Tuesday, February 12, 2008

First night of Hollywood week

Ryan announces that the Hollywood round will be different this year. No one will be cut the first two days, but the third day, two thirds of the 164 people chosen will be going home.
They bring the first girl out, with a piano. Brooke is first. What pressure! She gets through.
Lorena, Amy, Leo all get nos, for the time being. Alisha, Micheal, Alyssa, Shaun, Jake (playing the drums!) all get rejected as well.
David is next. He just sings, and he does a great job. He seems like a star already. David gets "a hundred fazillion percent yes." That seems pretty good. He's through.
Amanda has just been a car accident, and she has staples in her head. She seems older to me, not like a 23-year-old. To be honest, I didn't like her schtick the first time, but the judges love her. Simon does tell her to expand her repertoire.
Simon warns "don't forget the lyrics." Buck, Cardin, Natashia forget the lyrics.
Ghaleb fails to impress the second time. His voice is off, and Simon thought he was terrible or corny.
This was the end of day one.
Josiah was the kid who lived in his car. I really hope he makes it. He sings this song that he must have written. It's great. The judges love him.
Danny, Ramiele, Carly, Michael all get through. They all sound great.
David gets through, barely. Simon is not thrilled.
Colton and Robbie get through singing Bryan Adams. Oy, it must be a drag listening to these people all do the same song.
Kyle is the nerdy politician kid. He got a room with two girls. Simon walks out. Yow.
Forty-eight already made it through. Didn't he say he wanted 50? That means there are only two spots left.
One hundred sixteen to go face their final shot. Simon warns it's going to be brutal.
Suzanne and Perrie are paired because they are both single parents. And they're both out.
David and Paul make it. Then a bunch of other people make it too. (They weren't named.)
After the commercial, a montage of people not making it.
Jeffrey made it through. He was such a sweetheart.
Now for the last chance.
David is first. He's 16. Randy likes him best. Simon raves about him, which is sweet.
Kyle impresses all three of them, too.
Joey had a migraine all morning. I have migraines so I feel terrible for him. He didn't make it.
Syesha makes it through. She is so lovely.
Michael sings "Bohemian Rhapsody." Awesome! He makes it through.
This Carly, who the judges clearly love, is next. She walks on stage and they start smiling.
Asia'h also makes it through.
Josiah is the last person of the day. He sings "Stand By Me" without the band. The kid who lives in his car makes it through, despite a bad performance.
To be continued...

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