It's finally Hollywood Week on American Idol! It's one of my favorite segments on the show. The really horrid are already filtered out (with the exception of Bikini Girl) and now it's up to the good ones (again, with the exception of Bikini Girl) to battle it out on a real stage. They would be first doing a solo audition, followed by a group one the next day.
Hollywood Week Day 1: Solo Auditions
As excited as I was to settle down on my massage chair (setting: stiff shoulders) to watch the Hollywood rounds, something just doesn't feel right this year. The pace is maddeningly fast, with auditions flashing by quicker than you can say "oh I think I recognize that one". Usually it comes out as "Hey! That guy! I know.. Oh you missed it. Hey, I know that girl, she's ... Oh never mind, missed it again." It's like they're squeezing so much into so little time. The ones that they focused on initially, such as Jason Castro's brother, Michael Castro, barely received any screen time. In fact, I think he got around 0.3s as they showed his smiling face (indicating that he got through). Other previous sob story cases such as the girl who took care of her grandma got cut as fast as a kiss scene on a Disney movie.
The one I was waiting most anxiously for was Bikini Girl. Kara told her to come naked this time, but she didn't heed her favorite judge's advice. She came in some sort of a trash bag, and sang Faith Hill's Breathe. "Cause I can hear you breathe.." Appropraite song choice, seeing how Bikini Girl sings though her nose. She did her signature annoying-nasally-run at the end, which really set Kara off. Kara tried again to get her off the show, proclaiming that her voice got thin at the end. Simon and Randy, as usual, were mesmerized by the bitch and she got through to the next round. Seriously. if she goes any furthur than this, I'm going to have to start weaning off American Idol addiction.
I always thought that the crazy ones would be filtered out in the first rounds. How wrong I turned out to be. After Dennis got cut, he started shouting threats at the judges and called Simon a cheapo who wears cheap jeans and ugly tee shirts. He also has really crazy eyes that whirl around, well, crazily. It's like he was going to crawl out of the TV screen and claw at me. I was seriously afraid to look straight into the screen for a moment. Of course, as usual, American Idol turns into the 'most stupid show in the world' after a person gets cut, and Crazy-Eyed Dennis feels the need to tell the world.
Notable ones who did get through include: Crazy laughing spanish girl Tatiana , inspiring school president Austin, blind guy Scott, Wife-mourner Danny and wife-mourner Danny's friend Jamar.
Hollywood Week Day 2: Group Auditions
This is where the drama begins. The remaining contestants are told to group themselves into groups of 3 to 4, and they would rehearse a aong and perform it the following day.
This episode focused A LOT on crazy laughing girl Tatiana and the drama of her group. The minute her group let her in, they regretted. As one of them very accurately put, 'She's psycho!". Tatiana laughs like a maniac and acts like one too. She immediately took charge when they got together. "Okay, it's 11 pm now. We'll practice 'till 1.20pm and then go to bed. The others look at her like she's nuts. She promptly burst into tears when the rehearsing goes bad, screaming her head off about how this is all she ever wanted and that she has put everything she has down for this. Yeah, and the others are there for laughs, are they?
Katrina (Bikini Girl) also got herself a group. (I'll stop calling her Bikini Girl now cause she has stopped wearing a bikini. Also, Bikini Girl is longer to type.) I was very interested to see how she interacts with girls who are immune to the charms of her cleavage. Also, almost immediately, her group regrets having her. Rose, the hippie girl, sulks to the camera and says that her group seems like they're more interested in looking cute than singing. On cue, Katrina does the over the shoulder look and winks at the camera.
Another group the episode focused on was the trio of Nancy, Nathaniel and another girl. Tatiana, after falling out with her previous group, decides to join their group. She's welcomed with open arms by the 'other girl', but Nancy would have none of it. Tatiana begs and pleads, saying how she knows the song really well and would be great with them. A few hours later, Tatiana decides to join back her old group, leaving Nancy fuming mad. Nancy chaces her all across the ballroom and shouts at the shameless woman. Tatiana begs and pleads (again), saying how she thinks that their song (Mercy by Duffy) would sound better if sung solo. Nancy loses it and blows off the roof with her powerhouse screaming. She leaves in a huff, dragging the 'other girl' with her.
Meanwhile, Nathaniel looks on, bemused.
The 'other girl' then wants to rest her voice after singing for hours. Nancy (bless her dramatic heart!) says 'I want to learn the song and you want to sit here on your ass and rest?!" She proceeds on to shouting at the poor tired girl till she (the poor girl, not Nancy) starts crying. "I don't care that you're crying!" Ouch. Somebody's PMSing.
Meanwhile, Nathaniel looks on, bemused.
Perhaps realising that he was getting too little attention, he started crying to another team. "I've tried my best to get those girls to work together!' He stamps his feet like a right little diva. "But nothing works! I've worked so hard for this, and they're ruining it!" He then begins a shoutdown with Nancy (the girl should get her own reality show). Their little argument brings all the cameramen around running. Nice work, Nathaniel. Really knows how to get some screen time.
Katrina then causes trouble by wanting to go to sleep when everyone else in her team is rehearsing. She arrives with her makeup bag very very late the next day, to the charign of her teammates. Rose gives her best pissed-off look as she collects her bag and stands up to leave. Their audition was horrible, as Rose had predicted. Simon was finally showing signs of him returning to himself once more, not taking anymore bullshit from Katrina as he very directly told her 'you went to bed and the others couldn't rehearse. Who's fault was it?" Katrina was shocked that Simon finally told her off. She should have worn her bikini to be extra sure.
I was overjoyed when Katrina was finally kicked out, along with two other of her group members. She very haughtily stalked off after it was announced that she's out, causing Kara to call her a bitch. Bye, Katrina!
The other drama queen, Nancy, was also kicked off, but her two teammates stayed on. She made a very undignified exit, pushing them away when they tried to hug her.
Again, I was left feeling very puzzled after day 2. Why did the producers keep so many of the potential viewer magnets hidden away? I didn't see the previous ones that were focused on, but instead saw a lot of the drama. It was almost like an MTV reality show. Like Hills, but with less beautiful people. What's going on with American Idol? They previously claimed that it was going to be about the singing, but I barely saw any on these episodes. The million dollar question is: Why are they keeping them hidden?
There's going to be a final Hollywood round next week, before they choose the final 36. Hope it gets better then.
Hollywood Week Day 1: Solo Auditions
As excited as I was to settle down on my massage chair (setting: stiff shoulders) to watch the Hollywood rounds, something just doesn't feel right this year. The pace is maddeningly fast, with auditions flashing by quicker than you can say "oh I think I recognize that one". Usually it comes out as "Hey! That guy! I know.. Oh you missed it. Hey, I know that girl, she's ... Oh never mind, missed it again." It's like they're squeezing so much into so little time. The ones that they focused on initially, such as Jason Castro's brother, Michael Castro, barely received any screen time. In fact, I think he got around 0.3s as they showed his smiling face (indicating that he got through). Other previous sob story cases such as the girl who took care of her grandma got cut as fast as a kiss scene on a Disney movie.
The one I was waiting most anxiously for was Bikini Girl. Kara told her to come naked this time, but she didn't heed her favorite judge's advice. She came in some sort of a trash bag, and sang Faith Hill's Breathe. "Cause I can hear you breathe.." Appropraite song choice, seeing how Bikini Girl sings though her nose. She did her signature annoying-nasally-run at the end, which really set Kara off. Kara tried again to get her off the show, proclaiming that her voice got thin at the end. Simon and Randy, as usual, were mesmerized by the bitch and she got through to the next round. Seriously. if she goes any furthur than this, I'm going to have to start weaning off American Idol addiction.
I always thought that the crazy ones would be filtered out in the first rounds. How wrong I turned out to be. After Dennis got cut, he started shouting threats at the judges and called Simon a cheapo who wears cheap jeans and ugly tee shirts. He also has really crazy eyes that whirl around, well, crazily. It's like he was going to crawl out of the TV screen and claw at me. I was seriously afraid to look straight into the screen for a moment. Of course, as usual, American Idol turns into the 'most stupid show in the world' after a person gets cut, and Crazy-Eyed Dennis feels the need to tell the world.
Notable ones who did get through include: Crazy laughing spanish girl Tatiana , inspiring school president Austin, blind guy Scott, Wife-mourner Danny and wife-mourner Danny's friend Jamar.
Hollywood Week Day 2: Group Auditions
This is where the drama begins. The remaining contestants are told to group themselves into groups of 3 to 4, and they would rehearse a aong and perform it the following day.
This episode focused A LOT on crazy laughing girl Tatiana and the drama of her group. The minute her group let her in, they regretted. As one of them very accurately put, 'She's psycho!". Tatiana laughs like a maniac and acts like one too. She immediately took charge when they got together. "Okay, it's 11 pm now. We'll practice 'till 1.20pm and then go to bed. The others look at her like she's nuts. She promptly burst into tears when the rehearsing goes bad, screaming her head off about how this is all she ever wanted and that she has put everything she has down for this. Yeah, and the others are there for laughs, are they?
Katrina (Bikini Girl) also got herself a group. (I'll stop calling her Bikini Girl now cause she has stopped wearing a bikini. Also, Bikini Girl is longer to type.) I was very interested to see how she interacts with girls who are immune to the charms of her cleavage. Also, almost immediately, her group regrets having her. Rose, the hippie girl, sulks to the camera and says that her group seems like they're more interested in looking cute than singing. On cue, Katrina does the over the shoulder look and winks at the camera.
Another group the episode focused on was the trio of Nancy, Nathaniel and another girl. Tatiana, after falling out with her previous group, decides to join their group. She's welcomed with open arms by the 'other girl', but Nancy would have none of it. Tatiana begs and pleads, saying how she knows the song really well and would be great with them. A few hours later, Tatiana decides to join back her old group, leaving Nancy fuming mad. Nancy chaces her all across the ballroom and shouts at the shameless woman. Tatiana begs and pleads (again), saying how she thinks that their song (Mercy by Duffy) would sound better if sung solo. Nancy loses it and blows off the roof with her powerhouse screaming. She leaves in a huff, dragging the 'other girl' with her.
Meanwhile, Nathaniel looks on, bemused.
The 'other girl' then wants to rest her voice after singing for hours. Nancy (bless her dramatic heart!) says 'I want to learn the song and you want to sit here on your ass and rest?!" She proceeds on to shouting at the poor tired girl till she (the poor girl, not Nancy) starts crying. "I don't care that you're crying!" Ouch. Somebody's PMSing.
Meanwhile, Nathaniel looks on, bemused.
Perhaps realising that he was getting too little attention, he started crying to another team. "I've tried my best to get those girls to work together!' He stamps his feet like a right little diva. "But nothing works! I've worked so hard for this, and they're ruining it!" He then begins a shoutdown with Nancy (the girl should get her own reality show). Their little argument brings all the cameramen around running. Nice work, Nathaniel. Really knows how to get some screen time.
Katrina then causes trouble by wanting to go to sleep when everyone else in her team is rehearsing. She arrives with her makeup bag very very late the next day, to the charign of her teammates. Rose gives her best pissed-off look as she collects her bag and stands up to leave. Their audition was horrible, as Rose had predicted. Simon was finally showing signs of him returning to himself once more, not taking anymore bullshit from Katrina as he very directly told her 'you went to bed and the others couldn't rehearse. Who's fault was it?" Katrina was shocked that Simon finally told her off. She should have worn her bikini to be extra sure.
I was overjoyed when Katrina was finally kicked out, along with two other of her group members. She very haughtily stalked off after it was announced that she's out, causing Kara to call her a bitch. Bye, Katrina!
The other drama queen, Nancy, was also kicked off, but her two teammates stayed on. She made a very undignified exit, pushing them away when they tried to hug her.
Again, I was left feeling very puzzled after day 2. Why did the producers keep so many of the potential viewer magnets hidden away? I didn't see the previous ones that were focused on, but instead saw a lot of the drama. It was almost like an MTV reality show. Like Hills, but with less beautiful people. What's going on with American Idol? They previously claimed that it was going to be about the singing, but I barely saw any on these episodes. The million dollar question is: Why are they keeping them hidden?
There's going to be a final Hollywood round next week, before they choose the final 36. Hope it gets better then.
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