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I hate the baby-talking newlywed and the Pickler wannabe with the “Mah Daddy shot hisself in the throat and now he’s paralyzed” schtick, but I love the muppet-headed boy that wants to make David Hasselhoff cry.
I don’t understand how the Pickler wannabe got through.
I also like the guy who wants to make David Hasselhoff cry.
I missed something - why is Paula not there?
I don’t think they said why, actually.
Hair girl had a perfectly lovely voice, not right for the competition but I rather wish they’d been nicer to her.
What you said.
I also liked the 17 year old performing arts school girl.
My son’s comment on The New Pickler-- Your dad caught your wife cheating and he shot himself and now he’s crippled? That’s sooo southern!
I liked helium-voiced girl and her husband. She seemed genuine and I like that in an AI contestant. I do not like all the fake attitude or the fake cry-for-me-my-life-sucks-crap-flavored-lemons-- and I liked her voice.
P.S. I was gonna start the thread but I didn’t wanna seem like an AI whore-- even though I am. And then naked Harry Potter distracted me. . …
I had already started two TV threads for tonight and didn’t want to hog the third. AI, can’t wait!
I hadn’t even realized until now, but we just don’t hear enough vintage Madonna on this show!
Another Pickler. Whoooo-ee! Could somebody please shoot me now? But not in the throat.
I read in Entertainment Weekly that there will be a songwriting competition for the song the winner will sing (they mentioned the god-awful song Taylor was forced to sing last year and that the only good song was Kelly’s A Moment Like This, the only song Simon chose) AND that 24 contestants will remain after Hollywood Week.
This made me question exactly how much control Simon has. It seems he can and has been overridden by the show producers-- if you read the article it is obvious he doesn’t like that at all. Also, those 24 have to sing in front of the 3 judges again and then they pick the final 16, right?
“She crumbled right in my chubby little hand.”
I liked that dude.
I also like the mop haired young man who mentioned Hasselhoff.
Clever, and could sing. Idol’s shouldn’t have to be model attractive.
Why on earth did they let the yellow woman in there?
OK, seriously? Birmingham scares me, a little bit. And it pains me to admit that My Favorite Moppet Mr. “Hasselhoff” bears more than just a passing resemblance to my fellow high school choir nerd and arch-nemesis (Who Knows Exactly Who He Is). Which makes me wonder, lo these many 15 years later, if I actually had a crush on him back then.
… I’m sorry. What was I talking about? Oh. Yeah. This episode was sub-par, for your average Bad Idol Audition Show, which leads me to secretly suspect that there are going to be quite a few Semi-Finalists who make it through from Birmingham. (What? The X-Files was on Fox – my conspiracy theories have to come from somewhere.)
I liked blond crippled daddy girl… with the blue T-shirt and ripped jeans.
Jack Osbourne, too.(I don’t remember what he was wearing)
They said Paula had a “family commitment”. Not sure if that means someone was institutionalized or there was a wedding.
I liked the Hasselhoff guy too, but when I try to picture him, Al Franken pops in my head. I think his name was Chris Sly, or something like that.
The blonde with the family history that should be a country song – she didn’t say if the cheatin’ wife survived the shooting, did she?
I think that’s why they don’t have Pop Idol in the UK any more. They replaced it with X-Factor, where Simon is a producer and calls all the shots.
Big Bird’s Grandma was amusing, Chunky Guarini was great, Brandy cracked me up, and the young, large gal towards the beginning of the show sounded like she was crying/grunting instead of singing.
I didn’t care much either way for Helium Gal.
Tomorrow, it’s L.A.
I said in an earlier thread that they ask for proof of age. I still don’t think I’m wrong about that on the young end of the spectrum, because they could never afford the legal hassles. But it appears that they’re lenient towards overage contestants for the freak factor.
And Chris rocks. And I liked Helium Gal; she was as cute as a bag full of buttons. And Pickler 2.0 could bring it vocally, although I’m dreading having to hear her story again and again.
I didn’t catch the whole show. I was switching between Idol and the Perverts on NBC. But I think the highlight of tonight’s show would have to be Simon trying to open the locked door at the end of the show. After smirking at all the contestants who do the same thing. What goes around comes around Simon.
And why the fuck is everybody (the media, not you guys) getting on Paula for drinking? So she has a few drinks. So what! She’s not impaired. She can do what she needs to do, and it probably loosens her up a bit to deal with all those assholes. (contestants and Mr. C) Actually I think she’s kinda cute when she’s a little bit tipsy.
Ha! Sometimes a sig just seems so pertinent. 
Chris Sligh’s blog (Jack Osborne dude). Eh, I’m not liking him so much after reading that. I thought he was hilarious on the show. That website – a bit arrogant.
His band’s myspace page. He’s got a good voice, that’s for sure.