1st Day of Hollywood

Sorry for the late post. I have guests over for a week so I am not up to my usual schedule of posting after the show.

Thank goodness for this week. It is where we can see the contestant's talent really on the line and with a little more pressure. The contestants can finally see who they are up against and also those who you know are better than you. The pressure does get to a lot of people and you could tell in their demeanor on stage. I can NOT handle watching people get on stage and beg and plead and state their case in tears and whines. The boy with the pegs in his face was a little ridiculous and I had to turn my head away, I just can't watch the 'poor me' routine and the whole 'I turn to music to save me', type jibberish. "I sing because it's all I have",,,,, yeah yeah,,,, Lame! I'm not interested in that. I am interested in someone to entertain me. There was the guy with the obnoxious facials and piercing voice.. Simon said he was "self-indulgent" , I couldn't agree more. Then there's the weird guy who comes in a character and didn't even sing a song, he sang an annoying rendition of "keep me here" to all the judges, even a shout out to Seacrest who was standing in the balcony. So weird. How about the kid who leaves saying, "Ya'll suck as judges, and Simon, with how much you money you make, you need a new wardrobe."

There were some new standouts and some that were good in the first auditions that were pretty dang bad on today's show. The 16 year old black girl just blew me away. She is so cute and pretty and she just has it. Then there was the Puerto Rican guy, uh, I'm not sure about him, he's just pretty loud. Then there was the big oil worker guy who is just great! I really like him, like his appearance, think he's way different than anyone else there, keep your eye on him. David Osmond sounded better, I think he's going to be one to watch.

Lastly, the bikini girl. Can I please vomit and then shoot her in the head?!! She attempted Faith Hill's Breathe, Gag, Gag, choke her. Paula and Kara were all over it, with the same opinion as every other girl watching. Bikini girl's act of "he he he" and "tilting the head and giggling" is enough to just put me over. The worst part is that Randy and Simon still voted her through on the pretense that she would sound better with a band. Um. HELLO-OO? This was an A Capella performance, we go off the raw voice. She was so dingy and obnoxious and kissing Seacrest which was just so gimmicky. She obviously can't sing. Let's just get rid of her.....ug.

P.S. Barry Manilow as giving advice... I think not. And I thought it interesting they gave the contestants a little boot camp with help from voice coaches and makeup... hmmm. Did it help anyone? Tonight, it's time for more drama. Can't wait.