The first episode of American Idol took place in Philadelphia and it may have given us the greatest quote ever to come from the show in six previous seasons:
“If you don’t know this hair style, then you’ve been living on some moon on the other side of an M-Class planet on Star Trek somewhere.”
Thanks Star Wars freak with the Princess Leia hair! She says staying in her home town offers nothing but the chance to be a correction’s officer. Somehow, she seems pretty cut out for it. “Duh!”
But not only did Star Wars fans probably close their eyes when they saw her, but then the guy came in wearing the Princess Leia bikini from Return of the Jedi. Not only was it beyond disgusting, but when Paula asked him to shave his chest and come back, the dude went and did it!
He returned looking like a shaved cat, but sadly didn’t change his outfit. Simon didn’t even let the guy open his mouth to sing before he ousted him from the room.
Still, perhaps the best WORST audition came from the guy with the deep voice.
“LET MY PEEPOL GOOOOOO.”
And what about the Janis Joplin sounding freak who flipped off the camera for what had to been a world record. And the guy who really scared the crap out of me who sang to Paula with the “stalker” song? Yikes…
But there were some good auditions scattered throughout the night.
Kristy Lee Cook was probably my favorite so far, but it’s mostly because I have a soft spot for country chicks. I loved Carrie Underwood of course and Kristy was great. And it sure helped that she sang Amazing Grace, a favorite of mine.
What did you think of the first episode? Good to have it back, or were you sick of it after the first hour?
Afyer being an avid fan for all of the seasons, I found last night disgusting in how it made fun basically of two girls who clearly were what would be called ” special needs”, Whereas Americas Next Top Model was hailed for Hilary who had Asbergers getting to the semi-finals– American Idol can now be the show that not only pokes fun at ethnics ( william hung, and sanjaya,) but grown up kids with special needs. Clearly both Alexis Cohen and Princess Leah were suffering from either aspergers, pr some other form of special learning needs. Check out their education history and I am sure they had an IEP.
Great and politically correct to make fun of them. Way to go Simon— yep in England they still make fun of retards, right? I mean after all us stupid americans are the only ones who dont practice “shadenfreude” ( the German word for taking pleasure in another’s misery.)
I hope you enjoy the Sat nite live skits of the three judges as retards…mental morons, village idiots– what have you.
S
Sorry…while Simon CAN go over the edge, these people have seen the show and know what they are getting into. I mean, Princess Leia had her GRANDPARENTS there with her…if they all had mental issues, than okay, but they’ve seen the show, they know what it’s about.
And I don’t think she was special needs really, just unique in the way she was.
Thanks for stopping by though, hope to see you around
First of all, Sharon, I don’t think those girls were “special needs.” Like Mike said, if they were then it is totally the fault of their families for bringing them to endure the humiliation of a Simon Beat Down (SBD). Secondly, Sanjaya might have been made fun of, by the people watching the show, but the judges put him into the finals. He wasn’t kicked off the show or put into the spotlight for ridicule…the ridicule came after he made a fool of himself night after night.
Now, back to the show. I thought it was about what I would have expected. The deep voice dude was something else. It made me sad, though, that he clearly didn’t understand why they didn’t think he was good. I hate it when people behave like punks for being turned down but it always makes me feel a little bad when they honestly think they’re good and they are so far from it.
Kristy Lee Cook was fantastic. And HOT! I say that in the hopes my wife doesn’t read this…then again, she knows. Women know when other women are hot. Kristy Lee Cook is hot. She’s pretty, sings like an angel, and was polite…what’s not to like. She should go far.
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Agree on everything you said Jason
I counted the use of the word “hot” three times in that comment of yours…
She was pretty for sure and her voice was awesome. Anytime someone can sing Amazing Grace like that, you know they’re good.
I expect to see her in the Top 12 at this point, but we have a long ways to go.
I’ve got it Tivo’ed. Should I watch it or hit delete?
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Watch!
Tivo is the BEST way to watch the commercialFULL “American Idol.” Man, you can watch a two hour show in about 45 minutes. It rocks. Over the course of the season you’ll save hours, maybe days, of your time with Tivo if you watch American Idol.
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Good point Jason, I can barely watch anything that’s not previously recorded on Tivo, or at least 20 minutes behind.
But American Idol has to be seen on DVR, especially these 2-hour couch-fests.
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