To be fair, about as much as Posh “bury my vocal in the mix” Spice.
Rude guy was a dick. A stupid dick. That’s not how you talk to the interviewers of a job you want no matter how long they make you wait. Fuck him, I wouldn’t have even given him a chance to sing. There was no reason for him to be so rude. I can’t believe people are defending him
I did not think the 16 year old girl with the tiny grandma was that good. The last girl with the religous family was very good. I’m placing my bets that’ll be her with the naked internet pictures. Also liked the broken-handed drummer. Did not expect him to sound good at all. The black guy from Africa is too damn ugly and his voice was not good enough to make up for it.
I wonder how many of these first day people we’ll see much of in Hollywood.
Beckham creeps me out, especially her comments on peoples’ looks. She herself looks like shit. Very much like the grownup Olson twins. I think there is a mutual admiration society among anorexics with money who buy emperor-with-no-clothes-on fashion.
Can Beckam even move her facial muscles?
…I think I’ve been to that website…
I thought maybe “rude guy with party favor glasses” had Asperger’s or something. He seemed like he had no idea how he was coming across to people. And then the judges coughKaracough don’t have the class or good sense not to poke him.
So far I like Drummer with Broken Hands and Smokin’ Hot Cancer Guy.
Little Drummer Boy was my favorite of the bunch, probably because I fully expected him to absolutely suck. I like the ones where you think it’s going to be a trainwreck and suddenly an amazing voice comes out (see also: Sean Michael, Taylor Hicks, Josiah Leming). I hate the actual trainwrecks, for the most part. It’s okay to poke fun at the delusional, but they tend to go after people with obvious disabilities too, which is not cool.
Speaking of disabilities, was anyone else a wee bit disturbed at the family who adopted two retarded kids as “companions” for their other retarded kid? I mean, it’s great to adopt special needs kids, but they were essentially getting human pets for their other special needs kid, the way that came across.
Oh, I also enjoyed “Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead” girl. I like them a bit crazy.
The girl doing it for her grandma was raised by idiots and is only 16 years old. She gets a major pass from me, because Fox exploited her story a bit to make for some drama. Not much a 16-year old can do about that.
Pick on the rest of the idol audition mess, but I say give the 16-year old a pass.
She was doing a treatment that Ella Fitzgerald did for the Harold Arlen songbook. So it wasn’t that crazy, though it was an interesting song choice.
Won’t someone think of the children!
Did anyone else think she looked a lot like Paula. I had been napping during the opening credits, and when I woke up and first saw the judges I thought, “Huh, I guess they didn’t get rid of Paula after all.”
I really think the AI producers despise the people who come out to audition. They’re sick of seeing self-absorbed delusional Mariah-wannabes, so they see it as their mission to humiliate as many as possible so they won’t keep coming back. But they keep coming back.
I mean…why give us a montage of people crying?
I was pleasantly surprised with Posh (or, as Randy calls her, “V”. :rolleyes:) Just based on the Spice Girls appearance on The Daily Show, I expected a raving bitch, and she actually seemed quite nice and downright human.
I agree with this. Simon was just going through the chit-chat that’s typical for an interview situation such as this. Ultimately, they need someone to sell records, and that’s going to require sitting through inane and mundane questions from members of the press (whether or not he has Aspergers, as someone suggested).
As for the Portuguese-American girl with the grandmother, I really hate this sort of pandering to the sad story. This isn’t Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, where the prize goes to the person with the tragic story. (Actually I watched the whole show a little late, just so I could fast-forward through the human interest stuff.)
There is absolutely zero chance that this guy isn’t a local actor hired by a radio station or something in order to “stir things up”. No way in hell was he on the level.
Give it a few weeks – the story will come out.
Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t think Andrew was polite. I just thought the judges’ reaction was so immediate and hostile that the whole scene was set up. I also note that they ignored his apologies and attempts to get back on track, which is a sure sign that they didn’t want the story to go that way.
Possibly. He appears to have a Facebook page, on which he declares, “I’m the most arrogant contestant on American Idol.” So it may be entirely self-promotional.
The “arrogant guy” was trying to stand out. It was a tactic that backfired, but when you’re at a cattle call with thousands of people, you’ve got to try something. And the judges should have known that. (Of course it was played up for the cameras.) The guy did back down and apologize, but instead of accepting and moving on they behaved like jackasses. Kara especially acted like an idiot. She could have easily blown him off, “thank you,” and so forth. But she was acting like he was running for public office. It’s a fucking elevated talent show and despite their illusions, the judges aren’t all that important. There is an entertainment industry outside of AI, which sometimes they seem to forget.
And it would have been quite different coming from Simon and/or Randy, who have built the show from the first season. Kara just fell into the role and shouldn’t be leading the charge about how she “hates” a contestant. One of the thousands of people you listen to got a little snarky and you hate him? Seriously?
I thought the rude guy was putting on an act. I wouldn’t be surprised to do some digging and find out he’s in some sort of improv group somewhere. The entire scene felt set up on both sides.
Rude Guy gave me the creeps. Kara saying she felt like she needed a shower was the only thing she’s ever said that I absolutely agreed with.