Season 9 of American Idol begins at last! Tonight is the second night of this brand new season. We will witness the Chicago auditions with 12,000 hopefuls auditioning. During the audition portion of this season, I can only comment on those auditions that we get to see in their entirety. Sometimes we just get video that shows us short clips of a myriad of contestants. There's not much that I can do with that.
Changes taking place this season are, of course, the loss of Paula Abdul as a judge, and the addition of Ellen DeGeneres as Paula's replacement. However during the audition portion of this season, famous guest judges join the show each week. This week our guest judge is Shania Twain.
The first contestant of the day is Katelyn Epperly from Iowa. She can sing very well and she is a beautiful girl to look at with a sincere likable personality. Her score from me is 8 out of 10. The judges all liked her and moved her forward to Hollywood.
Our next contestant Amy Lang was a precocious drama queen, but she wasn't a singer. Her score from me is 2 out of 10. The judges did not move her forward.
Our next contestant is Charity Vance. Her voice wasn't big, but it was beautiful and she had a good range. She has a unique voice and she's not bad to look at either. Her score from me is 8 out of 10. The judges moved her forward.
Third time's a charm. Angela Martin has made it as high as the Top 50 last year, but she had to leave the show because of a court date for a traffic violation. The first time she made it to Hollywood, but her father died a week before. So she is here again, trying to make her dream come true. Her score from me is 9 out of 10. Hopefully Angela will have a little more luck on her side this time around, because she is definitely talented.
Eight contestants made it through on the first day in Chicago. Day Two Auditions are about to begin.
The first contestant on the 2nd day is Curley Newbern. He is a large man, but he sings with an excruciatingly high voice that was terribly out of turn. His score from me is 1 out of 10. It was painful for everyone involved.
Our next contestant Alannah Halbert could not sing at all. Her score from me is 1 out of 10. It was painful for everyone involved. Ever with the judges coaching her on her pitch, she still couldn't get in tune.
Our next contestant is Brian Krause. He was singing "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" by Tiny Tim. I don't as a rule like Tiny Tim's music, but after listening to Brian, I'm a new fan of Tiny Tim. Brian is tiptoeing home for a hot relaxing bath. His score from me is 1 out of 10. The judges did not move him forward.
Our next contestant is Harold Davis. Singing Usher's "Nice and Slow". Another very poor singer who truly believed he had talent. He just started crying, hung his head, and left.
Chantelle Graczkowski, along with an extremely irritating line of really bad singers just added to a very long day for the judges. Needless to say, none of them moved forward in the competition.
John Park's parents didn't want him to go into singing, but he has decided to try out anyway. Shania Twain liked his bottom end, she had to clarify that she meant (the low tones of his voice). His score from me is 7 out of 10. The judges moved him forward to Hollywood.
Paige Dechausse has asthma and almost died at one point in her life. She made it through that and is now auditioning for this big show. Simon didn't vote in her behalf. Kara and Shania talked Randy into letting her through, but she has a lot of work to do in her performance skills. Her score from me is 7 out of 10.
A total of 13 Gold tickets were handed out in the Windy City.
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