Nice intro sets the scene for Greensboro. The whole town seems to have gathered in nice neat trapezium shapes outside another strange building that looks like it might once have been a cinema or something. Britney looks different but very relaxed and seems to be settling into this role very easily. Demi follows the others mostly. LA looks sharp and business like and Simon stops off for some grits, with a great fake accent, on the way.
Willie Jones is 17 and a happy chap from Louisiana. He does the Yes Sir bit to LA, even after he's told he needn't. Now this is a young black guy with a fancy hairdo with the shaved lines in the side and comes out singing country! That takes people by surprise. Although I didn't think he hit the notes particularly well, everyone gives him the most remarkable praise and it looks like he's going to be a sure-fire name on the Live Show list. If he can sort the pitch out then I reckon he could sing anything and get a good reaction. Nice guy too.
Kalvin McManigle is quite useless. Old and all I can remember is that he had a massive hat and put lawnmower handles on, well, on lawnmowers.
Julia Bullock is 18 and sings Pumped Up Kicks. She's great, a nice sound, current, true pop and could do well. Someone needs to advise her on make-up and I'd expect to be looking completely different when we next see her but that's not a big problem. So far, there haven't been many lively, pop girls so she could go far if she survives the traumas of bootcamp. We get some shots of the ex-boyfriend and it's all about contrived. Even Demi's first question about who she's come with seems rehearsed or to a script. Julia then gets to mention the band and so on. The ex looks pretty down and you wish the cameras would leave him alone, although not clapping when she gets the judges' rave reviews wasn't a good move. To be honest, I don't see why they couldn't still work with her if she's successful, or at least, if she wants, they get to try so I missed the point of another piece of pretty much over-edited stuff.
Which Pepsi flavor will be the X flavor? Dragon, Freeze, Fire or…what the heck are these soda names? What does a Dragon taste like? Simon Cowell likes Freeze, in case you were wondering?
Krysten Colon is a hairdresser with a terrible hairstyle. She's so nervous and the camera catches the whole of her body shaking. You kinda feel sorry for her as she starts with Adele's Don’t You Remember and she's not at all bad despite all those nerves. She wants to do a gospel song but Simon, unusually, sends her off to rehearse something else. I think that's one of the first times I've seen someone get that sort of second chance. It may be that they do and we just don't see it happen. As LA says, You got a break. She sure did.
Jeffrey Gutt,at 36, is a candidate for the Overs category and has the cute kid with him which is getting to be a staple diet for these shows these days. Nice guy - he did remind me of an Amish guy without the beard and trimmings at times. They all seem to be pretty nice people in Greensboro and Jeffrey, too, does the Yes Sir thing which must be something to do with the local school there. Anyway, he does Hallelujah, which Simon must have heard a thousand times now (it was even the Finale sing-off track a few years ago in a UK edition or maybe American Idol). It didn't sound that great to me, he puts a rock gravelly thing in there which is an interesting voice and he hit the high notes nicely but I didn't get the huge ovation and rave reviews they gave him. Simon appears to be losing his memory as he's coming out with That was the best audition I've heard just a little too easily nowadays. Must be an age thing, or just the influence of this nice town.
That's it. Not the spectacular run of talent like Part 1 this week but three or four that we may see more of. But a little less contrived editing, folks, next time, please. That was an example of trying too hard. I can just hear them talking in the editing suite. Hey we've got this thunder going on! Yeah, but the acts are rubbish. OK but let's run them together and that bad girl, we can have her go out with a bang...
Willie Jones is 17 and a happy chap from Louisiana. He does the Yes Sir bit to LA, even after he's told he needn't. Now this is a young black guy with a fancy hairdo with the shaved lines in the side and comes out singing country! That takes people by surprise. Although I didn't think he hit the notes particularly well, everyone gives him the most remarkable praise and it looks like he's going to be a sure-fire name on the Live Show list. If he can sort the pitch out then I reckon he could sing anything and get a good reaction. Nice guy too.
Kalvin McManigle is quite useless. Old and all I can remember is that he had a massive hat and put lawnmower handles on, well, on lawnmowers.
Julia Bullock is 18 and sings Pumped Up Kicks. She's great, a nice sound, current, true pop and could do well. Someone needs to advise her on make-up and I'd expect to be looking completely different when we next see her but that's not a big problem. So far, there haven't been many lively, pop girls so she could go far if she survives the traumas of bootcamp. We get some shots of the ex-boyfriend and it's all about contrived. Even Demi's first question about who she's come with seems rehearsed or to a script. Julia then gets to mention the band and so on. The ex looks pretty down and you wish the cameras would leave him alone, although not clapping when she gets the judges' rave reviews wasn't a good move. To be honest, I don't see why they couldn't still work with her if she's successful, or at least, if she wants, they get to try so I missed the point of another piece of pretty much over-edited stuff.
Which Pepsi flavor will be the X flavor? Dragon, Freeze, Fire or…what the heck are these soda names? What does a Dragon taste like? Simon Cowell likes Freeze, in case you were wondering?
Krysten Colon is a hairdresser with a terrible hairstyle. She's so nervous and the camera catches the whole of her body shaking. You kinda feel sorry for her as she starts with Adele's Don’t You Remember and she's not at all bad despite all those nerves. She wants to do a gospel song but Simon, unusually, sends her off to rehearse something else. I think that's one of the first times I've seen someone get that sort of second chance. It may be that they do and we just don't see it happen. As LA says, You got a break. She sure did.
Jeffrey Gutt,at 36, is a candidate for the Overs category and has the cute kid with him which is getting to be a staple diet for these shows these days. Nice guy - he did remind me of an Amish guy without the beard and trimmings at times. They all seem to be pretty nice people in Greensboro and Jeffrey, too, does the Yes Sir thing which must be something to do with the local school there. Anyway, he does Hallelujah, which Simon must have heard a thousand times now (it was even the Finale sing-off track a few years ago in a UK edition or maybe American Idol). It didn't sound that great to me, he puts a rock gravelly thing in there which is an interesting voice and he hit the high notes nicely but I didn't get the huge ovation and rave reviews they gave him. Simon appears to be losing his memory as he's coming out with That was the best audition I've heard just a little too easily nowadays. Must be an age thing, or just the influence of this nice town.
Midway through Britney's review there's a massive thunderclap and she remarks that even God liked that version. Not so sure that was what God meant but never mind.
Next comes a whole bundle of what we probably wouldn't normally see - except that there's lightning, thunder and the rain's getting in. I've got water falling on me has to rank as one of Simon Cowell's least smart quotes. He opens an umbrella later and perhaps that was an unlucky sign for this batch of contestants. All them were rubbish. Move on.
The show ends with Krysten Colon getting a second chance. Now, from past productions, you expect the last one to be brilliant. So we hope so but this is dreadful. Oh dear. Stop now. they let her go on far too long. This is going to be difficult, especially with the second chance thing.
Next comes a whole bundle of what we probably wouldn't normally see - except that there's lightning, thunder and the rain's getting in. I've got water falling on me has to rank as one of Simon Cowell's least smart quotes. He opens an umbrella later and perhaps that was an unlucky sign for this batch of contestants. All them were rubbish. Move on.
The show ends with Krysten Colon getting a second chance. Now, from past productions, you expect the last one to be brilliant. So we hope so but this is dreadful. Oh dear. Stop now. they let her go on far too long. This is going to be difficult, especially with the second chance thing.
Just as she gets really bad there's a massive clap of thunder. Britney's reaction is so funny!! In fact, I wonder whether that's the only reason we get the two shots of this girl. Ah, it might be the violent and nasty stuff she does backstage, including picking up a chair and swearing at everyone. Hmmm. So much for the school she went to. Obviously not a Greensboro one.
That's it. Not the spectacular run of talent like Part 1 this week but three or four that we may see more of. But a little less contrived editing, folks, next time, please. That was an example of trying too hard. I can just hear them talking in the editing suite. Hey we've got this thunder going on! Yeah, but the acts are rubbish. OK but let's run them together and that bad girl, we can have her go out with a bang...
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