Thursday American Idol Recap

Orlando was the setting for last night’s audition.  There were some major meltdowns: Split pants, a fame monster and an arrest.  Kristen Chenewoth proved to be as fantastic as I hoped.  Bubbly, positive and cheeky, Chenewoth, in my opinion has been the best guest judge thus far, but why was she there only one day?  Aren’t all the other judges there for two days?

It was cool how Kara and Kristen set out to annoy Simon with their girly, peppy vibe.  The dark one was hung-over, as he, Ryan and Randy, were supposedly out partying into the wee hours in Miami.  You could tell that Simon wanted to say something snarky to Kristen, but doing so would be like peeing on sunshine.  Not a good idea.  The hangover seemed to be bit put on by the producers to help create conflict.

It is pretty amazing and annoying how little we got to see people audition last night.  In an hour program, how many auditions were detailed, five?  Despite this, there was drama galore.  A contestant doing a split, split his pants. Theo Clinton’s screeching, squawking and shouting sent the judges squirming. Poor Pat Benatar, if you were watching, it truly was heartbreaking.  All the glitter in the world – no matter if each individual glitteri are the size of nickels – didn’t save his face – even as it decorated it.  See Ya Theo!

Three great guy singers were Jerimiah Purifoy, Matt Lawrence and Seth Rollins.  A really bad singer was Jarrod Norrell, who had to be escorted out of the room, when he refused to leave.  He kept singing “Amazing Grace” long after the judges’ eardrums had been replaced.  Finally he was handcuffed and took the walk of shame past other contestants waiting to go into the judges’ audition room.  Those contestants out in the hall were probably thinking, “Damn what did he do?” “No matter how bad I am, I can’t be that Bad.” “They told you not to sing Devo.”

Simon’s devastating quips are not so devastating so far this year, or that original. “You sang as if you sat on a cat.” “I thought I was going to fall asleep.”  Ditto for Kara, who by the way is looking smoking this year, “It sounded like a lawnmower.”  Maybe they are saving up the really nasty, yet hilarious quips for later in the season.  I am looking for a little extra money on the side, so I will be creating a list of insulting comments to be used after some dewy eyed, hopeful, optimistic dreamer sings dreadfully, and will post them here, hoping that Kara, Randy (not good dog), and Simon use them and I find infamy and fortune.