I enjoyed the bit with Simon calling the gal’s boss to get her her job back.
She was Pippi Longstocking, Simon thought she sounded funny
Please tell me I’m not the only person who knows the song I’m goofing on.
That was nice of him.
I wonder what he didn’t like about that pigtails girl. I did think the Grease song was a little high school theater-ish but she did ok on “Fallen.” Maybe he just didn’t like her look.
Loved the Anita Baker girl. (Love Anita Baker, and I am glad some young kids know her music. Not enough altos in the world, IMHO.) … Anyway, Simon is seriously totally on the rag tonight. He’s gone tone deaf or something. If you’re so sick of the auditions – and these are some REAL ones, even! – then just go take a nap or something. Damn! He must not have gotten the case of Midol I sent.
She is not 27.
She could be, but I think she might have Dolly Parton’s original hair. And it is begging for Alberto V05 in the worst possible way.
I’m curious… does Simon has a private life outside of American Idol (as in relationships, sex, love, etc.)?
Needs more hot sauce.
Whoa … wait! Who is that saint? I think I need to know more about him.
Seriously, I thought the crazy hair chick was Molly Shannon in a horrible wig and bad glasses.
Last I heard, he had a smokin’ hot girlfriend. But he’s not married, as far as I know. Maybe they broke up or something?
It may have been that Simon had something personal going on. And although I do agree with him that the cute Asian girl did not conquer the song, I don’t see how he thought it was bad.
And then there was that perfectly awful person he insisted was good. I think Paula and Randy calling him mean pissed him off. But you can never tell with reality shows. They tend to edit them in ways that suit the producers and not so much the truth.
I was so not into that “best of the competition” girl. I heard her sing and thought, “Blah, decent but generic.” Do all the singers yell their songs, or is it my ears?
Well, to be fair, he didn’t really look like a man either… 
Wrong decade KSO. Unfortunately, I believe that Gloria Steinem has found a time machine and leaped thirty years into the future.
Bigtime word. When they inquired how old she was I turned to my wife and said “I’mmmmmmmm FIFTY! Fifty years old everybody!”
Absolutely. Most of these people with their “My dream is to sing and it’s my only goal” nonsense tend to be the worst singers, and they hate it when someone like Simon comes along and tells the truth. No doubt, they bought into the “Anything is possible” mantra years earlier.
I wasn’t too blown away by most of the singers this time, though I thought the All Terrain Guy was at least entertaining.
Apparently I wasn’t the only one who was underwhelmed with last night’s show. I can’t say that I blame Simon for being pissy. I mean, Paula and Randy rag on him all the time for being mean, but it’s okay for Randy to tell a guy his act belongs in a circus? Come on! I think Simon was right to call him on it.
And I want to know if Randy saw Katherine audition before or after Paris, or if he just has a bad case of amnesia. The best they’ve heard so far in the competition? I think not. For one thing, she o-ver-e-nun-ci-a-ted the whole song. For another thing, she sounded vocal coached to death. I thought she was over-trained, like a pet monkey. Aaaand, now I’m starting to sound like Simon (who it surprised me liked that girl so much). Who wants to bet that Katherine is the girl who walks out during Hollywood week?
By the way, I hadn’t read any posts in this thread since yesterday aftenoon and wanted to say that Diogenes the Cynic was right on. Nicely done!
I’m tired of the auditions and am ready for the hissy fits, snarkiness, meltdowns, and drunken hook-ups that make up the Hollywood portion of AI.
For a second there, I thought you were talking about “The Real World.”
“The Real World,” or the real world?