For the first time ever, two cities in one show. Twice the talent, two times the terrible, and double the danger. First up: San Juan, Puerto Rico.

There are many ways that contestants try to convince the judges that they are the American Idol. The first contestant used sympathy. She told the judges that she had quit her job to audition. Another example is bribery. I have seen episodes of AI where people give the judges their CDs, t-shirts, pictures, and songs. The last example is flattery. “I’m your biggest fan.” or “I love you, you’re my role model, you’re just so great.”

The first contestant that I thought was amazing was Jorge Nunez. From Carolina, Puerto Rico, he charmed the judges with his accented voice. 

One woman supposedly won most of 300 singing contests, but the judges were doubtful. She sang “I Surrender”. “So do we.” Simon said. She pleaded with the judges of her devotion to the show (flattery) and was crying. “Please, please?!?!?!” Obviously, she didn’t get through.

One woman actually brought a puppet named Simone to sing for the judges. Paging ventriloquists who want to audition for AI: DON’T!!!!!

Now New York.

While a woman named Jackie was performing, windows fell behind the judges and were this close:

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to hitting Simon. It was quite entertaining, actually. Jackie went through.

Someone named Joel came as the human ipod, or, as he liked to call it, the guy-pod. He had a horrible singing voice and ran out of the door screaming, “Yeah! I got a no! I got a no!! Woohoo!!!” and then jumped into the pool.

Ashley Hollister, Kendall Beard, and Kenny Hoffpauer were really good. 

One contestant brought her kid brother into the judging panel with her. As she was singing, Kara was nodding, but Simon kept stopping her. “At your age, I don’t know if your voice is fully developed yet.” from Kara, and “Very cabaret.” from Simon. The judges thought that she had great potential, so they put him through.

Thank you, and goodnight!

Tomorrow Night: NYC and Puerto Rico… I didn’t think AI was on on Thursdays?

Next Week: The most intense Hollywood week ever, as the hopefuls sing on the stage of the Kodak Theater.

Salt Lake City, Utah, where David Archuleta was born.

First up was a man whose dad was one of the Osmond brothers. The judges said that he made a big mistake on the choice of song. My dad said he was Top 10 material, and he went through.

Tara, a goth psychic said that she could predict when a family member would die. She said that she had a good feeling that she would win. She stopped singing, and then started again when the judges didn’t say anything. “It sounded just like a baby.” Simon said. I didn’t like her either. Tara flashed the finger as she walked out of the door.

Frankie Jordan sang really well. I thought that she had a good choice of song. “I quite like your voice… I’m gonna say yes.” She was one of the many who received a golden ticket in Utah.

A birthday comes to Idol! A stay-at-home mother, she is has a very unique voice. It goes up and down, sort of squeaky. I like it… “I like you… I think I’m bordering on loving you…. yeah, I think I love you… love you! Paula gushed. Top 10, my dad said.

I loved the girl, 16, from Utah. “You really worked hard, huh?” Kara said. Randy said that she had incredible natural potential. “This ticket means the world to me.” she said. My dad says she will be in the Top 20.

A sob story about a small-town girl in Idaho whose dad died ended the show. Her mom got into a car accident, too. Awwww….

Whatev.

Gotta do homework, sorry. Goodnight!

Jacksonville, Florida!!!! I always thought that Jacksonville was in Arkansas… anyway, it’s where Randy Jackson made his name.

Sharon Wilber and her dog, Sasha charmed the judges when they first walked in. I thought that she was pretty good. Simon and Randy said yes, and then Kara covered her mouth and Paula attacked her and kissed her on the lips. Kara said that Kara thought she would be kissed by Simon, not Paula. Sharon went through to Hollywood.

Dana Moreno, 24, thought she was good, but Simon gave her directions out the door. “Right, then right.” Next were two 16-year-old girls. The first suc*ed, and the second was AWESOME!!!!!

‘Night!

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Thank you.

Louiville, Kentucky- how do you pronounce that some people say it Lu-iss-vill, some think it’s Lu-ee-vil, and the locals say it Lu-ih-vull.

The auditions start with some bad people, none worth mentioning.

A woman from Pennsylvania has been trying to get into the music industry for 23 years. The judges remembered her from a record studio. “I like you… there’s something about you.” Kara said. My dad predicted that she’ll make the top 10. To read more of his American Idol Blog related opinions, go to http://adamginsbergblog.com/

Mark Mudd has been in two car accidents and has almost died five times. In fact, his ancestor, John Mudd, was the doctor who fixed John Wilkes Booth’s leg when he jumped out of a window after shooting Abraham Lincoln. His name is Mudd, and so is his singing.

The next audition, Kara and Simon got into a fight (again). It ended with Paula and Kara under the table. The contestant went through.

I liked the part where the producers of American Idol put a chain of horrendously bad singers together. Is this good or bad? See the article “American Idol- Inhuman Show?”

‘Night!

San Fran- where the judges found Katherine Mchee. First up: a woman from San Juan, Puerto Rico (I wonder why she traveled all the way to San Fran-they held auditions in Puerto Rico). She is a singer, musician, songwriter, assistent director, model, writor, and actress, and a psycic predicted that she would make it to the top 12. With a really annoying laugh, her voice was…. okay. Simon said that she is good at a lot of things… just not singing. Randy-yes. Kara-yes. Paula-yes. Simon-no.

I absolutely loved the guy in the plaid coat (ugly). His looks and his voice matched his coat. The judges loved it. “That was wild, man…it was kind of like torture” Randy said. He didn’t go through, “it was actually because of the coat,” he said.

Jesus Valenzuela auditioned because his kids told him to. “This is not going to work, honestly. You’re a nice guy, but you’re not going to win this.” a very bored Simon said. Both Simon and Paula said no, but that was before Jesus brought his kids in to meet the judges. After, everyone said yes except for Simon.

Dalton Powell from Ca proved that if you have stage fright, don’t audition for AI. The judges were speechless. James Smith, also  from CA, started singing and Randy said about Paula, “She wants a baby.”

Back at the ranch, FOX showed parts of at least seven Simon/Kara fights. I think Simon likes arguing, because most of the time, Kara said something and then Simon said the opposite thing. For example, Kara said she liked the song, Simon said he hated it. Kara liked someone, Simon didn’t like them. If was pretty entertaining, actually.

Good night! Be back tomorrow!!!

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Kristy Lee Cook wowed both the judges and viewers with her season seven audition, in which she sang “Amazing Grace”. Unfortunately, as the season went on, she became more well known for her consistent spot in the bottom three. She was always good-natured about it, however, and even used to joke about it, herself. Despite her seemingly permanent bottom three status, she had tremendous staying power, and made it to a very impressive seventh place on the show. Kristy sacrificed a lot to audition for AI, including selling one of her barrel horses.

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I’m watching AI with my friend Carly, and there is not much going to be said about this show, because I said a lot last night. Same thing happening tonight- people are either really good, really bad, or have a touching story behind it. Inside news: Jason Castro is at the auditions (Kansas City) with his younger brother. He is proud of his sibling, but is afraid of what will happen if his brother is better than him. Now here are some thoughts from my friend, Carly:

Hi peoples! This is Carly. Here are my thoughts. Most people are auditioning because of ego. They have big enough egos to audition and think they’ll do well. People who’s friends tell them they’re good don’t want to hurt their friend’s feelings. People who go to the auditions all dressed up in weird costumes, promote the rumor that AI pays people to humiliate themselves on national television for the sake of good ratings. So I’m sitting next to Haley watching AI, and I must say that it’s a good show and the bad people only bring it upon themselves.

To close, I want to say that I completely 100% agree with my friend, Carly. As I go on with this blog, I will continue putting my friend’s opinions on here for you to read.

As I walked into my classroom this morning, I saw all of my friend huddling in a corner discussing AI. “Did you see that girl in the bikini?” “That one guy was sooooo bad, and it was soooooo funny!” My teacher was completely against the show. She was disgusted at the show, and what it was about. The auditions, she said, were bad because the show takes people who can’t necessarily sing, for people to laugh at.

She watches the top twelve, because it’s fine if you want to watch great people sing. Some people on AI who audition may be mentally impaired, and how would you feel if you thought you were good, but you were really bad, and people laughed at you? Especially how they take your audition and slow it down, so it makes you look worse. 

Debatable, I know, but I chose not to argue with her.

Elijah Scarlett, the first shown contestant of Day 2, has the lowest voice I’ve ever heard. He is similar to the season 7 contestant that sang “Let My People Go”. Simon questioned if Elijah showed up at the right tv show, and Paula suggested he go into a voiceover career. From an enthusiastic Kara DioGuardi fan to a girl in a bikini, the auditions continue with tears, disappointment, and some anger. Of course, the bad auditions are what makes this show.

Another contestant is good at singing but “his looks don’t match his voice.” He goes through anyway.

The afore-mentioned woman in the bikini (Katrina) comes into the judging panel and feels that since it is a long auditioning process, at least she will get a tan. Simon and Randy immediately says yes, but Kara shakes her head. Katrina goes through, and she makes out with Ryan Seacrest.

Next is a section about the argument surrounding Kara DioGuardi’s name. Some pronounce it Kah-rah, with a short a, but Kara pronounces it Ka-Ra, with a long a.

With twenty minutes left in the show, I don’t think there is much more worth watching. Every (about) half an hour, the writers of AI throw in a fun clip, for example the artist-to-contestant bit (see “Watching American Idol- Day 1″. Those are the parts that I really love, and there are no more, and there are only fifteen minutes left to go. If it were not for this blog, I would go to sleep right now, because I have to be at school tomorrow at 7:30.

The question I want to ask is why the fourth judge? Is it just to change up the show? And if the vote is split up two and two between the judges, why does the side Simon’s on win? It doesn’t make any sense to me.

Ten minutes…

Five…

Goodnight! Don’t forget to leave your comments below!