X factor USA auditions. Day 2. Cue shots of long queues and some building called Cow Something. Sometimes the UK locations do look a lot more inviting! We start with a photogenic mother insisting that her photogenic son do more than just try. Fair enough, actually, and so far we haven't had those helicopter mothers following their children everywhere which really spoilt bootcamp viewing last year.
Jonny Maxwell is first on and bravely does something he's written himself. Looks like it's going to be a disaster but it isn't. Not the most tuneful of voices and he's nervous, probably worrying about what his mother will say more than the judges, at the outset. Then he gets into it and this is actually one well-written rap song that works and even the judges admit to getting the catchy bit stuck for a while after. Not a winner but rightly through to bootcamp.
Now we get another of those contrasts that whoever put the frames together seems to like this year. Homely blonde Paige Stroobach v dark and sexy Lexa Berman. We get to see Lexa but not Paige, well not yet anyway but they wouldn't have gone to the trouble of adding Paige's name to the frames if there isn't more of her another day.
Lexa is confident and has the sort of body that just sizzles, and she knows it. Her voice isn't at all bad but she's a bit out of tune and definitely out of favour with Demi and Britney. They don't like her. Simon does, (memories of someone whose name escapes me now who just made the live shows but was pretty smartly out too), but LA Reid stays quiet or, at least, we don't get his vote and Lexa's off, pretty disappointed.
We then see Paige noting that that is what not to do. Not, to be fair, would she have been able to. anyway, that'll be for another day, I suppose.
Next comes Jason who has a Japanese boyfriend and just oozes that familiar gay charm. No-one expects him to be anything other than nice. He's looking a little overwarm and talks just a bit too much, irritating Simon and beginning to wear the girls too. But he is teh big surprise of the evening with a stunning audition, quite different from other acts to date and, in fact, I'd find it hard to match him to anyone from last year. Some style and he just lives the song and puts it across wonderfully. A great find and he would sem to be a sure-fire fit for the live shows with that personality too.
I wasn't going to include this clip. It's not pleasant and actually quite creepy. This fellow seems obsessed with Britney and has brought some flowers from a local garage. they sit on the stage bizarrely in front of him. He can't sing, thank God. He needs to get off but doesn't and that is one of those brief moments when you want some massive bouncer to come on and pull him off. Luckily the flowers gives Simon an opportunity to send him off in a reasonably friendly way and life goes on. I wouldn't sell that guy a gun, though.
Let's move on, quickly.
It's the last act and this tiny looking 13 year old Carly Rose Sonenclare is with her parents. They seem pretty reasonable, so that's a good sign. On stage she looks confident and cute in a delightfully plain way. When she sings, though, forget Jessica Sanchez, this girl is good, very good. Absolutely spot on with the notes and I'm Feeling Good ain't no simple song either. La Reid is clearly blown away and you can just feel the warmth in the others' smiles as she gives us a full version from start to finish - perfect.
This is the best so far. Possibly too young to have the real range and personality to win but surely a must for the Live Shows. Remarkable.
Jonny Maxwell is first on and bravely does something he's written himself. Looks like it's going to be a disaster but it isn't. Not the most tuneful of voices and he's nervous, probably worrying about what his mother will say more than the judges, at the outset. Then he gets into it and this is actually one well-written rap song that works and even the judges admit to getting the catchy bit stuck for a while after. Not a winner but rightly through to bootcamp.
Now we get another of those contrasts that whoever put the frames together seems to like this year. Homely blonde Paige Stroobach v dark and sexy Lexa Berman. We get to see Lexa but not Paige, well not yet anyway but they wouldn't have gone to the trouble of adding Paige's name to the frames if there isn't more of her another day.
Lexa is confident and has the sort of body that just sizzles, and she knows it. Her voice isn't at all bad but she's a bit out of tune and definitely out of favour with Demi and Britney. They don't like her. Simon does, (memories of someone whose name escapes me now who just made the live shows but was pretty smartly out too), but LA Reid stays quiet or, at least, we don't get his vote and Lexa's off, pretty disappointed.
We then see Paige noting that that is what not to do. Not, to be fair, would she have been able to. anyway, that'll be for another day, I suppose.
Next comes Jason who has a Japanese boyfriend and just oozes that familiar gay charm. No-one expects him to be anything other than nice. He's looking a little overwarm and talks just a bit too much, irritating Simon and beginning to wear the girls too. But he is teh big surprise of the evening with a stunning audition, quite different from other acts to date and, in fact, I'd find it hard to match him to anyone from last year. Some style and he just lives the song and puts it across wonderfully. A great find and he would sem to be a sure-fire fit for the live shows with that personality too.
I wasn't going to include this clip. It's not pleasant and actually quite creepy. This fellow seems obsessed with Britney and has brought some flowers from a local garage. they sit on the stage bizarrely in front of him. He can't sing, thank God. He needs to get off but doesn't and that is one of those brief moments when you want some massive bouncer to come on and pull him off. Luckily the flowers gives Simon an opportunity to send him off in a reasonably friendly way and life goes on. I wouldn't sell that guy a gun, though.
Let's move on, quickly.
It's the last act and this tiny looking 13 year old Carly Rose Sonenclare is with her parents. They seem pretty reasonable, so that's a good sign. On stage she looks confident and cute in a delightfully plain way. When she sings, though, forget Jessica Sanchez, this girl is good, very good. Absolutely spot on with the notes and I'm Feeling Good ain't no simple song either. La Reid is clearly blown away and you can just feel the warmth in the others' smiles as she gives us a full version from start to finish - perfect.
This is the best so far. Possibly too young to have the real range and personality to win but surely a must for the Live Shows. Remarkable.
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