American Idol: An Episode That Doesn't Even Deserve A Photo

To commemorate the one week anniversary of perhaps the worst audition episode in American Idol history, Fox decided to air another candidate for that infamous title. I think I can say more about my ongoing dislike for Avril Lavigne and the obnoxious (but kind of funny) Katie Perry than I can about the quality of these performances. Of course Kara is a fan of the dramatic back stories that ruin our chance of seeing 75% of the people ho make it to Hollywood. So I’ll give a golden ticket to Katie for snapping at Kara by saying, “This is not a lifetime movie.” I was relieved to know I’m not the only one who thought Chris Golightly was overhyped. As Simon often says, Chris was very self-indulgent. Why can’t they just take a great song and sing it without ridiculous runs. Amazingly, 23 people made it to Hollywood despite the fact we saw around five of their performances. This criticism is nothing new, but it stands out even more after an episode that was mostly void of talent.


Good Performances:

Tasha Layton- My favorite of the night. I think Simon may have been just a bit understating it when he said, “I think people are going to like you.”

Jim Ranger- It sounds like he’d be able to sing country and rock very well. Avril said no, so what do I know? Maybe she would’ve had oogly eyes for him if he dressed like a punk rocker. What does she know about punk rock? This is the girl who mispronounced David Bowie’s name on stage. Ok, I’ll stop my Avril bashing now.

Andrew Garcia- Randy was this close to invoking the “You can sing the phonebook” line. I thought he was just a tad bit over-praised, but he has potential at least.

Mary Powers- I somehow get the feeling that she won’t sound as good on a bigger stage. It also seemed to me that she lacks stage presence which will cost her once she gets to Hollywood. The good news is that she dresses like a rocker chick. This is especially great news when auditioning for Avril Lavigne. Ok, I had to take one more shot at her.

What did you think? I know someone in our audience at least was an Avril fan. Were Guerin and Anson excited for the "Surrender" audition?

Christina's Comments

I'm with Mitch on this one.  This episode ranks in my top 10 of "I'm wasting my time watching this".  Although the one distraction I did enjoy was Katie Perry continually criticizing Kara.  I hope Ellen is kind of like that.

My favorite of the night was Andrew Garcia.  I would go as far to say that he has been one of my favorites of the whole audition series of episodes so far.  I also did enjoy listening to Tasha Leighton.  The rest of the ones who we saw make it to the next round were just okay.  I thought the judges were a little too hard on Jim Ranger; he had some potential even if he wasn't great.  I've always liked the female rockers, but I don't think Mary Powers was as good as others we've heard in the past.  We didn't see much range or power behind her voice.  Chris Golightly was definitely overrated. (And that's an actual last name? I thought the girl from Breakfast at Tiffany's just made it up.)