did my best
But i guess my best wasn't good enough
'Cause here I am
back where I started
So apparently being on the dean's list three times just isn't enough to get you through on American Idol.
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Contestant #25442
Just to be sure Patrick got his name out there, his t-shirt had a huge "PATRICK" on it. Not too subtle, but effective.
Patrick started out with a couple of Michael Jackson's patented moves before breaking into a flat rendition of Billie Jean. The basic problem comes with the fact that Patrick is the size about about five Michael Jacksons.
To truly appreciate Patrick's moves, you really have to experience his Jackson-esque dance moves. Here is one of his special moves:
Patrick had more moves, including a full spin or two.
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Contestant #25328
Ryan is the contestant I pointed out pre-season in my list of worst American Idol pictures and described his look as if "a 1980s couch sprouted a Kiss head and is trying to sing now."
Keeping true to his outfit, Ryan sang Tori Amos' Mr. Zebra:
Hello, Mr. Zebra
Can I have your sweater
'cause it's cold, cold, cold.
I don't know about Mr. Zebra's sweater, but I guarantee you that Ryan did not get a golden ticket.
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