Renaldo Lapuz
Contestant #20547
Renaldo had an undeniably unique outfit for his American Idol audition: A white hat covered with white feathers, a sign on the front saying "SIMON", and with wings on the bac; a quilted vest; large, white feather pompoms on the back shoulders; and a shiny silver cape.
As Renaldo walked into the audition room, Paula asked him why Simon's name was on his hat. He answered, "Two reasons: Everyone, everywhere, as long as there is free media, television, radio, speaks the name of Simon. Even a newborn baby. Secondly–" and then Randy and Paula cut him off. The first reason was already too much for them to take.
Renaldo sang his own composition, We're Brothers Forever, which is a ballad consisting of the following lyrics, sung boldly and proudly:
I am your brother,
your best friend forever.
Singing the songs;
The music that you like.
Brothers 'til the end of time.
Together or not,
you're always in my heart.
Your hurt, your feelings
and you will worry no more.
Renaldo finished singing the song and Randy urged him to continue. Apparently that is the full song, because Renaldo sang that chorus again. In fact, he continued singing it over and over again, and Randy and Paula were trying to convince Simon that the song was really a ballad to him.
After a few rounds, Paula screamed and got up, and Randy joined Renaldo on stage to rock to the left and to the right as they sang the song. Randy then brought Ryan in to sing along, and Paula joined them on stage as well as they serenaded Simon.
