Organized Chaos

The first three audition shows are in the books. The first week featured two two-hour shows. Tuesday was one hour, and showcased the best singers thus far.

The first week seemed to be more geared to the bad singers than the good ones. There were a few OK singers, led by Kristy Lee Cook, but no others stood out at this moment.

Tuesday night started out with three strong singers. Tatiyana, Perrie and Michael were all good and could do some damage in Hollywood. A few more good singers were found, but it’s always difficult to pick a favorite this soon.

The first week brought us the first bad singer who simply HAS to be on the finale. The Bird Man, Renaldo, had the song and the costume to be long remembered.

His catchy tune, “We Are Brothers,” will, as Simon put it, be a hit, unfortunately. It screams for the radio right now. It’s easy to remember and we all should join hands and sing, You are my brother, best friends forever……………………………….

I will say this, he had a good attitude and he knew what he was in for. I think he was genuine when he thanked Simon for giving everyone a chance, and as he put it, for “free of charge.”

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I’ve said many times that we all could use a good cry. Or, in the least, have a moment where we connect with something we didn’t expect.

In my case, it was the made-for-TV movie “Ruffian,” which charted the remarkable rise and tragic fall of one of the greatest fillys in history. I happened upon it the other night before a San Francisco Giants game. It originally aired earlier this year, before the Belmont from what I recall.

It was the late 1970s and Ruffian was being compared to the likes of Secretariat. The horse was unbeaten through 10 races. Another nearly unbeatable horse, Foolish Pleasure, was widely considered the nation’s best colt.

It was inevitable that both horses would be pitted in a match race, which turned out to be the final one ever. It was male vs. female.

Many thought Ruffian would win.

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Well, the “American Idol” voters had some things right last night. But, they still let two weak links slip through.
Gone is Antonella “Bulldog” Barba, who plodded along while racy photos of her conveniently popped up on the Internet. She was plain awful. Plus, she had big teeth and appeared to have an underbite, depending on the camera angle, that made her look like a bulldog. And she wasn’t as “hot” as everyone said she was.
So, goodbye Bulldog, no one will miss you. They’ll forget you until you pop up in Maxim or Girls Gone Wild or worse.
Sundance Head also was given his walking papers. Sanjaya Malakar moving through wasn’t a total shock. He has a large fanbase, but he needs to pick it up if he’s going to stay much longer.
Sabrina Sloan going down was a slight surprise, and she looked mighty miffed when she was given the news. I thought one of the better singers would go out and Bulldog would slip through somehow.
The clear favorite today is Melinda Doolittle, the soft-spoken one who turns into, as Simon Cowell put it, a tiger when she has a mic attached to her hand. And pardon the pun, but she is clearly distancing herself from the pack and there’s little anyone can do(o) about it.
Lakisha Jones is good, but I fear she’ll falter when the theme shows come. The same can be said for Stephanie Edwards, whose Beyonce-esque tone might suffer when she has to sing a Bon Jovi tune.
The men are a pack of also-rans. I think Chris Sligh and Brandon Rogers will be the final two men. It won’t matter because Melinda and darkhorse Gina Glocksen, my projected final two women, would beat both of them while singing with laryngitis.
Your Idol thoughts?
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