American Idol Season 6

 San Antonio, Texas

February 6th. Show #7

This is American Idol’s last stop on the tour for the year. The line to audition seemed much longer this show as it was the last chance for contestants to audition. Unfortunately for the judges, the first contestant didn’t have a voice which you would wish to hear early in the morning. He claimed that he had won a “mock” American Idol competition, but he basically yelled the entire time. It hurt my ears.

 Another contestant, Jasmine Holland, kept Simon laughing through out her whole audition. Her mother said that she had been in the gospel choir since she was 7, but she was just terrible. After the audition her mother pointed out that Simon should go back to “French or British or wherever he was from.” She actually called the countries by French and British. I thought that was hilarious.

 One girl who did make it through was sixteen year old Baylie Brown. She was interesting because she came from a very small town, but wasn’t a typical country girl. I didn’t think she was that amazing. She could have had better control, but she definitely had a voice. Although, I think her song choice, “Stronger” by Faith Hill, was not a very good one. Simon said that she was a complete pop star, but didn’t have a perfect voice right yet. Needless to say, they let it through.

 They did a video montage of people attempting to exit the audition room. There were two doors leading out of the audition room, and they were making fun of how many people chose the wrong one. Some of them even took running starts towards it. It was really funny.

 My favorite contestant of the show was Akron Watson. At first he sang Sam Cooke “A Change is Gunna come,” but Simon said that his personality was lacking. Paula challenged him to prove to Simon that he was wrong, so he sang again. I was so happy because it was like he was a completely different person. I’m looking forward to seeing him in Hollywood…he just seemed very sweet.

 One girl completely ruined the song “Black Velvet.” As Simon said it was “literally like some language I’ve never heard in my life.” Then he made her cry by asking her if it was serious. She literally was the worst singer I have ever heard. It was just so weird.

 Overall, there were a few good contestants who made it through to Hollywood from this show.