American Idol Recap: Texas Sends 54 To Hollywood Commentary by RTVC Staff Writer Amelia Wasserman
January 27, 2012
The first to make the cut was a 17-year-old chick who could have been hand picked from a 1970s western movie.
She worked in her family-run restaurant that looked more like a rotting barn. In the most charming way she said something like “If this singn’ thang is gonna be anythang I just wanna help out my ma and paps restorant so it ain’t be going nowhere even if times get some bit tough again.”
Okay she didn’t sound anything like a two-headed cross-eyed hick, but it was really fun to try and write like that.
Next up was another country-charmer with the star-is-born name “Billie Brown.”
She was a total babe and had auditioned 5 years earlier when she was 16 years old.
Apparently she even made it to Hollywood but didn’t make it much further after that.
Maybe this time will be different. Or maybe it won’t but at least now she’s old enough to (legally) sleep with Stephen Tyler.
After that was a single mom going through a divorce. She paid for a ticket to get to the Idol audition instead of paying for a divorce lawyer.
Luckily she made the cut and it’s a good thing too because, brace yourself, she is 28 year-old! I mean how is she even walking still without a cane or wheelchair?
That was kind of the reaction the judges gave her. Randy said something like “Wow…so this is your last chance.”
That’s today’s lesson kids. If you don’t make it happen by 28, you might as well just kill yourself.
After that the judges started disagreeing over who should make the cut and who shouldn’t.
This arguing carried over to the break where we saw the army of make-up and hair people utterly attack Jay-lo. No joke, there must have been about 40 of them.
It’s rare that shows break the 4th wall and I really appreciate Idol letting us into the behind the scenes world.
But mostly it makes me feel better that it takes all those people to make Jay-lo look that good.
As per usual, the episode ended on a high note (bad pun intended) with a sweet tempered young man who kept saying “he was born differently.”
He looked pretty normal so I thought what the hell could it be? Well it turns out he was born with no ears! I was like WTF? But hot damn, that guy could sing.
Got thoughts? Post them at the end.
So tonight on American Idol I learned that being born without ears won’t prevent you from making it on American Idol as long as you’re under 28 years old.
Amelia Wasserman is a freelance reality television writer/producer. She switched out of the world of serious journalism to work in Reality Television. She says working in Reality TV has made her a more well-rounded and respectable person. Or at least that's what she tells herself. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/#!/AmeliaRebecca. You can email her at ameliawasserman@gmail.com.
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