American Idol in Charleston

American Idol is running it's course. There just aren't many unique and talented people who show up at the auditions. The auditions are simply a way for the mediocre and deluded to get their few minutes of fame and most of them don't even warrant that bit of attention.

There was the running bit on the expectant Dad which resulted in a baby but no golden ticket to Hollywood. A nice family story for them, not much in entertainment value for us.

Then there was the couple who auditioned to together. Randy Stark and Crystal Ortiz. They are "in love" and the whole thing was corny and the singing was bad. Randy Stark is a guru of sorts over at American Idol message boards, which is where he and Crystal first met. Now they are American Idol rejects and Simon suggests they leave and get a hotel room. Cringing moments from start to finish.

Michelle and Jeffrey Lampkin are brother and sister and both extremely large and boisterous people. I didn't imagine this audition was going to go well, but they sang in harmony they were a delight and both left with the coveted golden tickets.

The Virgin Amy Flynn had a pleasant voice and they voted her through with Randy telling her she has "mad potential" and Simon predicting that she will be the one most likely to annoy. I'm already there Simon.

Captain Lyndsey Goodman is a class act. She is flies C-17's for the Air Force and she is a beautiful young woman. She may have nerves of steal when it comes to flying those honking great aircraft, but her vocal cords reflect her shaky audition nerves and she doesn't get through, which makes no sense when they had just let London Weidberg through, who was not interesting in the slightest and sounded like, in Simon's words "a thousand other girls".

As a large breasted woman, who worries a bit too much about her breasts being the size of her head, my toes curled when I saw Aretha Codner and her two enormous breasts shoved into a strapless dress, left to fend for themselves without any support. They were much bigger than her head, which looked like it didn't belong on that body. She could have at least found a wig to make herself look in balance. Her voice wasn't bad, she just shouted a bit too much. For Simon "the funny blue dress, the huge belt and the screaming just didn't work. She was not expecting to be rejected.

Joshua Boson is the embodiment of the bad loser, the punk with the sense of entitlement, he can't sing and, when he doesn't get what he wants, he turns into a liar as well, by spreading the lie that the judges have said basically that he can't sing and no one in South Carolina can sing.



Next week looks promising. American Idol in Nebraska.