American Idol 14- Jacob Tolliver Audition

Here is Jacob Tolliver from  American Idol 14 audition  in Minneapolis.

American Idol 13: Jena Irene- "We Are One"

So it was down to the final two and Jena actually had the more catchier song which was a little unfair. Probably the Bo Bice and Carrie Underwood final was more fair as they both sang the same coronation  song.  Nevertheless, this song was probably more suited to Jena as Caleb is more of a rocker. Also, can't take away the fact that Jena's "Can't Help Falling In Love" recently (two weeks ago) was simply superb. This song is very catchy and well done too  so my guess is - Jena to win but you never know.

American Idol 13: Jena Irene- "Can't Help Falling In Love"

This song  made J Lo do cartwheels in American Idol recently (ok, I am just kidding - she didn' t do that  heh heh)

American Idol 13: Sam Woolf & Alex Preston "The Girl Is Mine"

Sam Woolf solo performance of "Time after Time" was okay but surely this duet of  "The Girl Is Mine" with Alex Preston is worth a watch.

American Idol 13: Sam Woolf -I Tried (Original)

Went back to watching the first episode and managed to catch this new
singer from there. He is in the top 9 at the moment. This is his
original song sang last year at another event  so it seems.

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There were some good performances this week. Both the girls and guys did quite well but I guess the girls were slightly better this time round. All the performances were okay except for  Adriano Latonio and Charlie Askew . Charlie was almost in tears after the judges comments and Ryan did well to console him. Lazaro also did much better this week while Devin put up another strong performance.

Angela  did well this week and it seems like it was going to be hard for another girl to do better. So it was a surprise when Amber Holcomb who came after her, gave an almost effortless and flawless performance of Whitney Houston's "I Believe In You And Me."


Amber Holcomb, Top 10 Female Perform ~ American... by HumanSlinky

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Same format as last week 5 chosen out of 10  singers each episode -  10 girls and 10 guys again this week. Nothing really that interesting this week actually.  Lazaro Arbos was one of the singers  who got through to the top 20.

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This week in each of the two episodes, the judges will choose five singers out of the ten that perform - to go through to the next round.  So there were ten girls and ten guys performing this week.

I felt the guys were more entertaining this week. I got bored towards the end watching the girls perform. Could not wait to turn off the tv. I think it was because the songs they sang were not very catchy. Vocally the girls were probably better overall but oh so boring - except for probably Shubha Vedula (is that really her name?) - but she did not get through.

When it came to the guys, there were some weird but entertaining performances from  JDA and Charlie Askew. At the end of the day, I felt it was Devin Velez who stole the show with one of the best covers of  "Listen".



Devin Velez, Semi-finals ~ American Idol 2013 by HumanSlinky

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It was the girl's turn this week. Or are they really all girls? Some of them look  so masculine that you would wonder if they had gone through  a sex change or not. One of them was the tomboy, Kez Ban whom the producers had decided to focus on in the ninth episode of the show. There was   a certain bizarreness about her but the episode managed to show that there was a likeable side about her. I felt the boys were better in the group rounds.

However when it came to the solo rounds with music accompaniment, most of the girls did really well. Some of them sent home were actually very good but the judges had to pick their top 20. Just wondering if the producers edited Kez Ban's song - it didn't sound very good and was very short. The biggest surprise was Zoanette Johnson whose original song was almost a 100% improvement from her first audition. I felt the day  still belonged to Angela Miller whose original song " You Set Me Free" had all the judges giving her a standing ovation. At the beginning of the song - it seem to be quite an ordinary one but when it came to the chorus - it sounded pretty good. I guess she deserved a standing ovation.



Angela Miller, Hollywood Solo Round ~ American... by HumanSlinky

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 The seventh and eight episodes were about the guys in Hollywood. The first round  was a round in which the guys solo without any music accompaniment and after the first cut , they were arranged  into groups. The group rounds was where many stumbled as they had only 24 hours to prepare for their songs. However there were a few incredible performances too - most notably the first one - a cover of " Somebody To Love".

Hollywood Week, Male 1st Group ~ American Idol... by HumanSlinky

Generally the judges were right about most of the cuts. For example, the cases of Lazaro Arbos and Kayden Stephenson  who both  had sad back stories. Kayden was not quite ready yet, whereas Lazaro had the potential to go all the way. However, the judges may have been a bit too lenient in letting so many to go through the next round even though they have forgotten the lyrics.

After the group rounds,  were the solo rounds with music accompaniment. 28 singers were picked from there and out of those only 20 will carry on after next week.

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In the fifth episode,  auditions were held in San Antonio, Texas and Los Angeles   while in the sixth episode, auditions were held in Oklahoma.

I thought the most entertaining audition was at Oklahoma  by Halie Hilburn, the ventriloquist. She can sing very well too.


Halie Hilburn, Auditions Oklahoma ~ American... by HumanSlinky

I was surprised how Zoanette Johnson managed to go through. Also felt that Kayden Stephenson wasn't that good either.

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Third auditions were held in Charlotte, North Carolina while the fourth one was held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Both episodes were not as funny as the first one.

Generally the Charlotte auditions had many country singers in it and it seems like Candice Glover was the best among them.

However at Baton Rouge, I was not really  that impressed with Burnell Taylor whom most of  the judges gave a standing ovation.

American Idol 12 - those spoilers!

There is something about those spoilers that I never really understood- how did those people get the information? Those spoilers have been on for quite some time already and they are quite accurate. American Idol producers have not taken action on the sites that  release them possibly due the fact that they are not 100% accurate (but most of the time, they are I think!) Anyway I will be writing less about them in the future.

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Second auditions were in Chicago. Seems like  there were better performances in the second one but maybe my expectations were too high in the first auditions. The second auditions started really well with Mackenzie Wasner. I think Nicki was  right in saying that she is one of the  singers that come only once in a few years. Strange enough though she seems to have not made the top 40 spoiler's list.

Isabelle Parell was also very good - don't know why Randy said no- but seems like she did not make the spoiler's list as well.

The most touching was Lazaro Arbos. He has a very bad stutter when he talks and because of that, he has had a lonely life. However when he sings, there is no stutter. He gets to go to Hollywood and it appears he has also made the top 40.



American Idol Season 12 - Lazaro Arbos Audition by FanReviews

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First auditions were at New York. New judges were Mariah Carey, new star Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban. So J-Lo has left and her shoes are hard to fill. While Steven Tyler seem to be better at the end of last year, he still decided  to quit. Still there was room for improvement I  guess. If my dreams are true then  Madonna would have been a better choice as judge - Mariah   may have had a troubled life. Another good choice would probably  have been Carrie Underwood. For the male judge, it is harder to choose  - possibly a better one would have been David Archuleta. One could choose Casey James or Heejun Han  I guess- but they don't have really that good record sales. I heard Heejun did judge a K-pop competition last year though.

Quite a few of the videos  on my blog  seem to be removed from time to time. Hopefully I can replace them but it may take some time.

There were  some great voices but not great performances (not the ones like Phillip Phillips and Jason "Wolf" Hamlin last year) in the first episode. There were still some humour and touching moments in the show- basically Idol is still worth watching even at its 12th season.

I felt  the performances for those who got to Hollywood, were better at the beginning than at the end of the episode.

The funniest performance was probably by Albert Chang. Nicki Minaj said his range is better than Mariah's!



Albert Chang & More Unsuccessful Auditions New... by HumanSlinky

American Idol 11: Phil holds the edge but it will be close

I have been taking a break from this for some time. Donna Summer and Robin Gibb both passed away this week. Tomorrow will be the results of this year's final.

Phil has been improving the last few weeks and seems less one dimensional in his performances. Jessica has already broken one record in being the first Asian American to feature in the final. As for Skylar who went out a couple of weeks ago, she actually did not improve that much after "Shameless", so she was actually more of a dark horse than a dream idol.

It looks like Phil did better in the final song. Also the majority of people voting seem to be young girls who would most likely vote many times for him. Such has been the scenario for the last few years that there has not been a female winner for quite some time. It will be close but Jessica could still win it.

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This week was a surprise indeed - as Heejun had ended up in the bottom three. I was also surprised that Deandre was also in the bottom three. I felt that they were both entertaining. It looks like Heejun's chances of winning this is not very strong and he may be sent packing next week. Here is the video of him singing Billy Joel's "My Life"



I felt that this was one of the best performances of the night. Except for Phillip Phillips, Diddy did a good job with most of the singers. Phillip had changed a lot of the song and it sounded almost nothing like the original. I was surprised the judges did not comment about this- it was like they have not listened to any Billy Joel songs at all! Colton Dixon was the other singer that I felt could have ended up in the bottom three - his voice was just too whiny for my liking. Why the judges and mentors never comment about this while people in the internet do - is a mystery to me. Jessica Sanchez did a good job with " Everybody Has A Dream" but for some reason I still don't think she is ready to win it. So if Heejun goes off next week, who is the next best choice to win it? Skylar Laine?

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Heejun has made it into the top 10 of American Idol. This week he sang "Right Here Waiting"



Two singers were sent home this week - "gentle giant" Jermaine Jones was disqualified due to some legal issues while Shannon Magrane was voted out.

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Jeremy Rosado was sent home this week.

Here is Heejun singing " All In Love Is Fair".

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Heejun Han made it into the top 13. Here is his cover of "Angels".



"Gentle giant" Jermaine Jones was the wildcard in the top 25 and he surprisingly made it into the top 13.