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Eye on 'Idol': To catch a big break, go to Memphis |
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Written by Hunter Hauk, MCT
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Friday, 26 January 2007 |
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Before diving headfirst into this week's Memphis and New York "American Idol" audition shows, I need a cure for my hangover from last week.
New BFFs Kenneth Briggs and Jonathan Jayne endured intolerable Cowell cruelty, true, but seeing them interviewed over and over (and over!) pains my brain. Their ubiquity makes William Hung seem underexposed. And Kenneth, Simon didn't call you a monkey, he called you a bush baby. Get it right.
Moving on ...
The talent pool in Memphis boosted my confidence (or as one contestant called it, "confidentiality") in "Idol" to uncover people who can actually sing. Three contestants come to mind.
Porter, Texas, resident Sundance Head is a large man with an even larger voice. Simon's right: he "knocked Taylor out of the pahk." And there's Melinda Doolittle, the background singer who was refreshingly unaware of her own brilliance. But my hands-down pick for the endgame?
Fidel-Castro-lookalike Sean Michel — not because he brought unbelievable soul and rhythm to Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down" (he did), but because I can't wait to see him after his obligatory "Idol" makeover. That beard's days are numbered.
There was definitely more promise in the hourlong Memphis show than in the two-hour New York suckathon. "Not being rude," but the Jersey twins, the brace-faced opera singer and the Timberlake wannabe weren't as outstanding as the judges made them out to be. Let's not even talk about the people who couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.
Wait, scratch that. One of the bad apples deserves a bite, since he so perfectly represents the majority of delusional New York hopefuls. Ian Benardo wouldn't know talent if it smacked him on his permanently pursed lips, but he said something unforgettable while trying to sell himself: "I am a superstar. You can ask my family. You can ask my friend. You can ask one of my therapists."
How can you argue with that?
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