The auditions continued yesterday night, this time in Dallas, Texas, where Kelly Clarkson auditioned in the first season. To be honest, I did not remember much out of tonight's show.
The standout female audtioner was this girl
Kady Malloy, who can imitate the voices of several singers. She sang ala Britney Spears, then ala Carrie Underwood. The judges asked her to sing in her own style, and she did "Unchained Melody". She was given the three thumbs up even before she reached the chorus. The first girl
Jessica Brown was also very good in her rendition of "I'll Stand By You," and she brought with her her story of success over drug addiction. There was also this back-up singer
Pia who fixed her hair like a Mohawk and sang Gladys Knight.
Among the men, there was no clear winner. The best was this guy
Colton Swon who sang a good driving version of a country rock song called "The Boondocks". There was this farmboy
Drew, who was given a generous backstory complete with his family, his tractor driving and hay chewing. There was this geeky choir member
Kyle who wore a tie. And that guy
Brandon who had to reveal his secret of collecting his old fingernail clippings (!) in order to get airtime, and a golden ticket.
Of course there were the kooks. I was very dismayed at that last overlong segment with this Pinoy guy
Reynaldo Lapuz, who was already 44 and clearly had no business being there. He wore this glittery Elvis inspired outfit to gain attention and airtime. I may have found it funny at first, but it was certainly drawn out too long, with Randy, Paula and Ryan joining in and dancing around the poor guy as he sang his original composition "Brothers Forever" repeatedly as they all had a good laugh about it. They did have a funny ending to this whole sham, by showing Simon all aglow with a halo, as Reynaldo was praising his "goodness" effusively.
They go to San Diego next week. So let's hope there we can get to see a genuine Pinoy talent get through to Hollywood.
