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Inspiring Funny Hot Scary Outrageous Amazing Weird CrazyIdol Season 9: Auditions -- Boston
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Read More: American Idol , Auditions , Boston , Kara DioGuardi , Pop Music , Randy Jackson , Ryan
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UPDATE: The ratings are in and according to the
Hollywood Reporter Idol is still incredibly strong. Idol
reached 30 million viewers and even went up a bit in
the 18-49 year old demo that advertisers love andwhich had been slipping a bit. NCIS held well at 20.7
million, but Idol will clearly be the #1 show of the
week. With an audience almost 50% bigger than NCIS ,
Idol looks set to be the #1 show in the country for a
record-setting 6 years in a row, the longest streak in
TV history. Sitcoms All in the Family and The Cosby
Show were #1 for five years in a row, and
newsmagazine stalwart 60 Minutes was #1 for five non-consecutive years in a row. Just below them,
western Gunsmoke was #1 for four years in a row and sitcom pioneer I Love Lucy was #1 for four non-
consecutive years in a row.
SHOW COVERAGE:
The backstage drama is probably more exciting than ever at American Idol. (Ellen coming, Simon going -
- eventually -- blah blah blah.) But the top-rated show in America returned Tuesday night without
missing a beat.
From the pure Americana of the opener where we got a glimpse of young people from all walks of life
who dream of singing or inspiring or just escaping their dead-end jobs to the finale of one last golden
ticket, American Idol remains a very well-crafted, well-edited, entertaining show. The tone for the first
night was notably more optimistic, with a welcome downplaying of the oddballs and losers and an
element of empathy even during the rejection montages.
Maybe the Idol producers understand a country in recession doesn't want to watch people being kicked
when they're down. But they also presented the inspirational tales (my least favorite element of the show)
with a certain restraint. Yes, we saw people with siblings who have Down's syndrome, people withgrandmothers who have Alzheimer's and people who have fought off cancer, but it never felt too
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manipulative. Idol told their stories and then moved on, led smoothly by Ryan Seacrest.
As for the judges, Kara seemed more relaxed, Randy remained mellow and Simon was Simon, though not
as acerbic (or at least not edited to appear as acerbic) as he normally is shown. The guest judge was
Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice and while I generally avoid commenting negatively on people'sappearances, she is clearly one more victim of the Hollywood mania for plastic surgery. Her face was sopinched and smoothed out and incapable of registering any emotion, I actually found it difficult to watch
her. Her demeanor was generally of the nice, positive variety though.
So the tone the show set was pitch perfect: entertaining, generally upbeat and positive. So why bother
with the oddballs? Here are my impressions of most of the people we saw make it through.
MADDY CURTIS -- the teen from a giant family with brothers who have Down's Syndrome, Maddy
sang Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." She was fine and it's certainly a challenging song to sing and anyone
singing it knows that Cohen and Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright have sung the heck out of it. Maddy
was fine and has a nice voice, though it's hard to tell how much vocal character she has. Kara annoyingly
said Maddy has an old soul, when that's the song, not her. Simon amusingly heard everyone else say yes
and then said "Now the one that counts...four yeses." Maddy paused before walking out and said, "I really
enjoyed singing for you" so at least we know she's been raised right. And Simon's compliment du jourquickly became "You're not annoying."
JENNIFER -- Sang a jazzy version of "Ding, Dong, The Witch Is Dead." Brief, but really caught my ear.
Fun! And an offbeat choice that paid off. (And obviously, I didn't catch her last name.)AMADEO DIRICCO -- Boisterous Italian guy who LOVES his family. Sang the Muddy Waters tune
"Hoochie Coochie Man." Very limited voice, just a guy who can belt it out in a bar, though maybe just
karaoke and not a bar band. Seemed quite limited but the judges liked his personality and gave him four
yeses.
LUKE SHAFFER and BENJAMIN BRIGHT -- two guys seen harmonizing in the waiting room (with
a third guy who obviously didn't make it). Luke is handsome and had a lovely sounding voice, great tone.
A studio voice, as they might have said in seasons past. Benjamin sang "All My Loving," and was pleasant
though he seemed to keep running out of breath. Both were so brief it's hard to tell. Still, thank goodness
Idol broke down the Beatles' resistance and we can hear people audition from their catalog.
ASHLEY RODRIGUEZ -- The producers are probably bummed she doesn't have some heart-tugging
back story because Ashley has everything else. She was attractive, charming, at ease and while sheshowed a lack of imagination by choosing Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You," she sang it very very well.Easily the ringer of the day and one to watch.
TYLER GRADY -- Drummer who broke both arms when falling out of a tree. Cool jeans and mellow,
early Seventies vibe without looking like he was playing dress up. Charming and sort of sexy though not
traditionally handsome, mostly because he had self-confidence. Sang "Let's Get It On" decently, but he
seemed more of a showman than a singer to me. But definitely a winning personality.
MIKE DAVIS -- Nice guy who thinks working on a speedboat that takes tourists out for a spin in the
harbor is "the best job in the world." Other than being an American Idol, I assume. Sang "Yesterday," in a
dutiful, slow and deliberate manner that was even off-key at the start. Simon, seemingly bored, threw out
a yes while he walked away for a break, Randy said no and the gals fell for Mike. Didn't they already put
through their token nice guy with the Italian? Very hard to justify.
KATIE STEVENS -- A 16 year old girl whose grandmother has Alzheimer's. Sang a fine version of "At
Last," though the trills she threw in seemed more Mariah Carey than jazzy. But appealing and sweet.JOSHUA BLAYLOCK -- This is the cute guy with mannered hair (too much gel) who was deemed too
nice by Simon and the rest, so they encouraged him to get a little more defiant and confident andstrident. Typically for this first night, they were joking with the contestant rather than making a joke of a
contestant. Joshua was funny and indeed very nice and had a decent voice. Plus, in a later shot his hair
seemed devoid of the gel and he looked much better already. Could be a comer.
JUSTIN WILLIAMS -- This is the guy who fought off cancer. Good-looking in a basic way, he sang
"Feeling Good" in a style that was pretty mannered to me and rough when he transitioned from his
normal range to the falsetto and back again. It's not that clear to me that he can sing particularly well, buthe looked like another Michael Buble and they put him through.
BOSA MORA -- Fine looking young guy with parents from NIgeria who are living the American dream.
(More inspiration from Idol !) I thought he was solid, though Simon's "boring" did strike a chord with
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(VIDEO)me. Nonetheless the other three put him through. Besides, the voice was good.
LEAH LAURENTI -- A young woman who apparently did almost nothing growing up but go to church.
Feels guilty about singing secular music and it wasn't even clear to me at first if her family approved of
her auditioning. She sang "Blue Skies" in tune (a weak compliment, of course) and got better as she wentalong but seemed basically a Broadway belter more than a pop singer. But not bad and she went through.Later we heard her calling her dad, saying she got through and asking, "Are you proud of me?" He said,
"Of course I'm proud of you!" But what a shame she had to ask.
So a very upbeat Idol with 32 people heading to Hollywood. A tag at the end of the show urged people to
go to the American Idol website to see all 32 people who got through. I thought, finally! They're finally
going to post all the complete auditions of everyone who got a golden ticket. But as of Tuesday night, Ican't even find photos of all 32 Boston winners, much less audition video. They're fools if they don't postthem, but they haven't yet so why should anything change now?
So who did you like from Boston? And was Kara just trying to get on TV by saying one of the male
contestants needed to be spanked? And doesn't she know that she's already on TV?
--30--Thanks for reading. Visit Michael Giltz at his website and his daily blog. Download his podcast of
celebrity interviews and his weekly music radio show at Popsurfing and enjoy the weekly pop culture
podcast he co-hosts at Showbiz Sandbox . Both available for free on iTunes. Link to him on Netflix and
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You hit the nail on the head, Michael, with your review. It's tough to get a real sense of these
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Seacrest , Season 9 , Simon Cowell , Victoria Beckham , Entertainment News
UPDATE: The ratings are in and according to the
Hollywood Reporter Idol is still incredibly strong. Idol
reached 30 million viewers and even went up a bit in
the 18-49 year old demo that advertisers love andwhich had been slipping a bit. NCIS held well at 20.7
million, but Idol will clearly be the #1 show of the
week. With an audience almost 50% bigger than NCIS ,
Idol looks set to be the #1 show in the country for a
record-setting 6 years in a row, the longest streak in
TV history. Sitcoms All in the Family and The Cosby
Show were #1 for five years in a row, and
newsmagazine stalwart 60 Minutes was #1 for five non-consecutive years in a row. Just below them,
western Gunsmoke was #1 for four years in a row and sitcom pioneer I Love Lucy was #1 for four non-
consecutive years in a row.
SHOW COVERAGE:
The backstage drama is probably more exciting than ever at American Idol. (Ellen coming, Simon going -
- eventually -- blah blah blah.) But the top-rated show in America returned Tuesday night without
missing a beat.
From the pure Americana of the opener where we got a glimpse of young people from all walks of life
who dream of singing or inspiring or just escaping their dead-end jobs to the finale of one last golden
ticket, American Idol remains a very well-crafted, well-edited, entertaining show. The tone for the first
night was notably more optimistic, with a welcome downplaying of the oddballs and losers and an
element of empathy even during the rejection montages.
Maybe the Idol producers understand a country in recession doesn't want to watch people being kicked
when they're down. But they also presented the inspirational tales (my least favorite element of the show)
with a certain restraint. Yes, we saw people with siblings who have Down's syndrome, people withgrandmothers who have Alzheimer's and people who have fought off cancer, but it never felt too
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manipulative. Idol told their stories and then moved on, led smoothly by Ryan Seacrest.
As for the judges, Kara seemed more relaxed, Randy remained mellow and Simon was Simon, though not
as acerbic (or at least not edited to appear as acerbic) as he normally is shown. The guest judge was
Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice and while I generally avoid commenting negatively on people'sappearances, she is clearly one more victim of the Hollywood mania for plastic surgery. Her face was sopinched and smoothed out and incapable of registering any emotion, I actually found it difficult to watch
her. Her demeanor was generally of the nice, positive variety though.
So the tone the show set was pitch perfect: entertaining, generally upbeat and positive. So why bother
with the oddballs? Here are my impressions of most of the people we saw make it through.
MADDY CURTIS -- the teen from a giant family with brothers who have Down's Syndrome, Maddy
sang Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." She was fine and it's certainly a challenging song to sing and anyone
singing it knows that Cohen and Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright have sung the heck out of it. Maddy
was fine and has a nice voice, though it's hard to tell how much vocal character she has. Kara annoyingly
said Maddy has an old soul, when that's the song, not her. Simon amusingly heard everyone else say yes
and then said "Now the one that counts...four yeses." Maddy paused before walking out and said, "I really
enjoyed singing for you" so at least we know she's been raised right. And Simon's compliment du jourquickly became "You're not annoying."
JENNIFER -- Sang a jazzy version of "Ding, Dong, The Witch Is Dead." Brief, but really caught my ear.
Fun! And an offbeat choice that paid off. (And obviously, I didn't catch her last name.)AMADEO DIRICCO -- Boisterous Italian guy who LOVES his family. Sang the Muddy Waters tune
"Hoochie Coochie Man." Very limited voice, just a guy who can belt it out in a bar, though maybe just
karaoke and not a bar band. Seemed quite limited but the judges liked his personality and gave him four
yeses.
LUKE SHAFFER and BENJAMIN BRIGHT -- two guys seen harmonizing in the waiting room (with
a third guy who obviously didn't make it). Luke is handsome and had a lovely sounding voice, great tone.
A studio voice, as they might have said in seasons past. Benjamin sang "All My Loving," and was pleasant
though he seemed to keep running out of breath. Both were so brief it's hard to tell. Still, thank goodness
Idol broke down the Beatles' resistance and we can hear people audition from their catalog.
ASHLEY RODRIGUEZ -- The producers are probably bummed she doesn't have some heart-tugging
back story because Ashley has everything else. She was attractive, charming, at ease and while sheshowed a lack of imagination by choosing Alicia Keys' "If I Ain't Got You," she sang it very very well.Easily the ringer of the day and one to watch.
TYLER GRADY -- Drummer who broke both arms when falling out of a tree. Cool jeans and mellow,
early Seventies vibe without looking like he was playing dress up. Charming and sort of sexy though not
traditionally handsome, mostly because he had self-confidence. Sang "Let's Get It On" decently, but he
seemed more of a showman than a singer to me. But definitely a winning personality.
MIKE DAVIS -- Nice guy who thinks working on a speedboat that takes tourists out for a spin in the
harbor is "the best job in the world." Other than being an American Idol, I assume. Sang "Yesterday," in a
dutiful, slow and deliberate manner that was even off-key at the start. Simon, seemingly bored, threw out
a yes while he walked away for a break, Randy said no and the gals fell for Mike. Didn't they already put
through their token nice guy with the Italian? Very hard to justify.
KATIE STEVENS -- A 16 year old girl whose grandmother has Alzheimer's. Sang a fine version of "At
Last," though the trills she threw in seemed more Mariah Carey than jazzy. But appealing and sweet.JOSHUA BLAYLOCK -- This is the cute guy with mannered hair (too much gel) who was deemed too
nice by Simon and the rest, so they encouraged him to get a little more defiant and confident andstrident. Typically for this first night, they were joking with the contestant rather than making a joke of a
contestant. Joshua was funny and indeed very nice and had a decent voice. Plus, in a later shot his hair
seemed devoid of the gel and he looked much better already. Could be a comer.
JUSTIN WILLIAMS -- This is the guy who fought off cancer. Good-looking in a basic way, he sang
"Feeling Good" in a style that was pretty mannered to me and rough when he transitioned from his
normal range to the falsetto and back again. It's not that clear to me that he can sing particularly well, buthe looked like another Michael Buble and they put him through.
BOSA MORA -- Fine looking young guy with parents from NIgeria who are living the American dream.
(More inspiration from Idol !) I thought he was solid, though Simon's "boring" did strike a chord with
1 of 5
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(VIDEO)me. Nonetheless the other three put him through. Besides, the voice was good.
LEAH LAURENTI -- A young woman who apparently did almost nothing growing up but go to church.
Feels guilty about singing secular music and it wasn't even clear to me at first if her family approved of
her auditioning. She sang "Blue Skies" in tune (a weak compliment, of course) and got better as she wentalong but seemed basically a Broadway belter more than a pop singer. But not bad and she went through.Later we heard her calling her dad, saying she got through and asking, "Are you proud of me?" He said,
"Of course I'm proud of you!" But what a shame she had to ask.
So a very upbeat Idol with 32 people heading to Hollywood. A tag at the end of the show urged people to
go to the American Idol website to see all 32 people who got through. I thought, finally! They're finally
going to post all the complete auditions of everyone who got a golden ticket. But as of Tuesday night, Ican't even find photos of all 32 Boston winners, much less audition video. They're fools if they don't postthem, but they haven't yet so why should anything change now?
So who did you like from Boston? And was Kara just trying to get on TV by saying one of the male
contestants needed to be spanked? And doesn't she know that she's already on TV?
--30--Thanks for reading. Visit Michael Giltz at his website and his daily blog. Download his podcast of
celebrity interviews and his weekly music radio show at Popsurfing and enjoy the weekly pop culture
podcast he co-hosts at Showbiz Sandbox . Both available for free on iTunes. Link to him on Netflix and
gain access to thousands of ratings and reviews.
Follow Michael Giltz on Twitter: www.twitter.com/michaelgiltz
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You hit the nail on the head, Michael, with your review. It's tough to get a real sense of these
voices based on one song. So often these audition songs are the best performanc es the Hollywood
choices are able to muster and we're let down on the Hollywood shows. But there was enough thereto spark interest in following their journey.MORE BIG NEWS PAGES »
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