Blogging from 'American Idol' in Omaha!
9:00 p.m.: That roar at the end from a singer in Miami was just like Paula's huge belch!!! See you tomorrow night, same time!!!
8:57 p.m.: "Homecoming queen" Leo Marlowe has a ton of personality and is funny -- he may be this season's Chris Sligh, without the corkscrew curls! Paula slurs: "TOUCHDOWN! I haven't done that in a long time!!" She wants to take Leo home. He could drag her to the couch and pull a blanket up on her after she passes out.
8:49 p.m.: OMG!!!!! Paula burp/hiccups really loud!!!!! She is so drunk! Luckily, the gold-shirt-wearing guy is not a serious auditioner. Simon dropped his paper and said, slowly and almost too quietly to hear, "You .. disgusting .. little .. pig!" I am rolling!!!!!!!
8:46 p.m.: David Cook brought his guitar! He's got a good rock voice. But Randy! If he looked in the mirror, would he have his hair coming up to a point?
8:36 p.m.: A tearful 17-year-old who just wants to make her dad proud -- great story! And Angelica Puente, though she sounds a little SHOUTY to me, can sing. But Simon giving warmhearted advice -- it's not great TV, is it? Luckily we have the gold-shirted guy coming up .., and Paula draped over the table??!!
8:33 p.m.: Paula really twinkles her eyes when a cute guy sings. It's like she ratchets up into a new level of attention.
8:30 p.m.: Ryan takes Paula's place and Samantha Sidley is the unlucky contestant who gets to try out while wide-eyed Ryan is trying to show that the judges get overpaid for doing nothing. "Other door, Ryan!" HA HA HA!!!!
8:26 p.m.: Sarah Whitaker loves the limelight, even though Simon says, "You're just really strange, Sarah!" Did Paula really say "Yes"?
8:23 p.m.: Rachael Wicker could totally beat Simon at arm-wrestling. Paula is slurring her words -- so much for the "missed her plane" story.
8:20 p.m.: Who knew so many people would forget the lyrics?
8:11 p.m.: Jason Rich can sing ... but can't remember the words. It's a real drawback in performing, and sudden death in the Hollywood rounds, as you know. Paula, of course, would have loved him. Luckily, the kinder, gentler Simon and Randy send him through.
8:07 p.m.: Well, at least Chris Bernheisel got on TV, his actual goal, I think. The gifts were bad enough, but the handstand .... and the singing! But he got a gig to report from the finale!!! His dad and grandma looked .. mortified.
Paula's plane was delayed? What kind of idiocy is that? She doesn't fly in the night before????
The official "American Idol" site appears to have 515 photos from the Omaha auditions .. could that POSSIBLY be true? The 10th photo is of a young woman with two hands full of balloon animals, one of them Goofy. There's a goth girl in patent leather, and another singer with a child. And each photo has the SAME caption: "The season seven hopefuls in Omaha did everything in their power to get the attention of the judges." L-A-Z-Y.
-- Anne Neville
Do you think anyone else from Buffalo will be on?
Posted by: Sal | January 29, 2008 at 07:59 PM
It surprised me last week, Sal! Usually we hear in advance when somebody makes it. So I think not, but I could be wrong. Do you think so?
Posted by: Anne Neville | January 29, 2008 at 08:02 PM
If you were surprised I guess there's a chance. How many Buffalonians might go to Omaha to audition?
Posted by: Sal | January 29, 2008 at 08:08 PM
If somebody didn't make it through at a closer audition, they might travel to other ones. I hope if there's a Buffalonian that they do well!
Posted by: Anne Neville | January 29, 2008 at 08:11 PM
Well, Jason made it through even though it took several tries. Why couldn't they given Buffalo Girl consideration like that?
Posted by: Sal | January 29, 2008 at 08:18 PM
They made a joke of Aretha from the beginning. And here, a guy who forgets the words multiple times gets "another chance."
Posted by: Anne Neville | January 29, 2008 at 08:23 PM
CREEPY BURGER KING COMMERCIAL ALERT!
Posted by: Anne Neville | January 29, 2008 at 08:36 PM
Where is everyone else? Maybe it's not much fun to watch these tryouts drag on so long. Things seem even more forced than last week.
Posted by: Sal | January 29, 2008 at 08:37 PM
I wonder if the Florida primary has sucked away our fellow commenters? Is anybody else out there?
Posted by: Anne Neville | January 29, 2008 at 08:43 PM
I think Paula was late 'cause she was hit'in the pipe before the show. Look how crazy she is asking. Tweaking?
Posted by: BlueStatePrison | January 29, 2008 at 08:43 PM
She's in some alternate universe for sure. The only time she looked focused was when she saw that cute blond guy.
Posted by: Anne Neville | January 29, 2008 at 08:45 PM
WOW...what came out of Paulas mouth? Is she drunk? That was SOOO funny!
Posted by: BlueStatePrison | January 29, 2008 at 08:50 PM
Shout? Another Buffalo connection, if subtle. I thought he sounded good.
Posted by: Sal | January 29, 2008 at 08:52 PM
Best Idol moment this season!!! I rewound and watched it again!
Posted by: Anne Neville | January 29, 2008 at 08:54 PM
I LIKED GSWG!
Posted by: Sal | January 29, 2008 at 08:54 PM
Ha ha Sal!!!
Posted by: Anne Neville | January 29, 2008 at 08:56 PM
Do first and last auditioners always make it through?
Posted by: Sal | January 29, 2008 at 08:59 PM
I hadn't noticed that, Sal -- they certainly want to end on a good one, but do they start with one, too?
Posted by: Anne Neville | January 29, 2008 at 09:05 PM
Missed plane theory? Didn't hear that. But what does anyone do if they miss their plane? They stress and go to the bar to unwind. Then they continue the fun on the plane. She was seriously loopy. When she voted yes for Miss Morgue I knew she was not in condition to be there.
Posted by: David Valenzuela | January 30, 2008 at 11:49 AM