Huge crowds in Denver. Unfortunately they pick someone dreadful to start with. Simon's wearing glasses. Don't think I've seen them before. The useless girl appeared not to know who he was. I find that pretty hard to believe - probably some production team idea. Surely no-one will have queued in that massive crowd and not had some discussion or watched some stream of the show and heard about Mr Cowell. Oh well.
Another awful chap follows. No Scotty this boy. A classic Miss America next but she's no good either. More acts follow and still the awful stuff comes. By now, a lot of viewers must have turned off!
Rylie Brown is 15. You kinda know she'll be good. She forgets the words and is exceptionally nervous for a while then, much to everyone's relief, pulls it back and does well. Bags of applause and, at last, someone reasonable. She does whine a bit but is worth hearing again and we'll see how she gets on. I think most of the compliments were due to how poor all the rest had been.
Jeffrey's rugged and anyone with a Doggy Day Care business is likely to do well with Kelly. He's a mature, gruff-voiced fellow who sounds like the chap who used to have a pony tail / mullet and who's name escapes me now. That's the only trouble - he seems a little old fashioned. Great voice, though and nice personality and I can see him doing well. He also did a good Joe Cocker impression now I think of it.
Jocelyn is an annoying woman. You hope she's bad. Attitude. Yuk. Simon actually walks her off the stage which was quite a nice touch really. A bit set up, I feel, though.
Rachel Potter sounds interesting. A fabulous audition with a performance of Queen's Somebody To Love that was new and excellent. I think we will be seeing a lot more of her for quite some time. That set a standard for others to try to meet.
Next is an annoying guy Jorge Pena who wants to serenade the ladies and does get painfully over the top with his banter. To be fair he's better than the Spanish chap on Idol and the Chinese fellow who made the Live Shows last year. The audience was strangely quiet after he'd finished and that was a bit odd. He does get through but I don't see him getting far with one of the girls as a mentor. Or Simon, for that matter. He called Demi 'Woman' which got him into trouble but actually it wasn't as bad as it may sound now - one of those remarks that are almost impossible to justify afterwards but, if you were there at the time and heard it in full context, it was OK. It will probably haunt him forever, though.
Simone gets a big cheer. Must be local. Funny little thing, isn't she? says Simon to Demi as Simone gets read to start. He had previously asked her if her parents were happily married which was quite bizarre but no-one commented on that. The girl seemed a lot older than 19 and sang Mustang Sally like a 40 year old. Quite well and very confidently. Easy listening. I'd put her through but I don't see her as a star. The crowd go mad for her which is so nice to see. I'm guessing this is another day as they all say that hers was the best audition of the day. Not so sure about that.
Now, back to the abnormal. Russell is a bit weird. hey try to stop the music but it carries on and so does old Russ. It must have been pretty obvious but he takes his warbling all the way through. The judges are pretty kind. Demi thinks that Simon would sound like Russell. Kelly gets the microphone and we nearly get to hear Simon sing. He would need a massive amount of courage to go for that but the way the girls are setting him up he'd almost be better off going with it, albeit briefly!
Adverts interrupt the flow. Probably designed that way. He gets away with a warble. That will never be aired he says.
This is a long show. 90 minutes in and still going. Next up three sisters from Detroit Roxxy Montana who haven't told their parents they are here. They better have done by now because we'll be seeing more of them soon and probably live too!
A little screechy for my taste. Simon thinks Temperance (great names!) has the strongest voice and gets them to do another track. Quite impressive and a natural blend there. Simon says that, apart from the groups he's put together, they're potentially the best group there's been. Not so sure about that either. I am disappointed to see him going down the 'best there's been...' route.
Al Calderone is a cheerful boy with a hunky supportive Mr America dad who looks like he ought to be carrying a rugby ball or a baseball bat maybe. He sings Sarah Smile and does it quite well with a great smile of his own. He'll get through. Lots of charisma but I don't rate his singing that highly. He's been put right up high with all those compliments but I have a feeling there'll be tears at Bootcamp or, even more emotionally, Judges' Houses perhaps.
Denise Weeks says she sings in the suburbs. I think that should have been subways. We were all expecting her to be brilliant. She was very nervous. Simon asks her to sing without the backing track. What a difference. Hmmm. Another planned affair? Oh well. She was quite good and, of course, goes through.
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