Paul Stafford
Contestant #13799
Paul is a park attendant and a member of the American Roller Coaster Enthusiasts. He spends most of his days mowing the park lawn and cleaning up the baseball field.
When we first see Paul, he is doing some weird, awkward dance moves that involve jerking his limbs almost randomly about.
In the audition room, Paul dropped the dance moves, but he did sing Elliott Yamin's Wait For You and snuck in a few voice cracks during his audition. He topped off the song with a breathy sigh.
Paul admitted to Simon that he hadn't actually sung in public before, but he had sung in front of his family. According to Paul, they had told him, "As far as I'm concerned, [snaps fingers and gives two thumbs up] two thumbs up!"
Despite Paula calling his audition "joyful" and Simon referring to it as "enthusiastic", it was clear that Paul would be getting three "no"s on this audition.
In his post-audition interview, Paul reflected, "Simon didn't come down on me like I thought he would, so that's always good, 'cause he goes down on just about everybody."
