Hi Everybody,

American Idol heads to Chicago and leaves with only 13 contestants going to Hollywood.  Maybe it had something to do with Randy’s shirt.  Did you see that thing?  I was shopping in Beverly Hills awhile ago and saw him coming out of one of those posh stores.  It may have been expensive, but I still don’t like it!

The first contestant is  Katelyn Epperly.   Her story is that her parents are divorcing and she’s doing this mostly for her mom because she loves American Idol.  She moves on to Hollywood, but she needs to want this for herself to become the next American Idol.  My husband didn’t like that tattoo on her back and he thought her dress was too child-like.  So in other words she needs some updating to her look.

Off topic, did you see the Royal Caribbean’s Oasis cruise ship commercial?  It has a merry-go-round–can you imagine?  I need to get on that ship!

Sixteen-year-old Charity Vance from Arkansas sings Summertime.  Randy says she has a “small voice but an interesting sound”.  Simon told her she sounded great.  She gets four yes votes and moves on to Hollywood.  All the judges are amazed that she is only sixteen.  Well, if you watch American Idol regularly, you know what’s coming next.  When she starts choosing her songs, the judges will say she is choosing songs that are too old for her, right?

The next section shows a large number of really bad singers, mixed in with reactions from the judges.  My question is did the judges really see all those lousy singers, or did AI producers piece together that section?  I just can’t imagine those famous people sitting through all those contestants.  Why would American Idol waste their time?  There has to be a ton of really good singers in Chicago.

Next up is three time contestant, Angela Martin.  The first time she made it to Hollywood, her dad passed away and this affected her.  Angela made it last season to the top 50 but had to drop out because she had to appear in court for a traffic violation.  Will third time be a charm?

After the commercials, another whole segment devoted to terrible, not even funny, contestants.  How about American Idol divides the show up–one show of terrible contestants and one that shows just the good ones, even if they don’t make it to Hollywood?

Finally, we get to a Hollywood-bound contestant, John Park.  He’s a twenty-year-old college student.  I think his audition is really dull.  He’s going to need to show some personality to keep going on AI.  Shania critiques him and uses what can only be called questionable language.  I think John was pretty confused by her, as was I!

Paige Dechausse, also a college student is the next to be highlighted.  She had a close call when she was little with a severe asthma attack.  Simon thinks she’s “indulgent” and votes no.  Kara and Shania think she deserves a shot and vote yes and then they harass Randy into saying yes.  Do I think this was all a put on?  Well, what do you think?

The last segment highlights three guys…Justin Ray with amazing hair, Keith Semple holding his guitar and Marcus Jones.  All three get yellow tickets.  I think that Keith Semple has a very interesting tone to his voice and I’ll be watching out for him in Hollywood.

Tonight American Idol goes to Orlando, Florida.  I wouldn’t mind going to Orlando, would you?  Anyway, hopefully they’ll find more talent there.  So, stay tuned…Bloggergal1